Combining higher-order resummation with multiple NLO calculations and parton showers in Geneva

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2013, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Alioli, Simone ^a   Bauer, Christian W ^a   Berggren, Calvin ^a   Hornig, Andrew ^b   Tackmann, Frank J ^c   Vermilion, Christopher K ^a   Walsh, Jonathan R ^a   Zuberi, Saba ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c DESY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Monte Carlo simulations; NLO computations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892401288     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP09(2013)120     Document Type: Article

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