Single-top Wt-channel production matched with parton showers using the POWHEG method

European Physical Journal C

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Re, Emanuele ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84977590709     PISSN: 14346044     EISSN: 14346052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1140/epjc/s10052-011-1547-z     Document Type: Article

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