Next-to-leading-order Monte Carlo simulation of diphoton production in hadronic collisions

作者:D' Errico Luca; Richardson Peter
来源:The Journal of High Energy Physics, 2012, 2012(2): 130.
DOI:10.1007/JHEP02(2012)130

摘要

We present a method, based on the positive weight next-to-leading-order matching formalism (POWHEG), to simulate photon production processes at next-to-leading-order (NLO). This technique is applied to the simulation of diphoton production in hadron-hadron collisions. The algorithm consistently combines the parton shower and NLO calculation, producing only positive weight events. The simulation includes both the photon fragmentation contribution and a full implementation of the truncated shower required to correctly describe soft emissions in an angular-ordered parton shower.

  • 出版日期2012-2