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NLO EW technical comparisons

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Working plan:

1) Summary of codes for EW automation

 Contributions from GOSAM, MadGraph5_aMC@NLO, OPENLOOPS, Recola, ...

2) Technical comparison of EW NLO cross sections

 Processes:  pp -> lljj     arXiv:1411.0916,   table 3 (and optionally table 4)
                                         and some related cumulative histograms
                            contributers (contact persons): 
                              Recola (denner@physik.uni-wuerzburg.de) 
                              OPENLOOPS (lindert@physik.uzh.ch)
                              ...
 
             pp -> lvjj     arXiv:1412.5157    table 3
                            contributers (contact persons): 
                              OPENLOOPS (lindert@physik.uzh.ch), 
                              MadGraph5_aMC@NLO?, 
                              GOSAM (nicolas.greiner@desy.de)
                              ...
             
             pp -> ttH      arXiv:1504.03446   table 3/4  for 13 TeV (or more energies)
                            contributers (contact persons):
                              MadGraph5_aMC@NLO (davide.pagani@uclouvain.be)
                              OPENLOOPS (lindert@physik.uzh.ch) 
                                ...

3) Comparison of Sudakov approximation with EW NLO corrections for distributions

 Processes:  pp -> lljj     arXiv:1411.0916,   table 3 and/or 4
                            contributers (contact persons): 
                            Recola (denner@physik.uni-wuerzburg.de) 
                            Chiesa et al. (mauro.chiesa@pv.infn.it; 
                                           fulvio.piccinini@pv.infn.it) 
                            Sherpa (jennifer.thompson@durham.ac.uk)
                             
             pp -> lvjj     arXiv:1412.5157    table 3
                            contributers (contact persons): 
                            OPENLOOPS (lindert@physik.uzh.ch) 
                            Chiesa et al. (mauro.chiesa@pv.infn.it; 
                                           fulvio.piccinini@pv.infn.it)
                            Sherpa (jennifer.thompson@durham.ac.uk)

4) Calculation of the ratio for sigma(pp -> Z/gamma*+jets)/sigma(pp -> gamma+jets) and comparison to data

    contributors (contact persons): 
      CMS (vitaliano.ciulli@cern.ch)
      OPENLOOPS (lindert@physik.uzh.ch)  
      Chiesa et al. (mauro.chiesa@pv.infn.it;
                     fulvio.piccinini@pv.infn.it)
      Sherpa (jennifer.thompson@durham.ac.uk)

Parameters according to CMS paper arXiv.1505.06250

Selection cuts for the ratio plots:

  • For $Z/\gamma^{*}$ plus jets events we select:
    • two same flavour opposite sign leptons with $p_{T} > 20$ GeV and $|\eta| < 1.4$ and $71 < M_{\ell\ell} < 121 $ GeV and $p_{T}^{\ell\ell} > 100$ GeV
    • leptons are “dressed” with all photons in a cone of radius $\Delta R = 0.1$
    • at least one jet, jet selection $p_{T} > 30$ GeV and $|\eta| < 2.4$, we remove jets within a radius of $\Delta R < 0.5$ with respect to the axes of each lepton
  • For $\gamma$ plus jets events we select:
    • at least a photon with $p_{T} > 100$ GeV and $|\eta| < 1.4$ (in case there is more than one photon the leading one satisfying all cuts is used)
    • the photon must be isolated, i.e. the scalar sum of the $p_T$ of all stable particle in a cone of radius $\Delta R = 0.4$ is less then 5 GeV
    • at least one jet, jet selection $p_{T} > 30$ GeV and $|\eta| < 2.4$ , we remove jets within a radius of $\Delta R < 0.5$ with respect to the axis of the photon

A Rivet analysis is being prepared to provide direct comparison with data at full particle level

Plots for the ratio:

  • Z boson differential transverse momentum cross-section in an inclusive $Z/\gamma^{*}+\mathrm{jets}$
  • $\gamma$ differential transverse momentum cross-section in an inclusive $\gamma+\mathrm{jets}$

in the following kinematic ranges:

  • $N_{jets} \geq1$
  • $N_{jets} \geq2$
  • $N_{jets} \geq3$
  • $H_{T} > 300$ GeV, $N_{\mathrm{jets}}\geq 1$

Points open for discussion/inputs:

  • are scale uncertainties correlated among the two processes?
  • is someone interested in having a Rivet routine which runs at parton level?

