Electroweak W+W- jj prodution at NLO in QCD matched with parton shower in the POWHEG-BOX

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2013, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Jäger, Barbara ^a   Zanderighi, Giulia ^b  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Monte Carlo Simulations; NLO Computations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876354278     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP04(2013)024     Document Type: Article

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