Integrand-level reduction of loop amplitudes by computational algebraic geometry methods

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2012, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Zhang, Yang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

QCD; Scattering amplitudes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866852468     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP09(2012)042     Document Type: Article

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