New simpler method of matching NLO corrections with parton shower Monte Carlo

Abstract

Next steps in development of the KrkNLO method of implementing NLO QCD corrections to hard processes in parton shower Monte Carlo programs are presented. This new method is a simpler alternative to other well-known approaches, such as MC@NLO and POWHEG. The KrkNLO method owns its simplicity to the use of parton distribution functions (PDFs) in a new, so-called Monte Carlo (MC), factorization scheme which was recently fully defined for the first time. Preliminary numerical results for the Higgs-boson production process are also presented.

Comments: 8 pages, 5 JPG figures, conference: "Loops and Legs in Quantum Field Theory", 24-29 April 2016, Leipzig, Germany