QCD radiation in the production of heavy colored particles at the LHC

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2009, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Alwall, Johan ^a   De Visscher, Simon ^b   Maltoni, Fabio ^b  

^a SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Beyond standard model; Hadronic colliders; Jets; QCD

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649547411     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2009/02/017     Document Type: Article

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