SModelS v1.1 user manual
Abstract
SModelS is an automatised tool for the interpretation of simplified model results from the LHC. It allows to decompose models of new physics obeying a Z2 symmetry into simplified model components, and to compare these against a large database of experimental results. The first release of SModelS, v1.0, used only cross section upper limit maps provided by the experimental collaborations. In this new release, v1.1, we extend the functionality of SModelS to efficiency maps. This increases the constraining power of the software, as efficiency maps allow to combine contributions to the same signal region from different simplified models. Other new features of version 1.1 include likelihood and chi-square calculations, extended information on the topology coverage, an extended database of experimental results as well as major speed upgrades for both the code and the database. We describe in detail the concepts and procedures used in SModelS, explaining in particular how upper limits and efficiency map results are dealt with in parallel. Detailed instructions for code usage are also provided.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1701.06586,
title = {SModelS v1.1 user manual},
author = {Federico Ambrogi and Sabine Kraml and Suchita Kulkarni and Ursula Laa and Andre Lessa and Veronika Magerl and Jory Sonneveld and Michael Traub and Wolfgang Waltenberger},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1701.06586},
year = {2018}
}
Comments
The manual is compatible with SModelS version 1.1.1. v4: Version to appear in Computer Physics Communications