Multiple parton interactions in Z+4, W ±W ±+0/2j and W +W -+02j production at the LHC

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2009, Issue 9, 2009, Pages

  Maina, Ezio ^a,b  

^a SEZIONE DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

QCD phenomenology

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951540232     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2009/09/081     Document Type: Article

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