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Title: Drell-Yan Lepton pair production at NNLO QCD with parton showers

Journal Article · · Physical Review. D, Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
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  1. SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
  2. Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Hamburg (Germany)

We present a simple approach to combine NNLO QCD calculations and parton showers, based on the UNLOPS technique. We apply the method to the computation of Drell-Yan lepton-pair production at the Large Hadron Collider. We comment on possible improvements and intrinsic uncertainties.

Research Organization:
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-76SF00515; AC02-05CH11231
OSTI ID:
1185178
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1181263
Report Number(s):
SLAC-PUB-15961; TRN: US1600844
Journal Information:
Physical Review. D, Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, Vol. 91, Issue 7; ISSN 1550-7998
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 79 works
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