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$\texttt{Pyresias}$: How To Write a Toy Parton Shower

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2024-06-07 v1 High Energy Physics - Experiment

Abstract

The aim of this article is to provide an educational introduction to the parton shower approach used in particle physics Monte carlo event generators to simulate radiation via quantum chromodynamics. Following a description of the fundamental theoretical underpinnings, instructions on how to build a toy parton shower are given. The associated Python\texttt{Python} code, along with a detailed JupyterLab notebook, are publicly available at https://github.com/apapaefs/pyresias.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2406.03528,
  title  = {$\texttt{Pyresias}$: How To Write a Toy Parton Shower},
  author = {Andreas Papaefstathiou},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2406.03528},
  year   = {2024}
}

Comments

19 pages, 5 figures. Associated code (including JupyterLab notebook) can be found at https://github.com/apapaefs/pyresias

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