NLO QCD corrections to tt̄bb̄ production at the LHC: 1. quark-antiquark annihilation

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2008, Issue 8, 2008, Pages

  Bredenstein, A ^a   Denner, A ^b   Dittmaier, S ^c   Pozzorini, S ^c  

^a HIGH ENERGY ACCELERATOR RESEARCH ORGANIZATION KEK   (Japan)

^b PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hadronic colliders; NLO computations; QCD

Indexed keywords

EID: 54749089538     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2008/08/108     Document Type: Article

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