EXCALIBUR - A MONTE-CARLO PROGRAM TO EVALUATE ALL 4-FERMION PROCESSES AT LEP-200 AND BEYOND

被引:239
作者
BERENDS, FA [1 ]
PITTAU, R [1 ]
KLEISS, R [1 ]
机构
[1] NIKHEF H,1009 DB AMSTERDAM,NETHERLANDS
关键词
DECAYING VECTOR-BOSON PRODUCTION; ALL 4-FERMION PROCESSES; ELECTROWEAK AND QCD BACKGROUND; INITIAL STATE QED RADIATION; MULTICHANNEL MONTE CARLO APPROACH;
D O I
10.1016/0010-4655(94)00138-R
中图分类号
TP39 [计算机的应用];
学科分类号
081203 ; 0835 ;
摘要
A Monte Carlo program is presented that computes all four-fermion processes in e(+)e(-) annihilation. QED initial state corrections and QCD contributions are included. Fermions are taken to be massless, allowing a very fast evaluation of the matrix element. A systematic, modular and self-optimizing strategy has been adopted for the Monte Carlo integration, which serves also as an example for further event generators in high energy particle physics.
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页码:437 / 452
页数:16
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