Inclusive Cross Sections in ME+PS Merging

Abstract

We discuss an extension of matrix element plus parton shower merging at leading and next-to-leading order. The algorithm does preserve inclusive cross sections at the respective input order. This constraint avoids potentially large logarithmic contributions, which would require approximate (N)NLO contributions to cancel against.

7 pages, 2 figures, to appear in the proceedings of DIS 2013

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