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Title: Spin polarisation of tt¯γγ production at NLO+PS with GoSam interfaced to MadGraph5_aMC@NLO

Abstract

Here, we present an interface between the multipurpose Monte Carlo tool MadGraph5_aMC@NLO and the automated amplitude generator GoSam. As a first application of this novel framework, we compute the NLO corrections to pp→ tt¯H and pp→ tt¯γγ matched to a parton shower. In the phenomenological analyses of these processes, we focus our attention on observables which are sensitive to the polarisation of the top quarks.

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [3];  [1];  [4];  [5]
  1. Max-Planck-Institut fur Physik, Munchen (Germany)
  2. Technische Univ., Munchen, Garching (Germany)
  3. SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
  4. Max-Planck-Institut fur Physik, Munchen (Germany); Univ. di Padova and INFN Sezione di Padova, Padova (Italy)
  5. New York City College of Technology, City Univ. of New York, Brooklyn, NY (United States); City Univ. of New York, New York, NY (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)
OSTI Identifier:
1257743
Report Number(s):
SLAC-PUB-16555
Journal ID: ISSN 1434-6044
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-76SF00515
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
European Physical Journal. C, Particles and Fields
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 78; Journal Issue: 4; Journal ID: ISSN 1434-6044
Publisher:
Springer
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; QCD; hadronic colliders; top physics

Citation Formats

van Deurzen, Hans, Frederix, Rikkert, Hirschi, Valentin, Luisoni, Gionata, Mastrolia, Pierpaolo, and Ossola, Giovanni. Spin polarisation of tt¯γγ production at NLO+PS with GoSam interfaced to MadGraph5_aMC@NLO. United States: N. p., 2016. Web. doi:10.1140/epjc/s10052-016-4048-2.
van Deurzen, Hans, Frederix, Rikkert, Hirschi, Valentin, Luisoni, Gionata, Mastrolia, Pierpaolo, & Ossola, Giovanni. Spin polarisation of tt¯γγ production at NLO+PS with GoSam interfaced to MadGraph5_aMC@NLO. United States. https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-016-4048-2
van Deurzen, Hans, Frederix, Rikkert, Hirschi, Valentin, Luisoni, Gionata, Mastrolia, Pierpaolo, and Ossola, Giovanni. Fri . "Spin polarisation of tt¯γγ production at NLO+PS with GoSam interfaced to MadGraph5_aMC@NLO". United States. https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-016-4048-2. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1257743.
@article{osti_1257743,
title = {Spin polarisation of tt¯γγ production at NLO+PS with GoSam interfaced to MadGraph5_aMC@NLO},
author = {van Deurzen, Hans and Frederix, Rikkert and Hirschi, Valentin and Luisoni, Gionata and Mastrolia, Pierpaolo and Ossola, Giovanni},
abstractNote = {Here, we present an interface between the multipurpose Monte Carlo tool MadGraph5_aMC@NLO and the automated amplitude generator GoSam. As a first application of this novel framework, we compute the NLO corrections to pp→ tt¯H and pp→ tt¯γγ matched to a parton shower. In the phenomenological analyses of these processes, we focus our attention on observables which are sensitive to the polarisation of the top quarks.},
doi = {10.1140/epjc/s10052-016-4048-2},
journal = {European Physical Journal. C, Particles and Fields},
number = 4,
volume = 78,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Apr 22 00:00:00 EDT 2016},
month = {Fri Apr 22 00:00:00 EDT 2016}
}

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