A framework for second-order parton showers

A framework is presented for including second-order perturbative corrections to the radiation patterns of parton showers. The formalism allows to combine O(αs2)-corrected iterated 2→3 kernels for “ordered” gluon emissions with tree-level 2→4 kernels for “unordered” ones. The combined Sudakov evoluti...

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Main Authors: Hai Tao Li, Peter Skands
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-08-01
Series:Physics Letters B
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0370269317303684