Systematic event generator tuning for the LHC

European Physical Journal C

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 331-357

  Buckley, Andy ^a   Hoeth, Hendrik ^b   Lacker, Heiko ^c   Schulz, Holger ^c   von Seggern, Jan Eike ^c  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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EID: 75849119666     PISSN: 14346044     EISSN: 14346052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1140/epjc/s10052-009-1196-7     Document Type: Article

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