Status of Phokhara

Abstract

A review of the status of the Monte Carlo event generator PHOKHARA, developed for experiments using the radiative return method. The four-pion production in electron-positron annihilation and in tau-lepton decays and the narrow resonances studies are described.

Presented at 10th International Workshop On Tau Lepton Physics, BINP, Novosibirsk, Russia, 22-25 Sep 2008, 6 pages

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