Top++: a program for the calculation of the top-pair cross-section at hadron colliders

TL;DR

Top++ is a user-friendly C++ program that accurately calculates top quark pair production cross-sections at hadron colliders using advanced NNLO and NNLL techniques, offering flexibility and ease of use.

Contribution

The paper introduces Top++, a versatile and accessible tool for precise top-pair cross-section calculations incorporating state-of-the-art QCD corrections.

Findings

Accurately computes top-pair cross-sections at NNLO and NNLL levels.

Provides a flexible interface with 29 options for various calculations.

No programming experience required to operate the tool.

Abstract

We present the program Top++ for the numerical evaluation of the total inclusive cross-section for producing top quark pairs at hadron colliders. The program calculates the cross-section in a) fixed order approach with exact next-to-next-to leading order (NNLO) accuracy and b) by including soft-gluon resummation for the hadronic cross-section in Mellin space with full next-to-next-to-leading logarithmic (NNLL) accuracy. The program offers the user significant flexibility through the large number (29) of available options. Top++ is written in C++. It has a very simple to use interface that is intuitive and directly reflects the physics. The running of the program requires no programing experience from the user.