W and Z/γ* boson production in association with a bottom-antibottom pair

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2011, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Frederix, Rikkert ^a,b   Frixione, Stefano ^c,d   Hirschi, Valentin ^d   Maltoni, Fabio ^e   Pittau, Roberto ^b,c,f   Torrielli, Paolo ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CERN   (Switzerland)

^d EPFL   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

QCD Phenomenology

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053165021     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP09(2011)061     Document Type: Article

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