# TMD parton distributions from parton showers

## TL;DR

This paper extracts TMD parton distributions using Monte Carlo parton showers and compares results from PYTHIA8, HERWIG6, and the Parton Branching method to evaluate their consistency.

## Contribution

It introduces a novel approach to determine TMD distributions directly from Monte Carlo parton showers and compares different shower models with the Parton Branching method.

## Key findings

- Effective TMD distributions vary between PYTHIA8 and HERWIG6.
- Comparison shows agreement and differences with the Parton Branching method.
- Provides insights into the modeling of TMDs in Monte Carlo simulations.

## Abstract

We present the determination of Transverse Momentum Dependent (TMD) parton distributions from Monte Carlo parton showers. We investigate the effective TMD distributions obtained from the PYTHIA8 and HERWIG6 parton showers and compare them to the TMD distributions determined within the Parton Branching method.