Monte-Carlo simulation of processes with photons in hadronic collisions

• Applicant: Professorin Dr. Barbara Jäger
• Subject Area: Nuclear and Elementary Particle Physics, Quantum Mechanics, Relativity, Fields
• Term: since 2025
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 563181713

The central goal of this project proposal is the development of Monte-Carlo programs for photon-production processes of particular phenomenological relevance. For a precise and realistic simulation of processes with photons next-to-leading order QCD corrections will be taken into account. Direct and fragmentation contributions will be accounted for by an appropriate matching to an interleaved QED+QCD parton shower using the POWHEG formalism. Phenomenological studies with the newly developed Monte-Carlo programs will shed light on validity and limitations of various photon isolation strategies.

• DFG Programme: Research Grants