Matching NLO QCD computations with PYTHIA using MC{\@}NLO

DOI10.1007/JHEP04(2010)110zbMATH Open1272.81198arXiv1002.4293WikidataQ59254381 ScholiaQ59254381MaRDI QIDQ367693FDOQ367693

S. Frixione, P. Torrielli

Publication date: 16 September 2013

Published in: Journal of High Energy Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We present the matching between a next-to-leading order computation in QCD and the PYTHIA parton shower Monte Carlo, according to the MC@NLO formalism. We study the case of initial-state radiation, and consider in particular single vector boson hadroproduction.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1002.4293

zbMATH Keywords

NLO computationsQCDhadronic colliders

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Monte Carlo methods (65C05) Strong interaction, including quantum chromodynamics (81V05)

Cites Work

• Matching NLO QCD computations with PYTHIA using MC{\@}NLO
• NLO QCD corrections in Herwig++ with MC{\@}NLO
• PYTHIA 6.4 physics and manual

Cited In (12)

• The automated computation of tree-level and next-to-leading order differential cross sections, and their matching to parton shower simulations
• QCD soft fluon exponentiation: YFS MC approach
• QCD event generators with next-to-leading order matrix-elements and parton showers
• Matching N3LO QCD calculations to parton showers
• Testing and improving the numerical accuracy of the NLO predictions
• An alternative subtraction scheme for next-to-leading order QCD calculations
• MC@NLO
• Matching NLO QCD computations with PYTHIA using MC{\@}NLO
• Integrated dipoles with MadDipole in the MadGraph framework
• NLO QCD corrections in Herwig++ with MC{\@}NLO
• MC-TESTER: a universal tool for comparisons of Monte Carlo predictions for particle decays in high energy physics
• Towards NNLO+PS matching with sector showers

Uses Software

• PYTHIA
• PYTHIA8
• MadFKS

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