Gluon fusion contribution to W +W - + jet production

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2012, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Melia, Tom ^a   Melnikov, Kirill ^b   Röntsch, Raoul ^a   Schulze, Markus ^c   Zanderighi, Giulia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Higgs Physics; QCD; Standard Model

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865727521     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP08(2012)115     Document Type: Article

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