The Higgs transverse momentum distribution in gluon fusion as a multiscale problem

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2016, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 1-35

  Bagnaschi, E ^a   Vicini, A ^b  

^a DESY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Monte Carlo Simulations; QCD Phenomenology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84954455728     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP01(2016)056     Document Type: Article

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