Input parameters

as defined in the relevant papers:
Parameters etc. lljj lvjj ttH
order of LO contribution all all O(alphas2 alpha) and O(alphas alpha2)
order of NLO corrections O(alpha3 alphas2)O(alpha2 alphas3) and O(alpha3 alphas2) NLO EW O(alphas2 alpha2) and NLO QCD
renormalisation scheme G_mu scheme G_mu scheme alpha(MZ)
complex/real masses complex-mass scheme complex-mass scheme real masses
jet algorithm anti-kT R=0.4 anti-kT R=0.4 -
partons clustered for abs(y) < 5 abs(y) < infinity -
photon/jet separation democratic clustering+ fragmentation fermion-photon recombination and democratic clustering -
MAX(E_gamma/(E_gamma+E_jet) 0.7 0.5 -
PDFs MSTW2008LO PDF NNPDF2.3QED PDF NNPDF2.3QED PDF
factorization scale MZ_pole Hhat_T / 2 (scalar sum of all partonic E_T) H_T / 2
renormalization scale MZ_pole Hhat_T / 2 (scalar sum of all partonic E_T) H_T / 2
partons at LO g,u,c,d,s,b g,u,c,d,s,b,gamma g,u,c,d,s,b,gamma
partons at NLO g,u,c,d,s g,u,c,d,s,b g,u,c,d,s,b,gamma
gamma-induced contributions none only at LO all and none (PDF set to zero)
collider energy[TeV] 13 13 13
alpha_s from PDFs, 0.139395.. from PDF, 0.118 from PDF, 0.118
G_mu 1.1663787e-5 GeV**-2 1.16637e-5 from alpha
alpha calculated from G_mu calculated from G_mu 1/128.93
MZ_onshell 91.1876 GeV 91.1876 GeV 91.188 GeV
GZ_onshell 2.4952 GeV 2.4952 GeV 0 GeV
MZ_pole, GZ_pole calculated - -
MW_onshell 80.385 GeV 80.385 GeV 80.385 GeV
GW_onshell 2.085 GeV 2.085 GeV 0 GeV
MW_pole, GW_pole calculated - -
complex masses defined from pole masses defined from on-shell masses -
mb 0 GeV 0 GeV 0 GeV
mt 173.2 GeV 173.2 173.3 GeV
Gamma_t 0 GeV 0 GeV
MH 125 GeV 126 GeV 125 GeV
Gamma_H 0 GeV 4.21 MeV 0 GeV
basic cuts pt_j > 30 GeV pt_j > 30 GeV
abs(y_j) < 4.5 abs(eta_j) < 4.5
pt_l > 20 GeV pt_l > 20 GeV
abs(y_l) < 2.5 abs(eta_l) < 2.5
dR_ll > 0.2 dR_ll > 0.2
dR_jl > 0.5 dR_jl > 0.5
66 GeV < M_ll < 116 GeV M_TW > 20 GeV
missing_ET > 30 GeV
cumulative histogram 1 pT(j1) > 0.25,0.5,0.75,1 TeV pT(j1) > 1 TeV
cumulative histogram 2 M_jj > 0.50,1,2,4 TeV missing_ET > 1 TeV
cumulative histogram 3 pT(l-) > 0.25,0.5,0.75,1 TeV pT(l) > 1 TeV
cumulative histogram 4 pT(ll) > 0.25,0.5,0.75,1 TeV
cumulative histogram 5 HT > 0.50,1,1.5,2 TeV HT > 2 TeV

Alternative lljj analysis: same as above with M_ll cut replaced by the following VBF cuts: M_jj > 600 GeV; abs(y_j1-y_j2) < 4.5; y_j1 * y_j2 < 0; min(y_j1,y_j2) < y_l < max(y_j1,y_j2).

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