Ntuples for NLO events at hadron colliders

Computer Physics Communications

Volumn 185, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1443-1460

  Bern, Z ^a   Dixon, L J ^b   Febres Cordero, F ^c   Hoche S ^b   Ita, H ^d   Kosower, D A ^e   Maitre D ^f,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Venezuela)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^e CEA SACLAY   (France)

^f CERN   (Switzerland)

^g DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Jets; LHC; QCD; Tevatron; Vector boson

Indexed keywords

HADRON COLLIDERS; LARGE HADRON COLLIDER; LHC; PARTON DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; PYTHON INTERFACES; QCD; TEVATRON; VECTOR BOSON;

BOSONS; FACTORIZATION; FORECASTING; JETS; TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

PARTICLE ACCELERATORS;

EID: 84900602309     PISSN: 00104655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpc.2014.01.011     Document Type: Article

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