29–30 Aug 2017
CERN
Europe/Zurich timezone

The top-antitop threshold in WHIZARD

29 Aug 2017, 17:25
20m
503/1-001 - Council Chamber (CERN)

503/1-001 - Council Chamber

CERN

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Speaker

Maximilian Stahlhofen

Description

In this talk I will report on recent progress in the implementation of threshold resummation into the Monte Carlo event generator WHIZARD. This is crucial for reliable predictions of WWbb production close to the top-antitop threshold. As a key feature we establish a smooth transition between the threshold region and the relativistic (NLO) continuum. For the first time our code allows to study arbitrary differential observables involving the decay products of the tops and including interference with non-resonant background processes at threshold and beyond.

15 minutes presentation + 5 minutes discussion

Primary author

Maximilian Stahlhofen

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