Signer, Adrian MENLO_PARC, a program for \(e^+e^-\to 4\) jets at next-to-leading order. (English) Zbl 0940.81047 Comput. Phys. Commun. 106, No. 1-2, 125-138 (1997). Summary: \(\text{MENLO}_- \text{PARC}\) is a general purpose Monte Carlo program for calculating the next-to-leading order \({\mathcal O}(\alpha^3_s)\) correction to four-jet quantities in electron-positron annihilation. Any quantity which can be constructed out of the four jet momenta and which is insensitive to the quark helicities and the beam orientation can be computed. Both virtual photon and \(Z\) intermediate states (and \(\gamma-Z\) interference) are included, hence the quantities can be computed for arbitrary center of mass energies. The cancellation of real and virtual singularities is achieved using a general version of the subtraction method. The only approximation which has been made is the neglect of the light quark masses and terms which are suppressed by \(1/m^4_{\text{top}}\) or higher powers of the top quark mass. Cited in 1 Document MSC: 81V45 Atomic physics 81T15 Perturbative methods of renormalization applied to problems in quantum field theory 81-04 Software, source code, etc. for problems pertaining to quantum theory 81-08 Computational methods for problems pertaining to quantum theory Keywords:renormalization; \(\text{MENLO}_-\text{PARC}\); electron-positron annihilation; next-to-leading order corrections; four jet; subtraction method; Monte Carlo program Software:MENLO_PARC PDFBibTeX XMLCite \textit{A. Signer}, Comput. Phys. Commun. 106, No. 1--2, 125--138 (1997; Zbl 0940.81047) Full Text: DOI References: [1] Catani, S.; Seymour, M. H., Phys. Lett. B, 378, 287 (1996) [2] Ali, A., Nucl. Phys. B, 167, 454 (1980) [3] Bengtsson, M., Z. Phys. C, 42, 75 (1989) [4] I.G. Knowles and T. Sjöstrand, QCD event generators, in: Physics at LEP2, CERN 96-01 (hep-ph/9601212).; I.G. Knowles and T. Sjöstrand, QCD event generators, in: Physics at LEP2, CERN 96-01 (hep-ph/9601212). [5] Signer, A.; Dixon, L., Phys. Rev. Lett., 78, 811 (1997) [6] L. Dixon and A. Signer, preprint SLAC-PUB-7528.; L. Dixon and A. Signer, preprint SLAC-PUB-7528. [7] Ellis, R. K.; Ross, D. A.; Terrano, A. E., Nucl. Phys. B, 1781, 421 (1981) [8] Frixione, S.; Kunszt, Z.; Signer, A., Nucl. Phys. B, 467, 399 (1996) [9] Nagy, Z.; Trócsányi, Z., Nucl. Phys. B, 486, 189 (1997) [10] Glover, E. W.N; Miller, D. J., Phys. Lett. B, 396, 257 (1997) [11] Bern, Z.; Dixon, L.; Kosower, D.; Weinzierl, S., Nucl. Phys. B, 489, 3 (1997) [12] J.M. Campbell, E.W.N. Glover and D.J. Miller, preprint, hep-ph/9706297.; J.M. Campbell, E.W.N. Glover and D.J. Miller, preprint, hep-ph/9706297. [13] Z. Bern, L. Dixon and D. Kosower, preprint SLAC-PUB-7529 (hep-ph/9708239).; Z. Bern, L. Dixon and D. Kosower, preprint SLAC-PUB-7529 (hep-ph/9708239). [14] Berends, F. A.; Giele, W. T.; Kuijf, H., Nucl. Phys. B, 321, 39 (1989) [15] Falk, N. K.; Graudenz, D.; Kramer, G., Nucl. Phys. B, 328, 317 (1989) [16] Giele, W. T.; Glover, E. W.N, Phys. Rev. D, 46, 1980 (1992) [17] Kunszt, Z.; Signer, A.; Trócsányi, Z., Nucl. Phys. B, 411, 397 (1994) [18] Lepage, G. P., CLNS-80/447 (1980) [19] Ballestrero, A.; Maina, E.; Moretti, S., Nucl. Phys. B, 415, 265 (1994) [20] Z. Nagy and Z. Trócsányi, preprint hep-ph/9707309.; Z. Nagy and Z. Trócsányi, preprint hep-ph/9707309. This reference list is based on information provided by the publisher or from digital mathematics libraries. Its items are heuristically matched to zbMATH identifiers and may contain data conversion errors. In some cases that data have been complemented/enhanced by data from zbMATH Open. This attempts to reflect the references listed in the original paper as accurately as possible without claiming completeness or a perfect matching.