Universal structure of subleading infrared poles in gauge theory amplitudes

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2008, Issue 8, 2008, Pages

  Dixon, Lance J ^a   Magnea, Lorenzo ^b   Sterman, George ^c  

^a SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

QCD; Renormalization group; Supersymmetric gauge theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 54749120854     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2008/08/022     Document Type: Article

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