On the maximal use of Monte Carlo samples: re-weighting events at NLO accuracy

Mattelaer, Olivier

Abstract

Accurate Monte Carlo simulations for high-energy events at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider, are very expensive, both from the computing and storage points of view. We describe a method that allows to consistently re-use parton-level samples accurate up to NLO in QCD under different theoretical hypotheses. We implement it in MadGraph5_aMC@NLO and show its validation by applying it to several cases of practical interest for the search of new physics at the LHC.

Citation

Mattelaer, O. (2016). On the maximal use of Monte Carlo samples: re-weighting events at NLO accuracy. The European Physical Journal C, 76(12), Article 674. https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-016-4533-7

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Nov 23, 2016
• Online Publication Date: Dec 5, 2016
• Publication Date: Dec 31, 2016
• Deposit Date: Apr 16, 2019
• Publicly Available Date: Apr 16, 2019
• Journal: European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields
• Print ISSN: 1434-6044
• Electronic ISSN: 1434-6052
• Publisher: SpringerOpen
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 76
• Issue: 12
• Article Number: 674
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-016-4533-7
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1303683