Abstract

We discuss the role of matrix element corrections (MEC) to parton showers in the context of MC@NLO-type matchings for processes that feature unstable resonances, where MEC are liable to result in double-counting issues, and are thus generally not employed. By working with Pythia8, we show that disabling all MEC is actually unnecessary in computations based on the narrow-width approximation, and we propose alternative MEC settings which, while still avoiding double counting, allow one to include hard-recoil effects in the simulations of resonance decays. We illustrate our findings by considering tt¯\\documentclass[12pt]{minimal} \\usepackage{amsmath} \\usepackage{wasysym} \\usepackage{amsfonts} \\usepackage{amssymb} \\usepackage{amsbsy} \\usepackage{mathrsfs} \\usepackage{upgreek} \\setlength{\\oddsidemargin}{-69pt} \\begin{document}$$t\\bar{t}$$\\end{document} production at the LHC, and by comparing MadGraph5-aMC@NLO predictions with those of POWHEG-BOX and standalone Pythia8.

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