\texttt{MC-TESTER v. 1.23}: a universal tool for comparisons of Monte Carlo predictions for particle decays in high energy physics

DOI10.1016/J.CPC.2010.11.023MaRDI QIDQ538576zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Yong-Cai Geng, Sumit K. Garg

Publication date 25 May 2011

Published in Computer Physics Communications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0812.3215

zbMATH Keywords

decay simulationinvariant mass distributionsMonte Carlo methodsparticle physicsprograms comparison

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Monte Carlo methods (65C05) Computational methods for problems pertaining to quantum theory (81-08) Quantum scattering theory (81U99) Nuclear physics (81V35)

Abstract: Theoretical predictions in high energy physics are routinely provided in the form of Monte Carlo generators. Comparisons of predictions from different programs and/or different initialization set-ups are often necessary. MC-TESTER can be used for such tests of decays of intermediate states (particles or resonances) in a semi-automated way. Since 2002 new functionalities were introduced into the package. In particular, it now works with the HepMC event record, the standard for C++ programs. The complete set-up for benchmarking the interfaces, such as interface between tau-lepton production and decay, including QED bremsstrahlung effects is shown. The example is chosen to illustrate the new options introduced into the program. From the technical perspective, our paper documents software updates and supplements previous documentation. As in the past, our test consists of two steps. Distinct Monte Carlo programs are run separately; events with decays of a chosen particle are searched, and information is stored by MC-TESTER. Then, at the analysis step, information from a pair of runs may be compared and represented in the form of tables and plots. Updates introduced in the progam up to version 1.24.3 are also documented. In particular, new configuration scripts or script to combine results from multitude of runs into single information file to be used in analysis step are explained.

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• A brief introduction to PYTHIA 8.1
• MC-TESTER: a universal tool for comparisons of Monte Carlo predictions for particle decays in high energy physics
• Photos - a universal Monte Carlo for QED radiative corrections in decays

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• MC-TESTER
• Library of anomalous \(\tau\tau\gamma\) couplings for \(\tau^+\tau^- (n\gamma)\) Monte Carlo programs
• The Monte Carlo event generator AcerMC versions 2.0 to 3.8 with interfaces to PYTHIA 6.4, HERWIG 6.5 and ARIADNE 4.1
• \textsc{Decay}: a Monte Carlo library for the decay of a particle with ROOT compatibility
• MCNP output data analysis with ROOT (MODAR)
• A proposal for a standard interface between Monte Carlo tools and one-loop programs
• MCdevelop -- a universal framework for stochastic simulations
• MC-TESTER: a universal tool for comparisons of Monte Carlo predictions for particle decays in high energy physics

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• PHOTOS

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