Open LHC Monte Carlo Event Generation
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
2026-05-13 v1 High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract
The LHC physics programme involves a vast amount of Monte Carlo event simulation. This paper reviews current efforts towards sharing the generated events as Open Data. Open Event Generation helps reduce duplication of effort and resource consumption, and benefits the whole High Energy Physics community. We give examples of use cases and user experiences, discuss financial and environmental savings, and suggest future directions.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2605.12229,
title = {Open LHC Monte Carlo Event Generation},
author = {Enrico Bothmann and Jon Butterworth and Shu Chen and Eda Erdogan and Giovanni Guerrieri and Christian Gütschow and Martin Habedank and Julie M. Hogan and Venus Keus and Sabine Kraml and Van Dung Le and Kati Lassila-Perini and Rakhi Mahbubani and Zach Marshall and Thomas McCauley and Tomasz Procter and Humberto Reyes-González and Andrzej Siodmok and Mariana Vivas Albornoz},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2605.12229},
year = {2026}
}
Comments
42 pages (incl. 12 pages references), 4 figures; white paper of the LHC REI WG's Open Event Generation Task Force