Combining QCD Matrix Elements and Parton Showers

Abstract

A new method for combining QCD matrix elements and parton showers in Monte Carlo simulations of hadronic final states is outlined. The aim is to provide at least a leading-order description of all hard multi-jet configurations together with jet fragmentation to next-to-leading logarithmic accuracy, while avoiding the most serious problems of double counting.

Comments: 6 pages, 8 figures. Talk at XXXV Rencontres de Moriond, Les Arcs, France, March 2000