A Consistent Prescription for Combining Perturbative Calculations and Parton Showers in Case of Associated Z b anti-b Hadroproduction
arXiv:0803.4132 · doi:10.1088/1126-6708/2008/07/032
Abstract
This paper presents the method of combining parton shower formalism with perturbative calculations (matrix elements) in form of a Monte-Carlo algorithm for the process g g -> Z b anti-b,consistenlty including the heavy quark masses and overlap removal.
accepted by JHEP, revised according to suggestions from JHEP referee
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