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| - | ==== Large pT in POWHEG ==== | + | ===== Large pT in POWHEG ===== |
| The issue is a significant hardening of the pT-spectrum after showering in POWHEG+Pythia8 for certain observables, even for non-zero values of the POWHEG damping factor (specific examples are gg->HH, see [[http://arxiv.org/abs/arXiv:1703.09252|arXiv:1703.09252]], or gg->H, see [[http://arxiv.org/abs/arXiv:1510.08850|arXiv:1510.08850]]). | The issue is a significant hardening of the pT-spectrum after showering in POWHEG+Pythia8 for certain observables, even for non-zero values of the POWHEG damping factor (specific examples are gg->HH, see [[http://arxiv.org/abs/arXiv:1703.09252|arXiv:1703.09252]], or gg->H, see [[http://arxiv.org/abs/arXiv:1510.08850|arXiv:1510.08850]]). | ||
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| * Can one identify classes of observables where the effect is more prominent than in others? | * Can one identify classes of observables where the effect is more prominent than in others? | ||
| * Is the effect specific to Pythia8, or is it observed also with Pythia6? | * Is the effect specific to Pythia8, or is it observed also with Pythia6? | ||
| + | Here are example plots {{2017:working_groups:sm:nlo_swr_hdamp_pthh_full_py6.pdf| hdamp=250}},{{2017:working_groups:sm:nlo_swr_pthh_full_py6.pdf| hdamp=infty}} from gg to HH which suggest that the effect is more pronounced with Pythia8 than with Pythia6. The plots are also in version 2 (journal version) of [[http://arxiv.org/abs/arXiv:1703.09252|arXiv:1703.09252]]. | ||
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| * Is the effect specific to POWHEG? | * Is the effect specific to POWHEG? | ||
| * In [[http://arxiv.org/abs/arXiv:1510.08850|arXiv:1510.08850]], it was proposed to restrict the shower scale in the remnant events: is this legitimate for all observables? | * In [[http://arxiv.org/abs/arXiv:1510.08850|arXiv:1510.08850]], it was proposed to restrict the shower scale in the remnant events: is this legitimate for all observables? | ||
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