Numerical NLO QCD calculations

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2010, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Becker, Sebastian ^a   Reuschle, Christian ^a   Weinzierl, Stefan ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Jets; NLO Computations; QCD

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650232010     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP12(2010)013     Document Type: Article

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