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PYTHIA 6.4 physics and manual

Sjöstrand, Torbjörn LU orcid ; Mrenna, S and Skands, Peter LU (2006) In Journal of High Energy Physics 5.
Abstract
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 event properties in a wide range of reactions, within and beyond the Standard Model, with emphasis on those where strong interactions play a role, directly or indirectly, and therefore multihadronic final states are produced. The physics is then not understood well enough to give an exact description; instead the program has to be based on a combination of analytical results and various QCD-based models. This physics input is summarized here, for areas such as hard subprocesses, initial- and final-state... (More)
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 event properties in a wide range of reactions, within and beyond the Standard Model, with emphasis on those where strong interactions play a role, directly or indirectly, and therefore multihadronic final states are produced. The physics is then not understood well enough to give an exact description; instead the program has to be based on a combination of analytical results and various QCD-based models. This physics input is summarized here, for areas such as hard subprocesses, initial- and final-state parton showers, underlying events and beam remnants, fragmentation and decays, and much more. Furthermore, extensive information is provided on all program elements: subroutines and functions, switches and parameters, and particle and process data. This should allow the user to tailor the generation task to the topics of interest. (Less)
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1029-8479
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10.1088/1126-6708/2006/05/026
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  abstract     = {{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 event properties in a wide range of reactions, within and beyond the Standard Model, with emphasis on those where strong interactions play a role, directly or indirectly, and therefore multihadronic final states are produced. The physics is then not understood well enough to give an exact description; instead the program has to be based on a combination of analytical results and various QCD-based models. This physics input is summarized here, for areas such as hard subprocesses, initial- and final-state parton showers, underlying events and beam remnants, fragmentation and decays, and much more. Furthermore, extensive information is provided on all program elements: subroutines and functions, switches and parameters, and particle and process data. This should allow the user to tailor the generation task to the topics of interest.}},
  author       = {{Sjöstrand, Torbjörn and Mrenna, S and Skands, Peter}},
  issn         = {{1029-8479}},
  keywords     = {{beyond; hadronic colliders; standard model; phenomenological models}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  publisher    = {{Springer}},
  series       = {{Journal of High Energy Physics}},
  title        = {{PYTHIA 6.4 physics and manual}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1126-6708/2006/05/026}},
  doi          = {{10.1088/1126-6708/2006/05/026}},
  volume       = {{5}},
  year         = {{2006}},
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