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A proposal for a standard interface between Monte Carlo tools and one-loop programs

Binoth, T. ; Boudjema, F. ; Dissertori, G. ; Lazopoulos, A. ; Denner, A. ; Dittmaier, S. ; Frederix, R. LU orcid ; Greiner, N. ; Höche, S. and Giele, W. , et al. (2010) In Computer Physics Communications 181(9). p.1612-1622
Abstract

Many highly developed Monte Carlo tools for the evaluation of cross sections based on tree matrix elements exist and are used by experimental collaborations in high energy physics. As the evaluation of one-loop matrix elements has recently been undergoing enormous progress, the combination of one-loop matrix elements with existing Monte Carlo tools is on the horizon. This would lead to phenomenological predictions at the next-to-leading order level. This note summarises the discussion of the next-to-leading order multi-leg (NLM) working group on this issue which has been taking place during the workshop on Physics at TeV Colliders at Les Houches, France, in June 2009. The result is a proposal for a standard interface between Monte Carlo... (More)

Many highly developed Monte Carlo tools for the evaluation of cross sections based on tree matrix elements exist and are used by experimental collaborations in high energy physics. As the evaluation of one-loop matrix elements has recently been undergoing enormous progress, the combination of one-loop matrix elements with existing Monte Carlo tools is on the horizon. This would lead to phenomenological predictions at the next-to-leading order level. This note summarises the discussion of the next-to-leading order multi-leg (NLM) working group on this issue which has been taking place during the workshop on Physics at TeV Colliders at Les Houches, France, in June 2009. The result is a proposal for a standard interface between Monte Carlo tools and one-loop matrix element programs. Dedicated to the memory of, and in tribute to, Thomas Binoth, who led the effort to develop this proposal for Les Houches 2009. Thomas led the discussions, set up the subgroups, collected the contributions, and wrote and edited this paper. He made a promise that the paper would be on the arXiv the first week of January, and we are faithfully fulfilling his promise. In his honour, we would like to call this the Binoth Les Houches Accord.

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Les Houches Accord, Monte Carlo tools, One-loop computations
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Computer Physics Communications
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181
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9
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11 pages
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Elsevier
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0010-4655
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10.1016/j.cpc.2010.05.016
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English
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  abstract     = {{<p>Many highly developed Monte Carlo tools for the evaluation of cross sections based on tree matrix elements exist and are used by experimental collaborations in high energy physics. As the evaluation of one-loop matrix elements has recently been undergoing enormous progress, the combination of one-loop matrix elements with existing Monte Carlo tools is on the horizon. This would lead to phenomenological predictions at the next-to-leading order level. This note summarises the discussion of the next-to-leading order multi-leg (NLM) working group on this issue which has been taking place during the workshop on Physics at TeV Colliders at Les Houches, France, in June 2009. The result is a proposal for a standard interface between Monte Carlo tools and one-loop matrix element programs. Dedicated to the memory of, and in tribute to, Thomas Binoth, who led the effort to develop this proposal for Les Houches 2009. Thomas led the discussions, set up the subgroups, collected the contributions, and wrote and edited this paper. He made a promise that the paper would be on the arXiv the first week of January, and we are faithfully fulfilling his promise. In his honour, we would like to call this the Binoth Les Houches Accord.</p>}},
  author       = {{Binoth, T. and Boudjema, F. and Dissertori, G. and Lazopoulos, A. and Denner, A. and Dittmaier, S. and Frederix, R. and Greiner, N. and Höche, S. and Giele, W. and Skands, P. and Winter, J. and Gleisberg, T. and Archibald, J. and Heinrich, G. and Krauss, F. and Maître, D. and Huber, M. and Huston, J. and Kauer, N. and Maltoni, F. and Oleari, C. and Passarino, G. and Pittau, R. and Pozzorini, S. and Reiter, T. and Schumann, S. and Zanderighi, G.}},
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  language     = {{eng}},
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  series       = {{Computer Physics Communications}},
  title        = {{A proposal for a standard interface between Monte Carlo tools and one-loop programs}},
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