Extending the Minlo method

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2016, Issue 5, 2016, Pages

  Frederix, Rikkert ^a   Hamilton, Keith ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Jets; QCD Phenomenology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84966430716     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP05(2016)042     Document Type: Article

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