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One of purposes for High Energy accelerator experiments is confrontation of theory and measurements in ever new realms. Any new agreement extends theory applicability domain, any discrepancy hints to unexplained. That calls for better…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-07-23 Z. Was

For high precision measurements of K decays, the presence of radiated photons cannot be neglected. The Monte Carlo simulations must include the radiative corrections in order to compute the correct event counting and efficiency…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-01-07 C. Gatti

We present the Monte Carlo event generator KK version 4.13 for precision predictions of the Electroweak Standard Model for the process $e^+e^-\to f\bar{f} +n\gamma$, $f=\mu,\tau,d,u,s,c,b$ at centre of mass energies from $\tau$ lepton…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2010-11-24 S. Jadach , B. F. L. Ward , Z. Was

We present a new Monte-Carlo generator, {\tt ee$\in$MC}, for the simulation of $e^{+}e^{-} \to \mu^{+} \mu^{-} (\gamma) $, $e^{+}e^{-} \to \tau^{+}\tau^{-} (\gamma) $ and $\tau$ lepton decays which is suitable for $e^{+}e^{-}$ colliders…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2022-12-06 Ian M. Nugent

After overviewing the general features of semileptonic decays of the tau lepton, I will recall the most widely used model for them, namely that of Kuhn-Santamaria (KS), and I will explain the subsequent works that were done along these…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-01-21 Pablo Roig

The tau-decay library TAUOLA has gained popularity over the last decade. However, with the continuously increasing precision of the data, some of its functionality has become insufficient. One of the requirements is the implementation of…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2008-11-26 Johann H. Kuhn , Z. Was

The hadronic current for the $\tau^- \to \pi^-\pi^+\pi^-\nu_\tau$ decay calculated in the framework of the Resonance Chiral Theory with an additional modification to include the $\sigma$ meson is described. Implementation into the Monte…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-06-23 Olga Shekhovtsova

We present the system for versioning two packages: the TAUOLA of tau lepton decay and PHOTOS for radiative corrections in decays. The following features can be chosen in automatic or semi-automatic way: (1) format of the common block…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2007-05-23 P. Golonka , E. Richter-Was , Z. Was

In physics simulation chains, the PHOTOS Monte Carlo program is often used to simulate QED effects in decays of intermediate particles and resonances. The program is based on an exact multiphoton phase space. In general, the matrix element…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2014-04-23 Qingjun Xu , Z. Was

The new parameterization of form factors developed for 4pi channels of the tau lepton decay and based on Novosibirsk data on e^+e^- -> 4pi has been coded in a form suitable for the TAUOLA Monte Carlo package. Comparison with results from…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-11-07 A. E. Bondar , S. I. Eidelman , A. I. Milstein , T. Pierzchala , N. I. Root , Z. Was , M. Worek

We present the system for versioning two packages: the TAUOLA of tau-lepton decay and PHOTOS for radiative corrections in decays. The following features can be chosen in an automatic or semi-automatic way: (1) format of the common block…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-06-25 P. Golonka , B. Kersevan , T. Pierzchala , E. Richter-Was , Z. Was , M. Worek

We present an algorithm for simulating reverse Monte Carlo decays given an existing forward Monte Carlo decay engine. This algorithm is implemented in the Alouette library, a TAUOLA thin wrapper for simulating decays of tau-leptons. We…

Computational Physics · Physics 2022-09-07 Valentin Niess

Because of properties of QED, the bremsstrahlung corrections to decays of particles or resonances can be calculated, with a good precision, separately from other effects. Thanks to the widespread use of event records such calculations can…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2008-11-26 Z. Was , P. Golonka , G. Nanava

Because of properties of QED, the bremsstrahlung corrections to decays of particles or resonances can be calculated, with a good precision, separately from other effects. Thanks to the widespread use of event records such calculations can…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2008-11-07 Z. Was , P. Golonka , G. Nanava

Low energy QCD (below 2 GeV) is a region of resonance dynamics, sometimes lacking satisfactory description as compared to precision of available experimental data. Hadronic $\tau$ decays offer a probe for such energy regime. In general,…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-08-27 Zbigniew Was , Jakub Zaremba

We present a partial upgrade of the Monte Carlo event generator TAUOLA with the two and three hadron decay modes using the theoretical models based on Resonance Chiral Theory. These modes account for 88% of total hadronic width of the tau…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-06-11 O. Shekhovtsova , I. M. Nugent , P. Roig , T. Przedzinski , Z. Was

PHOTOS Monte Carlo is widely used for simulating QED effects in decay of intermediate particles and resonances. It can be easily connected to other main process generators. In this paper we consider decaying processes gamma^* -> pi^+…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2011-01-05 Qing-Jun Xu , Z. was

We present a discussion of the precision for the PHOTOS Monte Carlo algorithm, with improved implementation of QED interference and multiple-photon radiation. The main application of PHOTOS is the generation of QED radiative corrections in…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-01-07 Piotr Golonka , Zbigniew Was

We present the results of a partial upgrade to the Monte Carlo event generator TAUOLA using Resonance Chiral Theory for the two and three meson final states. These modes account for 88% of total hadronic width of the tau meson. The first…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-02-12 O. Shekhovtsova , I. M. Nugent , T. Przedzinski , P. Roig , Z. Was