NLO calculations in QCD: a general algorithm

Abstract

We briefly describe a new general algorithm for carrying out QCD calculations to next-to-leading order in perturbation theory. The algorithm can be used for computing arbitrary jet cross sections in arbitrary processes and can be straightforwardly implemented in general-purpose Monte Carlo programs.

Comments: 10 pages, uses espcrc2.sty. Talk presented at the DESY-Zeuthen Workshop QCD and QED in Higher Orders, Rheinsberg, Germany, April 1996. This paper can also be obtained from http://surya11.cern.ch/users/seymour/pubs/rheinsberg.ps.Z