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The PYTHIA program can be used to generate high-energy-physics `events', i.e. sets of outgoing particles produced in the interactions between two incoming particles. The objective is to provide as accurate as possible a representation of…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2007-05-23 Torbjörn Sjöstrand , Leif Lönnblad , Stephen Mrenna , Peter Skands

I describe an new event generator, pandora, which uses the C++ class structure to allow a modular treatment of beams and particle production and decay. (Talk presented at the 1999 International Workshop on Linear Colliders, Sitges,…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2007-05-23 Michael E. Peskin

Most hadronic event generators which can be used for simulating hadronic and nuclear collisions up to the highest energies are quite similar in their construction and in the underlying theoretical concepts. At energies, where data from…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2007-05-23 J. Ranft

Monte Carlo event generators are the central interface between theoretical calculations and experimental measurements in collider physics. Over several decades, a comprehensive and highly modular ecosystem of tools has developed around…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2026-05-18 Melissa van Beekveld , Enrico Bothmann , Andy Buckley , Christian Gütschow , Peter Skands , Ramon Winterhalder

We report on the development of a modular platform for programmable quantum simulation with atomic quantum gases. The platform is centered around exchangeable optical modules with versatile functionalities. The performance of each module is…

We describe the simulation of tau decays in the Herwig++ event generator, which includes sophisticated modelling of the hadronic currents and full treatment of spin correlation effects. The structure of the simulation makes it easy to add…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2007-10-11 David Grellscheid , Peter Richardson

This paper presents the design, development, and application of a novel space simulation environment for rapidly prototyping and testing flight software for distributed space systems. The environment combines the flexibility, determinism,…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-05-20 Toby Bell , Simone D'Amico

A comparative analysis of the secondary particles output of the main hadronic interaction packages used in simulations of extensive air showers is presented. Special attention is given to the study of events with very energetic leading…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2009-03-24 C. A. Garcia Canal , S. J. Sciutto , T. Tarutina

The current event display system in the offline software of Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory Experiment(JUNO) is based on the ROOT EVE package. We use Unity, a renowned game engine, to improve its performance and make it available…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-03-12 Jiang Zhu , Zhengyun You , Yumei Zhang

The Pythia event generator is used in several contexts to study hadron and lepton interactions, notably $pp$ and $p\bar{p}$ collisions. In this article we extend the hadronic modelling to encompass the collision of a wide range of hadrons…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2022-01-26 Torbjörn Sjöstrand , Marius Utheim

Neutrino event generators are an essential tool needed for the extraction of neutrino mixing parameters, the mass hierarchy and a CP violating phase from long-baseline experiments. In this article I first describe the theoretical basis and…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-09-02 Ulrich Mosel

The behavior of neutrinos is the only phenomenon that cannot be explained by the standard model of particle physics. Because of these mysterious neutrino interactions observed in nature, at present, there is growing interest in this field…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2024-10-07 Seonghyeok Jang , Eunju Jeon , Eunil Won , Young Ju Ko , Kyungmin Lee

We construct a new Monte Carlo generator of events for neutrino interactions. The dynamical models for quasi-elastic reactions, $\Delta$ excitation and more inelastic events described by the DIS formalism with the PDFs modified according to…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-11-11 Cezary Juszczak , Jaroslaw A. Nowak , Jan T. Sobczyk

