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Implementing NLO DGLAP evolution in parton showers

Journal Article · · Journal of High Energy Physics (Online)
We present a parton shower which implements the DGLAP evolution of parton densities and fragmentation functions at next-to-leading order precision up to effects stemming from local four-momentum conservation. The Monte-Carlo simulation is based on including next-to-leading order collinear splitting functions in an existing parton shower and combining their soft enhanced contributions with the corresponding terms at leading order. Soft double counting is avoided by matching to the soft eikonal. Example results from two independent realizations of the algorithm, implemented in the two event generation frameworks Pythia and Sherpa, illustrate the improved precision of the new formalism.
Research Organization:
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States); Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP) (SC-25)
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-07CH11359;
OSTI ID:
1358103
Report Number(s):
SLAC-PUB-16965; FERMILAB-PUB-17-134-T; IPPP-17-34; DCPT-17-68; -MCNET-17-06; arXiv:1705.00982; -MCNET-17-06; 1597584
Journal Information:
Journal of High Energy Physics (Online), Journal Name: Journal of High Energy Physics (Online) Journal Issue: 10 Vol. 2017; ISSN 1029-8479
Publisher:
Springer Berlin
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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