Testing new physics models with global comparisons to collider measurements: the Contur toolkit
A. Buckley, J. M. Butterworth, L. Corpe, M. Habedank, D. Huang, D. Yallup, M. Altakach, G. Bassman, I. Lagwankar, J. Rocamonde, H. Saunders, B. Waugh, G. Zilgalvis
SciPost Phys. Core 4, 013 (2021) · published 20 May 2021
- doi: 10.21468/SciPostPhysCore.4.2.013
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Abstract
Measurements at particle collider experiments, even if primarily aimed at understanding Standard Model processes, can have a high degree of model independence, and implicitly contain information about potential contributions from physics beyond the Standard Model. The Contur package allows users to benefit from the hundreds of measurements preserved in the Rivet library to test new models against the bank of LHC measurements to date. This method has proven to be very effective in several recent publications from the Contur team, but ultimately, for this approach to be successful, the authors believe that the Contur tool needs to be accessible to the wider high energy physics community. As such, this manual accompanies the first user-facing version: Contur v2. It describes the design choices that have been made, as well as detailing pitfalls and common issues to avoid. The authors hope that with the help of this documentation, external groups will be able to run their own Contur studies, for example when proposing a new model, or pitching a new search.
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Authors / Affiliations: mappings to Contributors and Organizations
See all Organizations.- 1 Andy Buckley,
- 2 Jonathan Mark Butterworth,
- 2 Louie Corpe,
- 3 Martin Habedank,
- 2 Danping Huang,
- 2 David Yallup,
- 2 M. Altakach,
- 2 G. Bassman,
- 4 Ishaan Lagwankar,
- 2 Juan Rocamonde,
- 2 H. Saunders,
- 2 B. Waugh,
- 2 G. Zilgalvis
- 1 University of Glasgow
- 2 University College London [UCL]
- 3 Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin / Humboldt University of Berlin [HU]
- 4 PES University [PES]
- Horizon 2020 (through Organization: European Commission [EC])
- Royal Society
- Science and Technology Facilities Council [STFC]