A Positive-Weight Next-to-Leading-Order Monte Carlo Simulation of Deep Inelastic Scattering and Higgs Boson Production via Vector Boson Fusion in Herwig++

D'Errico, Luca; Richardson, Peter

Abstract

The positive weight next-to-leading-order matching formalism (POWHEG) is applied to Deep Inelastic Scattering (DIS) and the related Higgs boson production via vector–boson fusion process in the Herwig++ Monte Carlo event generator. This scheme combines parton shower simulation and next-to-leading-order calculation in a consistent way which only produces positive weight events. The simulation contains a full implementation of the truncated shower required to correctly model soft emissions in an angular-ordered parton shower.

Citation

D'Errico, L., & Richardson, P. (2012). A Positive-Weight Next-to-Leading-Order Monte Carlo Simulation of Deep Inelastic Scattering and Higgs Boson Production via Vector Boson Fusion in Herwig++. The European Physical Journal C, 72(6), Article 2042. https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-012-2042-x

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: 2012-06
• Deposit Date: May 10, 2013
• Journal: European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields
• Print ISSN: 1434-6044
• Electronic ISSN: 1434-6052
• Publisher: SpringerOpen
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 72
• Issue: 6
• Article Number: 2042
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-012-2042-x
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1476852