Event generators for high-energy physics experiments
J. M. Campbell, M. Diefenthaler, T. J. Hobbs, S. Höche, J. Isaacson, F. Kling, S. Mrenna, J. Reuter, S. Alioli, J. R. Andersen, C. Andreopoulos, A. M. Ankowski, E. C. Aschenauer, A. Ashkenazi, M. D. Baker, J. L. Barrow, M. van Beekveld, G. Bewick, S. Bhattacharya, C. Bierlich, E. Bothmann, P. Bredt, A. Broggio, A. Buckley, A. Butter, J. M. Butterworth, E. P. Byrne, C. M. Carloni-Calame, S. Chakraborty, X. Chen, M. Chiesa, J. T. Childers, J. Cruz-Martinez, J. Currie, N. Darvishi, M. Dasgupta, A. Denner, F. A. Dreyer, S. Dytman, B. K. El-Menoufi, T. Engel, S. Ferrario Ravasio, D. Figueroa, L. Flower, J. R. Forshaw, R. Frederix, A. Friedland, S. Frixione, H. Gallagher, K. Gallmeister, S. Gardiner, R. Gauld, J. Gaunt, A. Gavardi, T. Gehrmann, A. Gehrmann-De Ridder, L. Gellersen, W. Giele, S. Gieseke, F. Giuli, E. W. N. Glover, M. Grazzini, A. Grohsjean, C. Gütschow, K. Hamilton, T. Han, R. Hatcher, G. Heinrich, I. Helenius, O. Hen, V. Hirschi, M. Höfer, J. Holguin, A. Huss, P. Ilten, S. Jadach, A. Jentsch, S. P. Jones, W. Ju, S. Kallweit, A. Karlberg, T. Katori, M. Kerner, W. Kilian, M. M. Kirchgaeßer, S. Klein, M. Knobbe, C. Krause, F. Krauss, J. Lang, J. -N. Lang, G. Lee, S. W. Li, M. A. Lim, J. M. Lindert, D. Lombardi, L. Lönnblad, M. Löschner, N. Lurkin, Y. Ma, P. Machado, V. Magerya, A. Maier, I. Majer, F. Maltoni, M. Marcoli, G. Marinelli, M. R. Masouminia, P. Mastrolia, O. Mattelaer, J. Mazzitelli, J. McFayden, R. Medves, P. Meinzinger, J. Mo, P. F. Monni, G. Montagna, T. Morgan, U. Mosel, B. Nachman, P. Nadolsky, R. Nagar, Z. Nagy, D. Napoletano, P. Nason, T. Neumann, L. J. Nevay, O. Nicrosini, J. Niehues, K. Niewczas, T. Ohl, G. Ossola, V. Pandey, A. Papadopoulou, A. Papaefstathiou, G. Paz, M. Pellen, G. Pelliccioli, T. Peraro, F. Piccinini, L. Pickering, J. Pires, W. Placzek, S. Plätzer, T. Plehn, S. Pozzorini, S. Prestel, C. T. Preuss, A. C. Price, S. Quackenbush, E. Re, D. Reichelt, L. Reina, C. Reuschle, P. Richardson, M. Rocco, N. Rocco, M. Roda, A. Rodriguez Garcia, S. Roiser, J. Rojo, L. Rottoli, G. P. Salam, M. Schönherr, S. Schuchmann, S. Schumann, R. Schürmann, L. Scyboz, M. H. Seymour, F. Siegert, A. Signer, G. Singh Chahal, A. Siódmok, T. Sjöstrand, P. Skands, J. M. Smillie, J. T. Sobczyk, D. Soldin, D. E. Soper, A. Soto-Ontoso, G. Soyez, G. Stagnitto, J. Tena-Vidal, O. Tomalak, F. Tramontano, S. Trojanowski, Z. Tu, S. Uccirati, T. Ullrich, Y. Ulrich, M. Utheim, A. Valassi, A. Verbytskyi, R. Verheyen, M. Wagman, D. Walker, B. R. Webber, L. Weinstein, O. White, J. Whitehead, M. Wiesemann, C. Wilkinson, C. Williams, R. Winterhalder, C. Wret, K. Xie, T-Z. Yang, E. Yazgan, G. Zanderighi, S. Zanoli, K. Zapp
SciPost Phys. 16, 130 (2024) · published 24 May 2024
- doi: 10.21468/SciPostPhys.16.5.130
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Abstract
We provide an overview of the status of Monte-Carlo event generators for high-energy particle physics. Guided by the experimental needs and requirements, we highlight areas of active development, and opportunities for future improvements. Particular emphasis is given to physics models and algorithms that are employed across a variety of experiments. These common themes in event generator development lead to a more comprehensive understanding of physics at the highest energies and intensities, and allow models to be tested against a wealth of data that have been accumulated over the past decades. A cohesive approach to event generator development will allow these models to be further improved and systematic uncertainties to be reduced, directly contributing to future experimental success. Event generators are part of a much larger ecosystem of computational tools. They typically involve a number of unknown model parameters that must be tuned to experimental data, while maintaining the integrity of the underlying physics models. Making both these data, and the analyses with which they have been obtained accessible to future users is an essential aspect of open science and data preservation. It ensures the consistency of physics models across a variety of experiments.
