Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Scientific paper
2007-12-18
JHEP 0804:085,2008
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Scientific paper
10.1088/1126-6708/2008/04/085
We make a thorough comparison between different schemes of merging fixed-order tree-level matrix element generators with parton-shower models. We use the most basic benchmark of the O(alpha_S) correction to e+e- -> jets, where the simple kinematics allows us to study in detail the transition between the matrix-element and parton-shower regions. We find that the CKKW-based schemes give a reasonably smooth transition between these regions, although problems may occur if the parton shower used is not ordered in transverse momentum. However, the so-called Pseudo-Shower and MLM schemes turn out to have potentially serious problems due to different scale definitions in different regions of phase space, and due to sensitivity to the details in the initial conditions of the parton shower programs used.
Lavesson Nils
Lonnblad Leif
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