Multi-scale improved predictions for $pp \to t\bar{t}W^+ (j)$ (17'+3')

5 May 2026, 12:00
20m
Sala SATURNO B, First Floor (Hotel Carlton)

Sala SATURNO B, First Floor

Hotel Carlton

Talk WG3 Electroweak Physics, top, Higgs and Beyond the Standard Model WG3 Electro-weak physics/higgs/top and BSM

Speaker

Nikolaos Dimitrakopoulos (RWTH Aachen University)

Description

In this presentation, I will talk about the Multi-scale improved NLO (MINLO) method as an alternative to the standard fixed-order NLO approach. The MINLO method, which is now implemented in the HELAC-NLO framework, depends on an arbitrary choice of renormalization and factorization scales. This approach dynamically determines these scales based on the most probable branching histories and incorporates Sudakov form factors to resum large double logarithms that arise in processes with widely separated energy scales. I will present the differences between the two approaches through a comparative study of the full off-shell $pp \to t\bar{t}W^+ + \rm jets$ processes at NLO in QCD. Merging of the $pp \to t\bar{t}W^+ + \rm jets$ samples with up to 2 jets, that can improve the overall accuracy of the full off-shell $pp \to t\bar{t}W^+ + X$ predictions, will also be discussed.

Speaker confirmation Yes

Authors

Malgorzata Worek (RWTH Aachen University) Nikolaos Dimitrakopoulos (RWTH Aachen University)

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