Comparative study of various algorithms for the merging of parton showers and matrix elements in hadronic collisions.

Alwall, J.; Höche, S.; Krauss, F.; Lavesson, N.; Lönnblad, L.; Maltoni, F.; Mangano, M.L.; Moretti, M.; Papadopoulos, C.G.; Piccinini, F.; Schumann, S.; Treccani, M.; Winter, J.; Worek, M.

Abstract

We compare different procedures for combining fixed-order tree-level matrix-element generators with parton showers. We use the case of W-production at the Tevatron and the LHC to compare different implementations of the so-called CKKW and MLM schemes using different matrix-element generators and different parton cascades. We find that although similar results are obtained in all cases, there are important differences.

Citation

Alwall, J., Höche, S., Krauss, F., Lavesson, N., Lönnblad, L., Maltoni, F., …Worek, M. (2008). Comparative study of various algorithms for the merging of parton showers and matrix elements in hadronic collisions. The European Physical Journal C, 53(3), 473-500. https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-007-0490-5

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Online Publication Date: Dec 15, 2007
• Publication Date: 2008-02
• Journal: European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields
• Print ISSN: 1434-6044
• Electronic ISSN: 1434-6052
• Publisher: SpringerOpen
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 53
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 473-500
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-007-0490-5
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1571334