On the numerical evaluation of loop integrals with Mellin-Barnes representations

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2010, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Freitas, Ayres ^a   Huang, Yi Cheng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

NLO computations; Standard model

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954941723     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP04(2010)074     Document Type: Article

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