Color-singlet production at NNLO in MCFM

European Physical Journal C

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Boughezal, Radja ^a   Campbell, John M ^b   Ellis, R Keith ^c   Focke, Christfried ^d   Giele, Walter ^b   Liu, Xiaohui ^e   Petriello, Frank ^a,d   Williams, Ciaran ^f  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b FERMI NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e University of Maryland   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

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EID: 85007560408     PISSN: 14346044     EISSN: 14346052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1140/epjc/s10052-016-4558-y     Document Type: Article

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