Status and developments of event generators
arXiv:1608.06425
Abstract
Event generators play a crucial role in the exploration of LHC physics. This presentation summarizes news and plans for the three general-purpose pp generators HERWIG, PYTHIA and SHERPA, as well as briefer notes on a few other generators. Common themes, such as the matching and merging between matrix elements and parton showers, are highlighted. Other topics include a historical introduction, from the Lund perspective, and comments on the role of MCnet.
22 pages, 9 figures, presented at the Fourth Annual Large Hadron Collider Physics Conference (LHCP2016), 13--18 June 2016, Lund, Sweden
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