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Title: Event generation with Sherpa 2.2

Journal Article · · SciPost Physics
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  1. University of Göttingen
  2. Durham University
  3. Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory National Accelerator Laboratory
  4. Dresden University of Technology
  5. SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
  6. L'Institut de physique théorique
  7. University of Cincinnati

Sherpa is a general-purpose Monte Carlo event generator for the simulation of particle collisions in high-energy collider experiments. We summarise essential features and improvements of the Sherpa 2.2 release series, which is heavily used for event generation in the analysis and interpretation of LHC Run 1 and Run 2 data. We highlight a decade of developments towards ever higher precision in the simulation of particle-collision events.

Research Organization:
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States); Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-07CH11359
OSTI ID:
1562545
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1546029
Report Number(s):
arXiv:1905.09127; FERMILAB-PUB-19-218-T; SLAC-PUB-17433; IPPP/19/42; MCNET-19-11; 034
Journal Information:
SciPost Physics, Journal Name: SciPost Physics Vol. 7 Journal Issue: 3; ISSN 2542-4653
Publisher:
Stichting SciPostCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
Netherlands
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 303 works
Citation information provided by
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