Multiple Parton Interactions in Z+ jets production at the LHC. A comparison of factorized and non-factorized double parton distribution functions

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2011, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Maina, Ezio ^a,b  

^a SEZIONE DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

QCD phenomenology

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053161463     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP01(2011)061     Document Type: Article

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