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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): | Andy Buckley · Christian Gutschow |
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| Preprint Link: | https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.15984v3 (pdf) |
| Code repository: | https://gitlab.com/hepcedar/rivet |
| Date submitted: | 2024-09-19 10:35 |
| 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.
Author comments upon resubmission
We addressed the feedback in this resubmission (v3 on the arXiv).
List of changes
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2. Expanded the paper intro
3. Added a short summary of a typical workflow
4. Clarified that the tutorial pages are the best place to start for newcomers
5. Added an example snippet to illustrate ONNX usage