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We present a simulation program for the production of a pair of W bosons in association with a jet, that can be used in conjunction with general-purpose shower Monte Carlo generators, according to the Powheg method. We have further adapted and implemented the Minlo ′ method on top of the NLO calculation underlying our W + W − + jet generator. Thus, the resulting simulation achieves NLO accuracy not only for inclusive distributions in W + W − + jet production but also W + W − production, i.e. when the associated jet is not resolved, without the introduction of any unphysical merging scale. This work represents the first extension of the Minlo ′ method, in its original form, to the case of a genuine underlying 2 → 2 process, with non-trivial virtual corrections.
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Hamilton, K., Melia, T., Monni, P.F. et al. Merging W W and W W + jet with Minlo . J. High Energ. Phys. 2016, 57 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP09(2016)057
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