Transverse-momentum resummation: Higgs boson production at the Tevatron and the LHC

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2011, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  De Florian, Daniel ^a   Ferrera, Giancarlo ^b,c   Grazzini, Massimiliano ^d,e   Tommasini, Damiano ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c INFN SEZIONE DI MILANO   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e INFN SEZIONE DI FIRENZE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hadronic Colliders; QCD

Indexed keywords

EID: 81255147170     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP11(2011)064     Document Type: Article

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