Soft photon radiation in particle decays in SHERPA

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2008, Issue 12, 2008, Pages

  Schonherr M ^a   Krauss, F ^b  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic processes and properties; Hadronic Colliders.; LEP HERA and SLC Physics; Standard model

Indexed keywords

EID: 62649108784     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2008/12/018     Document Type: Article

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