Event generators for high-energy physics experiments
- Author(s)
- , J. M. Campbell, M. Diefenthaler, T. J. Hobbs, S. Höche, J. Isaacson, F. Kling, S. Mrenna, J. Reuter, S. Alioli, J. R. Andersen, C. Andreopoulos, A. M. Ankowski, E. C. Aschenauer, A. Ashkenazi, M. D. Baker, J. L. Barrow, M. van Beekveld, G. Bewick, S. Bhattacharya, C. Bierlich, E. Bothmann, P. Bredt, A. Broggio, A. Buckley, A. Butter, J. M. Butterworth, E. P. Byrne, C. M.Carloni Calame, S. Chakraborty, X. Chen, M. Chiesa, J. T. Childers, J. Cruz-Martinez, J. Currie, N. Darvishi, M. Dasgupta, A. Denner, F. A. Dreyer, S. Dytman, B. K. El-Menoufi, T. Engel, S. Ferrario Ravasio, D. Figueroa, L. Flower, J. R. Forshaw, R. Frederix, A. Friedland, S. Frixione, H. Gallagher, S. Plätzer
- Abstract
We provide an overview of the status of Monte-Carlo event generators for high-energy particle physics. Guided by the experimental needs and requirements, we highlight areas of active development, and opportunities for future improvements. Particular emphasis is given to physics models and algorithms that are employed across a variety of experiments. These common themes in event generator development lead to a more comprehensive understanding of physics at the highest energies and intensities, and allow models to be tested against a wealth of data that have been accumulated over the past decades. A cohesive approach to event generator development will allow these models to be further improved and systematic uncertainties to be reduced, directly contributing to future experimental success. Event generators are part of a much larger ecosystem of computational tools. They typically involve a number of unknown model parameters that must be tuned to experimental data, while maintaining the integrity of the underlying physics models. Making both these data, and the analyses with which they have been obtained accessible to future users is an essential aspect of open science and data preservation. It ensures the consistency of physics models across a variety of experiments.
- Organisation(s)
- Particle Physics
- External organisation(s)
- University of Chicago, Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Illinois Institute of Technology, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, Durham University, University of Liverpool, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Tel Aviv University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Oxford, Northwestern University, Lund University, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Scottish Universities Physics Alliance, University of Glasgow, Scientific Software Center, University College London, University of Edinburgh, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Sezione di Pavia, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie, Università degli studi di Pavia, Argonne National Laboratory, Universitá degli Studi di Milano, Michigan State University, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), University of Manchester, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, University of Pittsburgh, Paul Scherrer Institute, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich, Florida State University, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Roma, Tufts University, Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz
- Journal
- SciPost Physics
- Volume
- 16
- No. of pages
- 225
- ISSN
- 2542-4653
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.21468/SCIPOSTPHYS.16.5.130
- Publication date
- 05-2024
- Peer reviewed
- Yes
- Austrian Fields of Science 2012
- 103012 High energy physics
- ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Physics and Astronomy(all)
- Portal url
- https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/event-generators-for-highenergy-physics-experiments(e7d83e31-c940-489d-91b2-b1406858cc56).html