NLO QCD corrections to five-jet production at LEP and the extraction of αs(MZ)

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2010, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  Frederix, Rikkert ^a   Frixione, Stefano ^a,b   Melnikov, Kirill ^c   Zanderighi, Giulia ^d  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b CERN   (Switzerland)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Jets; LEP HERA and SLC Physics; NLO Computations; QCD

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856366986     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP11(2010)050     Document Type: Article

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