2000/10/02 by E. Norrbin, T. Sjöstrand, Torbjörn Sjöstrand · 6 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #High-Energy Particle Collisions Research #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions #hep-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/s0550-3213(01)00099-2
published as Nucl.Phys.B603:297-342,2001 · 44 pages, 15 pages, 4 tables
arxiv created 2000/10/02 · openalex publication_date 2001/06/01 · arxiv updated 2011/01/13 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
We study QCD radiation in decay processes involving heavy particles. As input, the first-order gluon emission rate is calculated in a number of reactions, and comparisons of the energy flow patterns show a non-negligible process dependence. To proceed further, the QCD parton shower language offers a convenient approach to include multi-gluon emission effects, and to describe exclusive event properties. An existing shower algorithm is extended to take into account the process-dependent mass, spin and parity effects, as given by the matrix element calculations. This allows an improved description of multiple gluon emission effects off b and t quarks, and also off nonstandard particles like squarks and gluinos. Phenomenological applications are presented for bottom production at LEP, Higgs particle decay to heavy flavours, top production and decay at linear colliders, and some simple supersymmetric processes.