Automated NLO/NLL Monte Carlo programs for the LHC

Abstract

The interpretation of experimental measurements at the LHC requires accurate theoretical predictions for exclusive observables, and in particular the summation of soft and collinear radiation to all orders in perturbation theory. We report on recent progress towards the automated calculation of multi-parton LHC cross sections at next-to-leading order in QCD, including the summation of next-to-leading logarithmic corrections through the combination with parton showers.

arXiv comment22 pages, 6 figures, 6 tables. Contribution to the Proceedings of the Final Meeting of the Collaborative Research Centre / Transregio 9 "Computational Particle Physics", Durbach, Germany, September 2014, to appear in Nucl. Phys. (Proc. Suppl.), references corrected, introduction modified

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