4 research outputs found
Kira - A Feynman Integral Reduction Program
In this article, we present a new implementation of the Laporta algorithm to
reduce scalar multi-loop integrals---appearing in quantum field theoretic
calculations---to a set of master integrals. We extend existing approaches by
using an additional algorithm based on modular arithmetic to remove linearly
dependent equations from the system of equations arising from
integration-by-parts and Lorentz identities. Furthermore, the algebraic
manipulations required in the back substitution are optimized. We describe in
detail the implementation as well as the usage of the program. In addition, we
show benchmarks for concrete examples and compare the performance to Reduze 2
and FIRE 5.
In our benchmarks we find that Kira is highly competitive with these existing
tools.Comment: 37 pages, 3 figure
Next-to-leading order QCD predictions for top-quark pair production with up to three jets
We present theoretical predictions for the production of top-quark pairs with
up to three jets at the next-to leading order in perturbative QCD. The relevant
calculations are performed with Sherpa and OpenLoops. To address the issue of
scale choices and related uncertainties in the presence of multiple scales, we
compare results obtained with the standard scale HT/2 at fixed order and the
MINLO procedure. Analyzing various cross sections and distributions for
tt+0,1,2,3 jets at the 13 TeV LHC we find a remarkable overall agreement
between fixed-order and MINLO results. The differences are typically below the
respective factor-two scale variations, suggesting that for all considered jet
multiplicities, missing higher-order effects should not exceed the ten percent
level.Comment: 10 pages, 6 figures, 2 table
NLO matching for ttbb production with massive b-quarks
Theoretical uncertainties in the simulation of ttbb production represent one
of the main obstacles that still hamper the observation of Higgs-boson
production in association with top-quark pairs in the H->bb channel. In this
letter we present a next-to-leading order (NLO) simulation of ttbb production
with massive b-quarks matched to the Sherpa parton shower. This allows one to
extend NLO predictions to arbitrary ttbb kinematics, including the case where
one or both b-jets arise from collinear g->bb splittings. We find that this
splitting mechanism plays an important role for the ttH(bb) analysis.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figures. v2: b-jet momenta replaced by b-quark momenta in
the dynamical QCD scale; related technical cut removed; numerical results
updated accordingly and conclusions unchanged. References and various
comments on the resummation of b-mass logarithms and on the consistency of
double-splitting contributions added. Version to appear in Phys. Lett
NLO QCD+EW for V+jets
In this contribution recent results regarding the NLO electroweak corrections for vector boson production in association with jets are presented. Besides discussing the phenomenology of the fixed-order results, their incorporation in existing NLO QCD parton shower matched and merged calculations, which can directly be used in experimental analyses, will be shown