Speaker
Simon Plätzer
(DESY)
Description
We discuss an extension of matrix element plus parton shower merging at leading and next-to-leading order. The algorithm does preserve inclusive cross sections at the respective input order. This constraint avoids potentially large logarithmic contributions, which would require approximate (N)NLO contributions to cancel against. We will report on the status of implementing the new procedure in the framework of the Herwig++ event generator.
Author
Simon Plätzer
(DESY)