Theoretical predictions for charm and bottom production at the LHC

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2012, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Cacciari, Matteo ^a,b   Frixione, Stefano ^c,d,g   Houdeau, Nicolas ^a   Mangano, Michelangelo L ^c   Nason, Paolo ^c,e,h   Ridolfi, Giovanni ^f  

^a LPTHE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c CERN   (Switzerland)

^d EPFL   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^g INFN SEZIONE DI GENOVA   (Italy)

^h INFN SEZIONE DI MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hadronic colliders; QCD phenomenology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868276235     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP10(2012)137     Document Type: Article

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