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Multi-jet events in the k T -factorisation scheme

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A Markovian Monte Carlo algorithm for multi-parton production in the high-energy limit is proposed and the matching with unintegrated parton densities is discussed.

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Höche, S., Krauss, F. & Teubner, T. Multi-jet events in the k T -factorisation scheme. Eur. Phys. J. C 58, 17–28 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-008-0735-y

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