One-loop calculations in quantum field theory: From Feynman diagrams to unitarity cuts

Physics Reports

Volumn 518, Issue 4-5, 2012, Pages 141-250

  Ellis, R Keith ^a   Kunszt, Zoltan ^b   Melnikov, Kirill ^c   Zanderighi, Giulia ^d  

^a FERMI NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Helicity amplitudes; LHC; Perturbation theory; Precision calculations; QCD

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866546886     PISSN: 03701573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physrep.2012.01.008     Document Type: Review

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