NLO matrix elements and truncated showers

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2011, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Höche, Stefan ^a   Krauss, Frank ^b,c   Schönherr, Marek ^d   Siegert, Frank ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c CERN   (Switzerland)

^d DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

QCD Phenomenology

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053098201     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP08(2011)123     Document Type: Article

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