We provide an overview of the status of Monte-Carlo event generators for high-energy particle physics. Guided by the experimental needs and requirements, we highlight areas of active development, and opportunities for future improvements.…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-02-28 J. M. Campbell , M. Diefenthaler , T. J. Hobbs , S. Höche , J. Isaacson , F. Kling , S. Mrenna , J. Reuter , S. Alioli , J. R. Andersen , C. Andreopoulos , A. M. Ankowski , E. C. Aschenauer , A. Ashkenazi , M. D. Baker , J. L. Barrow , M. van Beekveld , G. Bewick , S. Bhattacharya , N. Bhuiyan , C. Bierlich , E. Bothmann , P. Bredt , A. Broggio , A. Buckley , A. Butter , J. M. Butterworth , E. P. Byrne , C. M. Carloni Calame , S. Chakraborty , X. Chen , M. Chiesa , J. T. Childers , J. Cruz-Martinez , J. Currie , N. Darvishi , M. Dasgupta , A. Denner , F. A. Dreyer , S. Dytman , B. K. El-Menoufi , T. Engel , S. Ferrario Ravasio , D. Figueroa , L. Flower , J. R. Forshaw , R. Frederix , A. Friedland , S. Frixione , H. Gallagher , K. Gallmeister , S. Gardiner , R. Gauld , J. Gaunt , A. Gavardi , T. Gehrmann , A. Gehrmann-De Ridder , L. Gellersen , W. Giele , S. Gieseke , F. Giuli , E. W. N. Glover , M. Grazzini , A. Grohsjean , C. Gütschow , K. Hamilton , T. Han , R. Hatcher , G. Heinrich , I. Helenius , O. Hen , V. Hirschi , M. Höfer , J. Holguin , A. Huss , P. Ilten , S. Jadach , A. Jentsch , S. P. Jones , W. Ju , S. Kallweit , A. Karlberg , T. Katori , M. Kerner , W. Kilian , M. M. Kirchgaeßer , S. Klein , M. Knobbe , C. Krause , F. Krauss , J. Lang , J. -N. Lang , G. Lee , S. W. Li , M. A. Lim , J. M. Lindert , D. Lombardi , L. Lönnblad , M. Löschner , N. Lurkin , Y. Ma , P. Machado , V. Magerya , A. Maier , I. Majer , F. Maltoni , M. Marcoli , G. Marinelli , M. R. Masouminia , P. Mastrolia , O. Mattelaer , J. Mazzitelli , J. McFayden , R. Medves , P. Meinzinger , J. Mo , P. F. Monni , G. Montagna , T. Morgan , U. Mosel , B. Nachman , P. Nadolsky , R. Nagar , Z. Nagy , D. Napoletano , P. Nason , T. Neumann , L. J. Nevay , O. Nicrosini , J. Niehues , K. Niewczas , T. Ohl , G. Ossola , V. Pandey , A. Papadopoulou , A. Papaefstathiou , G. Paz , M. Pellen , G. Pelliccioli , T. Peraro , F. Piccinini , L. Pickering , J. Pires , W. Płaczek , S. Plätzer , T. Plehn , S. Pozzorini , S. Prestel , C. T. Preuss , A. C. Price , S. Quackenbush , E. Re , D. Reichelt , L. Reina , C. Reuschle , P. Richardson , M. Rocco , N. Rocco , M. Roda , A. Rodriguez Garcia , S. Roiser , J. Rojo , L. Rottoli , G. P. Salam , M. Schönherr , S. Schuchmann , S. Schumann , R. Schürmann , L. Scyboz , M. H. Seymour , F. Siegert , A. Signer , G. Singh Chahal , A. Siódmok , T. Sjöstrand , P. Skands , J. M. Smillie , J. T. Sobczyk , D. Soldin , D. E. Soper , A. Soto-Ontoso , G. Soyez , G. Stagnitto , J. Tena-Vidal , O. Tomalak , F. Tramontano , S. Trojanowski , Z. Tu , S. Uccirati , T. Ullrich , Y. Ulrich , M. Utheim , A. Valassi , A. Verbytskyi , R. Verheyen , M. Wagman , D. Walker , B. R. Webber , L. Weinstein , O. White , J. Whitehead , M. Wiesemann , C. Wilkinson , C. Williams , R. Winterhalder , C. Wret , K. Xie , T-Z. Yang , E. Yazgan , G. Zanderighi , S. Zanoli , K. Zapp

A new Monte Carlo program for photohadronic interactions of relativistic nucleons with an ambient photon radiation field is presented. The event generator is designed to fulfil typical astrophysical requirements, but can also be used for…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-05-05 A. Muecke , Ralph Engel , J. P. Rachen , R. J. Protheroe , Todor Stanev

This article briefly describes the "nuance" neutrino simulation software and outlines the program of the working group on neutrino event generators which met for the first time at the NUINT'01 meeting.

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-11-07 D. Casper

Quantum simulation is a promising near term application for mesoscale quantum information processors, with the potential to solve computationally intractable problems at the scale of just a few dozen interacting quantum systems. Recent…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-08-14 David L. Hayes , Steven T. Flammia , Michael J. Biercuk

The implementation of a new particle module describing the physics of dust grains coupled to the gas via drag forces is the subject of this work. The proposed particle-gas hybrid scheme has been designed to work in Cartesian as well as in…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2020-01-08 A. Mignone , M. Flock , B. Vaidya

NuWro Monte Carlo generator of events is presented. It is a numerical environment containing all necessary ingredients to simulate interactions of neutrinos with nucleons and nuclei in realistic experimental situation in wide neutrino…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2016-01-20 Jakub Zmuda , Krzysztof M. Graczyk , Cezary Juszczak , Jan T. Sobczyk