Automated event generation for loop-induced processes

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2015, Issue 10, 2015, Pages

  Hirschi, Valentin ^a   Mattelaer, Olivier ^b  

^a SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Monte Carlo Simulations; NLO Computations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84945119934     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP10(2015)146     Document Type: Article

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