The Electroweak Sudakov approximation in SHERPA
arXiv:1606.09572
Abstract
As experimental particle physics becomes more and more precise, it is becoming increasingly important for Monte Carlo simulations to improve the precision of their predictions. In terms of the hard matrix element, this means calculating to a higher order in perturbation theory. To be consistent this requires both NNLO QCD corrections and NLO EW corrections to be included. There are also interference effects between these processes that are not simple to handle consistently. For a broad description of the behaviour of NLO EW corrections at high energies, the Sudakov logarithmic approach provides a good approximation, and is much less computationally expensive than the full calculation. The implementation of EW Sudakov logarithms within the SHERPA program are outlined here along with some initial results. As well as this, an overview of the status of full NLO EW computations with SHERPA is presented.
arXiv comment5 pages, 2 figures, DIS16 proceedings
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