NLO corrections to electroweak and QCD production of W+W+ plus two jets in the POWHEG BOX

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2011, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Jäger, Barbara ^a   Zanderighib, Giulia ^b  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Jets; NLO Computations; QCD

Indexed keywords

EID: 81255176440     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP11(2011)055     Document Type: Article

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