Quarkonium parton shower in Herwig 7
Abstract
A bstract We present the implementation of a fully automated quarkonium parton shower in Herwig 7, based on non-relativistic QCD (NRQCD) factorisation with spin-colour projections. The framework systematically incorporates colour-singlet and colour-octet production mechanisms, gluon fragmentation, and diquark production processes. Perturbative short-distance coefficients are combined with non-perturbative NRQCD matrix elements to simulate heavy-quark bound state formation. Splitting functions for S -, P - and D -wave states are explicitly derived and integrated into the angular-ordered shower evolution. The implementation preserves spin correlations and polarisation effects while accurately accounting for feed-down contributions. Results demonstrate improved agreement with the existing LHC data. This quarkonium parton shower will become publicly available with the release of Herwig-7.4.0.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Ancient Egypt and Archaeology
Historical
Religious
and Philosophical Studies
Ancient Near East History
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Journal of High Energy Physics
- Volume
- 2026
- Issue
- 6
- Publication date
- 8 June 2026
- Language
- EN