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Simulation of multiple partonic interactions in Herwig++

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2008-11-26 v2

Abstract

In this paper we describe a new model of multiple partonic interactions that has been implemented in Herwig++. Tuning its two free parameters we find a good description of CDF underlying event data. We show extrapolations to the LHC.

Cite

@article{arxiv.0803.3633,
  title  = {Simulation of multiple partonic interactions in Herwig++},
  author = {Manuel Bähr and Stefan Gieseke and Michael H. Seymour},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0803.3633},
  year   = {2008}
}

Comments

25 pages, 16 figures, plots and tune updated for Herwig++ 2.2.1, additional paragraph on the LHC extrapolation

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