Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2024
DOI
10.21468/SciPostPhys.16.5.130
Publication Title
SciPost Physics
Volume
16
Issue
5
Pages
130 (1-225)
Abstract
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. Particular emphasis is given to physics models and algorithms that are employed across a variety of experiments. These common themes in event generator development lead to a more comprehensive understanding of physics at the highest energies and intensities, and allow models to be tested against a wealth of data that have been accumulated over the past decades. A cohesive approach to event generator development will allow these models to be further improved and systematic uncertainties to be reduced, directly contributing to future experimental success. Event generators are part of a much larger ecosystem of computational tools. They typically involve a number of unknown model parameters that must be tuned to experimental data, while maintaining the integrity of the underlying physics models. Making both these data, and the analyses with which they have been obtained accessible to future users is an essential aspect of open science and data preservation. It ensures the consistency of physics models across a variety of experiments.
Rights
© J. M. Campbell et al.
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0).
Original Publication Citation
Campbell, J. M., Diefenthaler, M., Hobbs, T. J., Höche, S., Isaacson, J., Kling, F., Mrenna, S., Reuter, J., Alioli, S., Andersen, J. R., Andreopoulos, C., Ankowski, A. M., Aschenauer, E. C., Ashkenazi, A., Baker, M. D., Barrow, J. L., van Beekveld, M., Bewick, G., Bhattacharya, S., … Zapp, K. (2024). Event generators for high-energy physics experiments. SciPost Physics, 16(5), 1-225, Article 130. https://doi.org/10.21468/SciPostPhys.16.5.130
ORCID
0000-0001-5416-2900 (Weinstein)
Repository Citation
Campbell, J. M.; Diefenthaler, M.; Hobbs, T. J.; Höche, S.; Isaacson, J.; Kling, F.; Mrenna, S.; Reuter, J.; Alioli, S.; Andersen, J. R.; Andreaopoulos, C.; Ankowski, A. M.; Aschenauer, E.C.; Ashkenazi, A.; Baker, M. D.; Barrow, J. L.; Beekveld, M. van; Beswick, G.; Bhattacharya, S.; Zapp, K.; and et al., "Event Generators for High-Energy Physics Experiments" (2024). Physics Faculty Publications. 885.
https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/physics_fac_pubs/885