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High-energy-physics event generation with PYTHIA 6.1

Sjöstrand, Torbjörn LU orcid ; Edén, Patrik LU ; Friberg, Christer LU ; Lönnblad, Leif LU orcid ; Miu, Gabriela LU ; Mrenna, Stephen and Norrbin, Emanuel LU (2001) In Computer Physics Communications 135(2). p.238-259
Abstract

Pythia version 6 represents a merger of the Pythia 5, Jetset 7 and SPythia programs, with many improvements. It 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 event properties in a wide range of reactions. The underlying physics is not understood well enough to give an exact description; the programs therefore contain a combination of analytical results and various models. The emphasis in this article is on new aspects, but a few words of general introduction are included. Further documentation is available on the web.

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Event generators, Multiparticle production
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Computer Physics Communications
volume
135
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2
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22 pages
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Elsevier
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  • scopus:0035311478
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0010-4655
DOI
10.1016/S0010-4655(00)00236-8
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English
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  author       = {{Sjöstrand, Torbjörn and Edén, Patrik and Friberg, Christer and Lönnblad, Leif and Miu, Gabriela and Mrenna, Stephen and Norrbin, Emanuel}},
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  series       = {{Computer Physics Communications}},
  title        = {{High-energy-physics event generation with PYTHIA 6.1}},
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  doi          = {{10.1016/S0010-4655(00)00236-8}},
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