NNLL threshold resummation for top-pair and single-top production

Physics of Particles and Nuclei

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 714-722

  Kidonakis, Nikolaos ^a  

^a KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84904564719     PISSN: 10637796     EISSN: 15318559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/S1063779614040091     Document Type: Article

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