Towards pp → v V jj at NLO QCD: Bosonic contributions to triple vector boson production plus jet

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2011, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Campanario, Francisco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

NLO Computations; QCD

Indexed keywords

EID: 81155127383     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP10(2011)070     Document Type: Article

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