QCD matrix elements + parton showers. the NLO case

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2013, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Höche, Stefan ^a   Krauss, Frank ^b   Schönherr, Marek ^b   Siegert, Frank ^c  

^a SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Monte Carlo Simulations; NLO Computations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876396841     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP04(2013)027     Document Type: Article

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