NLO corrections merged with parton showers for Z + 2 jets production using the POWHEG method

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2012, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Re, Emanuele ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

NLO computations; QCD phenomenology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868127685     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP10(2012)031     Document Type: Article

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