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New simpler method of matching NLO corrections with parton shower Monte Carlo

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2016-08-10 v2

Abstract

Next steps in development of the KrkNLO method of implementing NLO QCD corrections to hard processes in parton shower Monte Carlo programs are presented. This new method is a simpler alternative to other well-known approaches, such as MC@NLO and POWHEG. The KrkNLO method owns its simplicity to the use of parton distribution functions (PDFs) in a new, so-called Monte Carlo (MC), factorization scheme which was recently fully defined for the first time. Preliminary numerical results for the Higgs-boson production process are also presented.

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@article{arxiv.1607.00919,
  title  = {New simpler method of matching NLO corrections with parton shower Monte Carlo},
  author = {S. Jadach and W. Placzek and S. Sapeta and A. Siodmok and M. Skrzypek},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1607.00919},
  year   = {2016}
}

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8 pages, 5 JPG figures, conference: "Loops and Legs in Quantum Field Theory", 24-29 April 2016, Leipzig, Germany