Update of the MCSANC Monte Carlo integrator, v. 1.20
A. Arbuzov+, D. Bardin*, S. Bondarenko+, P. Christova*, L. Kalinovskaya*, U. Klein°, V. Kolesnikov*, L. Rumyantsev*×, R. Sadykov*, A. Sapronov*
+Bogoliubov Laboratory of Theoretical Physics, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980 Dubna, Russia
*Dzhelepov Laboratory for Nuclear Problems, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980 Dubna, Russia
×Institute of Physics, Southern Federal University, 344090 Rostov-on-Don, Russia
°University of Liverpool, L69 3BX Liverpool, UK
Abstract
This article presents new features of the
MCSANC v.1.20 program, a Monte Carlo tool for calculation
of the next-to-leading order electroweak and QCD
corrections to various Standard Model processes.
The extensions concern implementation of Drell-Yan-like
processes and include a systematic treatment of the photon-induced
contribution in
proton-proton collisions and electroweak corrections beyond NLO
approximation.
There are also technical improvements such as calculation of the
forward-backward asymmetry for the neutral current Drell-Yan process. The
updated
code is suitable for studies of the effects due to EW and QCD
radiative corrections to Drell-Yan (and several other) processes at the LHC
and for forthcoming high energy proton-proton colliders.