%0 Generic %1 campbell2012matrix %A Campbell, John M. %A Giele, Walter T. %A Williams, Ciaran %D 2012 %K Element Matrix Method leading order %T The Matrix Element Method at Next-to-Leading Order %U http://arxiv.org/abs/1204.4424 %X This paper presents an extension of the matrix element method to next-to-leading order in perturbation theory. To accomplish this we have developed a method to calculate next-to-leading order weights on an event-by-event basis. This allows for the definition of next-to-leading order likelihoods in exactly the same fashion as at leading order, thus extending the matrix element method to next-to-leading order. A welcome by-product of the method is the straightforward and efficient generation of unweighted next-to-leading order events. As examples of the application of our next-to-leading order matrix element method we consider the measurement of the mass of the Z boson and also the search for the Higgs boson in the four lepton channel.

@misc{campbell2012matrix, abstract = {This paper presents an extension of the matrix element method to next-to-leading order in perturbation theory. To accomplish this we have developed a method to calculate next-to-leading order weights on an event-by-event basis. This allows for the definition of next-to-leading order likelihoods in exactly the same fashion as at leading order, thus extending the matrix element method to next-to-leading order. A welcome by-product of the method is the straightforward and efficient generation of unweighted next-to-leading order events. As examples of the application of our next-to-leading order matrix element method we consider the measurement of the mass of the Z boson and also the search for the Higgs boson in the four lepton channel.}, added-at = {2012-05-01T19:45:16.000+0200}, author = {Campbell, John M. and Giele, Walter T. and Williams, Ciaran}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/260f8a1c4d69552038ed807a1c02b8367/yuntse}, description = {The Matrix Element Method at Next-to-Leading Order}, interhash = {92a238a3b4fe1a0caefff8084a041cf6}, intrahash = {60f8a1c4d69552038ed807a1c02b8367}, keywords = {Element Matrix Method leading order}, note = {cite arxiv:1204.4424 Comment: 33 pages, 9 figures}, timestamp = {2012-05-01T19:45:16.000+0200}, title = {The Matrix Element Method at Next-to-Leading Order}, url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/1204.4424}, year = 2012 }