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Reichelt, Daniel [CERN] (ORCID:0000000330775256)

Publications and source records attributed to Reichelt, Daniel [CERN] (ORCID:0000000330775256).

Recoil-safe subtraction, matching and merging in e$^{+}$e$^{−}$ → hadrons

We present the first next-to-leading order matched and multi-jet merged predictions based on the Alaric parton shower. The components needed for infrared subtraction in the S-Mc@Nlo algorithm are computed analytically for the case of color singlet decays to hadronic final states and validated against existing approaches for up to e$^{−}$e$^{+}$ → 5 jets. Phenomenological results for e$^{−}$e$^{+}$ → hadrons at the Z pole are obtained with up to five jets at next-to-leading order precision, for the first time using an evolution algorithm with NLL-preserving kinematics mapping.

Höche, Stefan [Fermilab] (ORCID:0000000213706059)↗

Resonance- and Width-aware Parton Shower Evolution and NLO Matching

We introduce a technique for the next-to-leading order accurate simulation of $e^+e^-\to W^+W^-b\bar{b}$ that respects the resonant nature of the process above and near the top-quark pair production threshold. The parton-shower evolution, infrared subtraction and NLO matching account in particular for finite width effects beyond the Breit-Wigner structure considered in resonance-aware approaches. We present first phenomenological results relevant to a potential future electron-positron collider and provide a publicly available simulator based on the ALARIC parton shower and the SHERPA event generator.

Höche, Stefan [Fermilab] (ORCID:0000000213706059)↗

QCD splitting functions beyond kinematical limits

We present a systematic decomposition of QCD splitting functions into scalar dipole radiators and pure splitting remainders up to second order in the strong coupling. The individual components contain terms that are formally subleading in soft or collinear scaling parameters, but well understood and universal due to their origin in scalar QCD. The multipole radiator functions which we derive share essential features of the known double-soft and one-loop soft gluon currents, and are not based on kinematical approximations.

Campbell, John M. [Fermilab] (ORCID:00000002136193↗