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Robust Independent Validation of Experiment and Theory: Rivet version 4 release note
by Christian Bierlich, Andy Buckley, Jonathan Butterworth, Christian Gutschow, Leif Lonnblad, Tomasz Procter, Peter Richardson, Yoran Yeh
Submission summary
| Authors (as registered SciPost users): | Christian Gutschow |
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| Preprint Link: | https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.15984v2 (pdf) |
| Code repository: | https://gitlab.com/hepcedar/rivet |
| Date submitted: | 2024-05-20 17:18 |
| Submitted by: | Gutschow, Christian |
| Submitted to: | SciPost Physics Codebases |
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| Academic field: | Physics |
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| Approaches: | Computational, Phenomenological |
Abstract
The Rivet toolkit is the primary mechanism for phenomenological preservation of collider-physics measurements, containing both a computational core and API for analysis implementation, and a large collection of more than a thousand preserved analyses. In this note we summarise the main changes in the new Rivet 4 major release series. These include a major generalisation and more semantically coherent model for histograms and related data objects, a thorough clean-up of inelegant and legacy observable-computation tools, and new systems for extended analysis-data, incorporation of preserved machine-learning models, and serialization for high-performance computing applications. Where these changes introduce backward-incompatible interface changes, existing analyses have been updated and indications are given on how to update new analysis routines and workflows.