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Matching NLO QCD computations with Parton Shower simulations: the POWHEG method

Carlo Oleari, Paolo Nason, Stefano Frixione

The POWHEG method interfaces NLO QCD calculations with parton shower simulations without double-counting or inconsistencies.

arxiv:0709.2092 v1 · 2007-09-13 · hep-ph

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The POWHEG method allows interfacing parton-shower generators with NLO QCD computations in its full generality, and specifies its features in the Catani-Seymour and Frixione-Kunszt-Signer subtraction frameworks, with detailed examples for e+e- hadron production and Drell-Yan vector-boson production.

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The method assumes that modifying the parton shower to begin from the hardest emission determined by the NLO calculation preserves accuracy and avoids inconsistencies across different subtraction schemes and processes.

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The POWHEG method provides a general framework to interface NLO QCD computations with parton showers using Catani-Seymour and Frixione-Kunszt-Signer subtraction schemes, illustrated with e+e- hadron production and Drell-Yan processes.

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[1] M. Dobbs, Phys. Rev. D 65 (2002) 094011 [arXiv:hep-ph/0111234] 2002 · arXiv:hep-ph/0111234
[2] Matching NLO QCD computations and parton shower simulations 2002 · arXiv:hep-ph/0204244
[3] Kurihara et al 2003
[4] A New Method for Combining NLO QCD with Shower Monte Carlo Algorithms 2004 · arXiv:hep-ph/0409146
[5] Matching parton showers to NLO computations 2005 · arXiv:hep-ph/0503053

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