We provide a comprehensive and pedagogical introduction to the MadAnalysis 5 framework, with a particular focus on its usage for reinterpretation studies. To this end, we first review the main features of the normal mode of the program and how a detector simulation can be handled. We then detail, step-by-step, how to implement and validate an existing LHC analysis in the MadAnalysis 5 framework and how to use this reimplementation, possibly together with other recast codes available from the MadAnalysis 5 Public Analysis Database, for reinterpreting ATLAS and CMS searches in the context of a new model. Each of these points is illustrated by concrete examples. Moreover, complete reference cards for the normal and expert modes of MadAnalysis 5 are provided in two technical appendices.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1808.00480,
title = {Confronting new physics theories to LHC data with MadAnalysis 5},
author = {Eric Conte and Benjamin Fuks},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1808.00480},
year = {2018}
}
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103 pages, 9 figures; version accepted by Int. J. Mod. Phys. A