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Authors / Affiliations: mappings to Contributors and Organizations
See all Organizations.- 1 J. M. Campbell,
- 2 M. Diefenthaler,
- 1 3 T. J. Hobbs,
- 1 Stefan Höche,
- 1 Joshua Isaacson,
- 4 Felix Kling,
- 1 Stephen Mrenna,
- 4 J. Reuter,
- 5 S. Alioli,
- 6 J. R. Andersen,
- 7 8 C. Andreopoulos,
- 9 A. M. Ankowski,
- 10 Elke Caroline Aschenauer,
- 11 A. Ashkenazi,
- 2 10 M. D. Baker,
- 11 12 Joshua L. Barrow,
- 13 Melissa van Beekveld,
- 6 Gavin Bewick,
- 14 S. Bhattacharya,
- 15 Christian Bierlich,
- 16 Enrico Bothmann,
- 4 P. Bredt,
- 5 A. Broggio,
- 17 Andy Buckley,
- 18 A. Butter,
- 19 Jonathan Mark Butterworth,
- 20 E. P. Byrne,
- 21 Carlo Carloni-Calame,
- 15 Smita Chakraborty,
- 22 X. Chen,
- 21 23 M. Chiesa,
- 24 J. T. Childers,
- 25 J. Cruz-Martinez,
- 6 J. Currie,
- 26 27 N. Darvishi,
- 28 M. Dasgupta,
- 29 A. Denner,
- 13 F. A. Dreyer,
- 30 S. Dytman,
- 28 Basem Kamal El-Menoufi,
- 31 32 Tim Engel,
- 13 Silvia Ferrario Ravasio,
- 33 Daniel Figueroa,
- 6 L. Flower,
- 28 J. R. Forshaw,
- 15 Rikkert Frederix,
- 9 Alex Friedland,
- 34 Stefano Frixione,
- 35 H. Gallagher,
- 36 K. Gallmeister,
- 1 Simon Gardiner,
- 37 Rhorry Gauld,
- 28 Jonathan Gaunt,
- 5 A. Gavardi,
- 31 T. Gehrmann,
- 31 38 Aude Gehrmann-De Ridder,
- 15 Leif Gellersen,
- 1 Walter Giele,
- 22 Stefan Gieseke,
- 39 Francesco Giuli,
- 6 E. W. N. Glover,
- 31 Massimiliano Grazzini,
- 4 A. Grohsjean,
- 19 Christian Gütschow,
- 19 Keith Hamilton,
- 30 T. Han,
- 1 R. Hatcher,
- 22 G. Heinrich,
- 40 41 Ilkka Helenius,
- 12 O. Hen,
- 39 Valentin Hirschi,
- 42 M. Höfer,
- 43 J. Holguin,
- 39 Alexander Huss,
- 44 Philip Ilten,
- 45 Stanislaw Jadach,
- 10 A. Jentsch,
- 6 S. P. Jones,
- 6 W. Ju,
- 5 Stefan Kallweit,
- 13 Alexander Karlberg,
- 46 T. Katori,
- 22 Matthias Kerner,
- 47 C. Kilian,
- 15 M. M. Kirchgaeßer,
- 48 S. Klein,
- 16 Max Knobbe,
- 49 Claudius Krause,
- 6 Frank Krauss,
- 22 J. Lang,
- 31 J.-N Lang,
- 50 51 G. Lee,
- 1 S. W. Li,
- 4 M. A. Lim,
- 52 J. M. Lindert,
- 53 D. Lombardi,
- 15 Leif Lönnblad,
- 22 M. Löschner,
- 54 N. Lurkin,
- 30 Y. Ma,
- 1 P. Machado,
- 22 Vitaly Magerya,
- 4 A. Maier,
- 38 I. Majer,
- 54 55 Fabio Maltoni,
