A parton shower based on factorization of the quantum density matrix

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2014, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Nagy, Zoltán ^a   Soper, Davison E ^b  

^a DESY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Monte Carlo Simulations; QCD Phenomenology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904357115     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP06(2014)097     Document Type: Article

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