Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Scientific paper
2008-03-06
Eur.Phys.J.C58:639-707,2008
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
153 pages, program and additional information available from http://projects.hepforge.org/herwig . Updated description to Herw
Scientific paper
10.1140/epjc/s10052-008-0798-9
In this paper we describe Herwig++ version 2.3, a general-purpose Monte Carlo event generator for the simulation of hard lepton-lepton, lepton-hadron and hadron-hadron collisions. A number of important hard scattering processes are available, together with an interface via the Les Houches Accord to specialized matrix element generators for additional processes. The simulation of Beyond the Standard Model (BSM) physics includes a range of models and allows new models to be added by encoding the Feynman rules of the model. The parton-shower approach is used to simulate initial- and final-state QCD radiation, including colour coherence effects, with special emphasis on the correct description of radiation from heavy particles. The underlying event is simulated using an eikonal multiple parton-parton scattering model. The formation of hadrons from the quarks and gluons produced in the parton shower is described using the cluster hadronization model. Hadron decays are simulated using matrix elements, where possible including spin correlations and off-shell effects.
Bahr Manuel
Gieseke St.
Gigg M. A.
Grellscheid David
Hamilton Kathleen
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