NLO QCD+EW predictions for V + jets including off-shell vector-boson decays and multijet merging

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2016, Issue 4, 2016, Pages

  Kallweit, S ^a   Lindert, J M ^b   Maierhofer P ^c,d   Pozzorini, S ^b   Schonherr M ^b  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

NLO Computations; QCD Phenomenology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84962737821     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP04(2016)021     Document Type: Article

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