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A Proposal for a Standard Interface between Monte Carlo Tools and One-Loop Programs

Jan, 2010

25 pages

Part of Physics at TeV colliders. Proceedings, 6th Workshop, dedicated to Thomas Binoth, Les Houches, France, June 8-26, 2009, 1-19

Published in:

Comput.Phys.Commun. 181 (2010) 1612-1622

Contribution to:

- PhysTeV 2009
, 1-19

e-Print:

1001.1307 [hep-ph]

DOI:

10.1016/j.cpc.2010.05.016

Report number:

SLAC-PUB-14723,
FERMILAB-PUB-10-029-T,
LAPTH-003-10

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Abstract: (arXiv)

Many highly developed Monte Carlo tools for the evaluation of cross sections based on tree matrix elements exist and are used by experimental collaborations in high energy physics. As the evaluation of one-loop matrix elements has recently been undergoing enormous progress, the combination of one-loop matrix elements with existing Monte Carlo tools is on the horizon. This would lead to phenomenological predictions at the next-to-leading order level. This note summarises the discussion of the next-to-leading order multi-leg (NLM) working group on this issue which has been taking place during the workshop on Physics at TeV colliders at Les Houches, France, in June 2009. The result is a proposal for a standard interface between Monte Carlo tools and one-loop matrix element programs.

Note:

Dedicated to the memory of, and in tribute to, Thomas Binoth, who led the effort to develop this proposal for Les Houches 2009. Minor changes

Monte Carlo tools
One-loop computations
Les Houches Accord
higher-order: 1
numerical calculations: Monte Carlo
electroweak interaction: correction
cross section
programming
tree approximation
quantum chromodynamics

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