English

LHCO_reader: A new code for reading and analyzing detector-level events stored in LHCO format

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2016-02-25 v2

Abstract

We present a new Python module - LHCO_reader - for reading detector-level events in LHCO format generated from detector-simulators such as PGS and Delphes. Emphasis is placed upon ease of use. The module is installed via pip. Once installed, one can read and scrutinize events, with helpful functions and classes for cutting, plotting and inspecting events, and manipulating four-momenta by e.g. boosting. Implementing complicated analyses should be straight-forward by coding any cuts into Python. Furthermore, common kinematic variables, including αT\alpha_T and razor are included out of the box, and mT2m_{T2} and mT2Wm_{T2}^W are provided by interfaces with external libraries.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1510.07319,
  title  = {LHCO_reader: A new code for reading and analyzing detector-level events stored in LHCO format},
  author = {Andrew Fowlie},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1510.07319},
  year   = {2016}
}

Comments

28 pages, new features of code described, including alpha_T, razor and mT2

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