Tuning of MC generator MPI models
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
2018-07-02 v1
Abstract
MC models of multiple partonic scattering inevitably introduce many free parameters, either fundamental to the models or from their integration with MC treatments of primary-scattering evolution. This non-perturbative and non-factorisable physics in particular cannot currently be constrained from theoretical principles, and hence parameter optimisation against experimental data is required. This process is commonly referred to as MC tuning. We summarise the principles, problems and history of MC tuning, and the still-evolving modern approach to both model optimisation and estimation of modelling uncertainties.
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@article{arxiv.1806.11182,
title = {Tuning of MC generator MPI models},
author = {Andy Buckley and Holger Schulz},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1806.11182},
year = {2018}
}
Comments
Contributed chapter to "Multiple Parton Interactions at the LHC", World Scientific 2018