Top-pair production and decay at NLO matched with parton showers

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2015, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1-33

  Campbell, John M ^a   Ellis, R Keith ^a   Nason, Paolo ^b   Re, Emanuele ^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: 84928673971     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP04(2015)114     Document Type: Article

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