Efficient Matrix-Element Matching with Sector Showers

Details Efficient Matrix-Element Matching with Sector Showers Efficient Matrix-Element Matching with Sector Showers

2011-09-16

arxiv.org/abs/1109.3608v1

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

35 pages, 24 figures

Scientific paper

A Markovian shower algorithm based on "sector antennae" is presented and its main properties illustrated. Tree-level full-color matrix elements can be automatically incorporated in the algorithm and are re-interpreted as process-dependent 2 -> n antenna functions. In hard parts of phase-space, these functions generate tree-level matrix-element corrections to the shower. In soft parts, they should improve the logarithmic accuracy of it. The number of matrix-element evaluations required per order of matching is 1, with an unweighting efficiency that remains very high for arbitrary numbers of legs. Total rates can be augmented to NLO precision in a straightforward way. As a proof of concept, we present an implementation in the publicly available VINCIA plug-in to the PYTHIA 8 event generator, for hadronic $Z^0$ decays including tree-level matrix elements through ${\cal O}(\alpha_s^4)$.

Affiliated with

Also associated with

No associations

Rating

Efficient Matrix-Element Matching with Sector Showers does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this scientific paper.

If you have personal experience with Efficient Matrix-Element Matching with Sector Showers, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Efficient Matrix-Element Matching with Sector Showers will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

Comments { 0 }

Profile ID: LFWR-SCP-O-534941