W and Z bosons in association with two jets using the POWHEG method

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2013, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Campbell, John M ^a   Ellis, R Keith ^a   Nason, Paolo ^b   Zanderighi, Giulia ^c  

^a FERMI NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^b INFN SEZIONE DI MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Monte Carlo Simulations; NLO Computations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881280475     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP08(2013)005     Document Type: Article

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