TY - CONF AU - Hoche, Stefan AU - Krauss, Frank AU - Schonherr, Marek AU - Siegert, Frank TI - Next-to-leading order matrix elements and truncated showers IS - arXiv:1009.1477 CY - Hamburg PB - Verlag Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron M1 - PUBDB-2016-01445 M1 - arXiv:1009.1477 SP - 199-203 PY - 2010 AB - An algorithm is presented that combines the ME+PS approach to merge sequences of tree-level matrix elements into inclusive event samples with the POWHEG method, which combines exact next-to-leading order matrix elements with parton showers. The quality of the approach and its implementation in Sherpa are exemplified by results for e+e- annihilation into hadrons at LEP, for Drell-Yan lepton-pair production at the Tevatron and for Higgs-boson and W+W- production at LHC energies. T2 - Physics at the LHC 2010 CY - 7 Jun 2010 - 12 Jun 2010, Hamburg (Germany) Y2 - 7 Jun 2010 - 12 Jun 2010 M2 - Hamburg, Germany KW - Monte Carlo (INSPIRE) KW - higher-order: 1 (INSPIRE) KW - parton: showers (INSPIRE) KW - Higgs particle: hadroproduction (INSPIRE) KW - W-: pair production (INSPIRE) KW - hadron: electroproduction (INSPIRE) KW - Drell-Yan process (INSPIRE) KW - CERN LHC Coll (INSPIRE) KW - Batavia TEVATRON Coll (INSPIRE) KW - CERN LEP Stor (INSPIRE) LB - PUB:(DE-HGF)8 ; PUB:(DE-HGF)15 DO - DOI:10.3204/DESY-PROC-2010-01/237 UR - https://bib-pubdb1.desy.de/record/296409 ER -