Generation cuts and Born suppression in POWHEG

Abstract

In this short note we discuss the origin of spikes in physical distributions in dijet production, originating after the Monte Carlo shower of POWHEG Les Houches events. We introduce a refinement of the way in which the POWHEG BOX separates the singular regions that reduces the appearance of spikes in the computed distributions. We also study the sensitivity of the results due to a modification of the way the POWHEG events are passed to the shower Monte Carlo program. We recommend that the new features should be used always in dijet production.

13 pages, 8 figures

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