A modified CKKW matrix element merging approach to angular-ordered parton showers

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2009, Issue 11, 2009, Pages

  Hamilton, Keith ^a   Richardson, Peter ^b   Tully, Jon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Phenomenological models; QCD

Indexed keywords

EID: 70549088082     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2009/11/038     Document Type: Article

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