Event generation with Sherpa 2.2

Bothmann, Enrico; Singh Chahal, Gurpreet; Höche, Stefan; Krause, Johannes; Krauss, Frank; Kuttimalai, Silvan; Liebschner, Sebastian; Napoletano, Davide; Schönherr, Marek; Schulz, Holger; Schumann, Steffen; Siegert, Frank

doi:10.21468/SciPostPhys.7.3.034

SciPost Physics

Event generation with Sherpa 2.2

Enrico Bothmann, Gurpreet Singh Chahal, Stefan Höche, Johannes Krause, Frank Krauss, Silvan Kuttimalai, Sebastian Liebschner, Davide Napoletano, Marek Schönherr, Holger Schulz, Steffen Schumann, Frank Siegert

SciPost Phys. 7, 034 (2019) · published 18 September 2019

doi: 10.21468/SciPostPhys.7.3.034
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Abstract

Sherpa is a general-purpose Monte Carlo event generator for the simulation of particle collisions in high-energy collider experiments. We summarize 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.

TY  - JOUR
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DO  - 10.21468/SciPostPhys.7.3.034
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A1  - Bothmann, Enrico
AU  - Singh Chahal, Gurpreet
AU  - Höche, Stefan
AU  - Krause, Johannes
AU  - Krauss, Frank
AU  - Kuttimalai, Silvan
AU  - Liebschner, Sebastian
AU  - Napoletano, Davide
AU  - Schönherr, Marek
AU  - Schulz, Holger
AU  - Schumann, Steffen
AU  - Siegert, Frank
AB  - Sherpa is a general-purpose Monte Carlo event generator for the simulation of
particle collisions in high-energy collider experiments. We summarize 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.
ER  -

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	doi={10.21468/SciPostPhys.7.3.034},
	url={https://scipost.org/10.21468/SciPostPhys.7.3.034},
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¹ Enrico Bothmann,
² Gurpreet Singh Chahal,
³ Stefan Höche,
⁴ Johannes Krause,
² Frank Krauss,
⁵ Silvan Kuttimalai,
⁴ Sebastian Liebschner,
⁶ Davide Napoletano,
² Marek Schönherr,
⁷ Holger Schulz,
¹ Steffen Schumann,
⁴ Frank Siegert

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Fulbright Association
Horizon 2020 (through Organization: European Commission [EC])
Royal Society
United States Department of Energy [DOE]

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