PDF dependence of higgs cross sections at the tevatron and LHC: Response to recent criticism

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2011, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Thorne, R S ^a   Watt, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Deep Inelastic Scattering; Hadronic Colliders; Higgs Physics; Jets

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053152535     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP08(2011)100     Document Type: Article

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