difference in crossection of p p > t t~ [QCD] for LO and NLO

Asked by mak

Hi
I am trying to calculate the cross-section for the process p p > t t~ [QCD] for LO and NLO
(the measured inclusive value of cross-section is 830+-50pb)
BUT i got changed results
the value of cross-section i have got is 456.5 ± 2.2 pb for LO and 676.5 ± 3.9 pb

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define p = g u c d s u~ c~ d~ s~
define j = g u c d s u~ c~ d~ s~
define l+ = e+ mu+
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define vl = ve vm vt
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generate p p > t t~ [QCD]
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Olivier Mattelaer (olivier-mattelaer) said :
#1

Hi,

Yes and what is your question? I do not see any issue here.

Olivier

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mak (mak5667) said :
#2

The issue is the value of cross-section.why its value is low and how can i improve this

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Olivier Mattelaer (olivier-mattelaer) said :
#3

Hi,

Two comment here:
1) you can obviously reduced your cut in order to increase the cross-section
2) You do have (large) theoretical uncertainty at LO/NLO (obviously bigger at LO), and those uncertainty can explain the difference.
(I expect error of ~40% at LO and ~20% at NLO but I did not check those numbers). So changing the scale can obviously increase the cross-section but ... you will need to justify why you select such type of scale). (You can obviously check what CMS/ATLAS is using as scale for such computation)

Cheers,

Olivier

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