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Integrated dipoles with MadDipole in the MadGraph framework

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Heading towards a full automation of next-to-leading order (NLO) QCD corrections, one important ingredient is the analytical integration over the one-particle phase space of the unresolved particle that is necessary when adding the subtraction terms to the virtual corrections. We present the implementation of these integrated dipoles in the MadGraph framework. The result is a package that allows an automated calculation for the NLO real emission parts of an arbitrary process.

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Frederix, R., Gehrmann, T. & Greiner, N. Integrated dipoles with MadDipole in the MadGraph framework. J. High Energ. Phys. 2010, 86 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP06(2010)086

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