- 31 M. Marcoli,
- 5 G. Marinelli,
- 6 M. R. Masouminia,
- 56 Pierpaolo Mastrolia,
- 54 Olivier Mattelaer,
- 53 J. Mazzitelli,
- 52 Josh McFayden,
- 13 Rok Medves,
- 6 P. Meinzinger,
- 31 J. Mo,
- 39 Pier Francesco Monni,
- 21 23 Guido Montagna,
- 6 T. Morgan,
- 36 U. Mosel,
- 48 Benjamin Nachman,
- 57 Pavel Nadolsky,
- 5 R. Nagar,
- 4 Zoltan Nagy,
- 5 Davide Napoletano,
- 5 53 Paolo Nason,
- 10 Tobias Neumann,
- 58 L. J. Nevay,
- 21 Oreste Nicrosini,
- 6 J. Niehues,
- 59 60 K. Niewczas,
- 29 Thorsten Ohl,
- 61 62 Giovanni Ossola,
- 63 V. Pandey,
- 12 A. Papadopoulou,
- 64 Andreas Papaefstathiou,
- 65 Gil Paz,
- 66 Mathieu Pellen,
- 29 Giovanni Pelliccioli,
- 55 T. Peraro,
- 21 Fluvio Piccinini,
- 58 L. Pickering,
- 67 68 J. Pires,
- 69 Wieslaw Placzek,
- 70 71 Simon Plätzer,
- 18 Tilman Plehn,
- 31 Stefano Pozzorini,
- 15 Stefan Prestel,
- 38 Christian Tobias Preuss,
- 47 A. C. Price,
- 33 Seth Quackenbush,
- 5 72 Emanuele Re,
- 6 Daniel Reichelt,
- 33 Laura Reina,
- 15 Christian Reuschle,
- 6 Peter Richardson,
- 32 M. Rocco,
- 1 N. Rocco,
- 8 M. Roda,
- 38 A. Rodriguez Garcia,
- 39 Stefan Roiser,
- 73 74 Juan Rojo,
- 31 Luca Rottoli,
- 13 75 Gavin P. Salam,
- 6 Marek Schönherr,
- 76 S. Schuchmann,
- 16 Steffen Schumann,
- 31 Robin Schürmann,
- 13 Ludovic Scyboz,
- 28 Michael H. Seymour,
- 77 Frank Siegert,
- 31 32 Adrian Signer,
- 6 78 Gurpreet Singh Chahal,
- 69 Andrzej Siódmok,
- 15 Torbjörn Sjöstrand,
- 79 Peter Skands,
- 20 Jennifer M. Smillie,
- 60 J. T. Sobczyk,
- 80 Dennis Soldin,
- 81 D. E. Soper,
- 82 Alba Soto-Ontoso,
- 82 Gregory Soyez,
- 31 Giovanni Stagnitto,
- 8 J. Tena-Vidal,
- 83 O. Tomalak,
- 61 Francesco Tramontano,
- 84 85 Sebastian Trojanowski,
- 10 Z. Tu,
- 86 Sandro Uccirati,
- 10 T. Ullrich,
- 6 Yannick Ulrich,
- 41 Marius Utheim,
- 39 A. Valassi,
- 53 Andrii Verbytskyi,
- 19 Rob Verheyen,
- 1 M. Wagman,
- 6 D. Walker,
- 87 B. R. Webber,
- 88 L. Weinstein,
- 6 O. White,
- 45 James Whitehead,
- 53 Marius Wiesemann,
- 48 C. Wilkinson,
- 89 C. Williams,
- 54 Ramon Winterhalder,
- 90 C. Wret,
- 30 K. Xie,
- 31 T.-Z. Yang,
- 91 E. Yazgan,
- 53 Giulia Zanderighi,
- 53 S. Zanoli,
- 15 Korinna Zapp
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