Eur. Phys. J. C (2011) 71: 1547
https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-011-1547-z

Special Article - Tools for Experiment and Theory

Single-top Wt-channel production matched with parton showers using the POWHEG method

Institute for Particle Physics Phenomenology, Department of Physics, University of Durham, Durham, DH1 3LE, UK

^* e-mail: emanuele.re@durham.ac.uk

Received: 3 November 2010
Revised: 9 December 2010
Published online: 3 February 2011

Abstract

We present results for the next-to-leading order calculation of single-top Wt-channel production interfaced to Shower Monte Carlo programs, implemented according to the POWHEG method. A comparison with MC@NLO is carried out. Results obtained using the PYTHIA shower are also shown and the effect of typical cuts is briefly discussed.