Drell-Yan lepton pair production at NNLO QCD with parton showers
Stefan Hoeche, Ye Li, Stefan Prestel
TL;DR
This paper introduces a new method combining NNLO QCD calculations with parton showers, specifically applied to Drell-Yan lepton-pair production at the LHC, aiming to improve theoretical predictions.
Contribution
The paper presents a simplified approach using the UNLOPS technique to merge NNLO QCD calculations with parton showers for collider processes.
Findings
Effective combination of NNLO QCD and parton showers demonstrated
Application to Drell-Yan production at LHC shows promising results
Discussion of potential improvements and uncertainties included
Abstract
We present a simple approach to combine NNLO QCD calculations and parton showers, based on the UNLOPS technique. We apply the method to the computation of Drell-Yan lepton-pair production at the Large Hadron Collider. We comment on possible improvements and intrinsic uncertainties.
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