QCD matrix elements and truncated showers

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2009, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Höche, Stefan ^a   Krauss, Frank ^b   Schumann, Steffen ^c   Siegert, Frank ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUT FÜR THEORETISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hadronic colliders; Jets; QCD

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649540526     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2009/05/053     Document Type: Article

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