NNLO logarithmic expansions and precise determinations of the neutral currents near the Z resonance at the LHC: The Drell-Yan case

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2007, Issue 8, 2007, Pages

  Cafarella, Alessandro ^a,c   Corianò, Claudio ^b,c   Guzzi, Marco ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Hadronic colliders; QCD

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953252876     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2007/08/030     Document Type: Article

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