The EvtGen particle decay simulation package

By D. Lange. 2001

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Subfields: Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nuclear and High Energy Physics

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Search for CP violation in $D^{\pm}\rightarrow K^0_{\mathrm{S}} K^{\pm}$ and $D^{\pm}_{s}\rightarrow K^0_{\mathrm{S}} \pi^{\pm}$ decays (2014, methodology): “n (Up and Down) of the magnet polarity. In the simulation, ppcollisions are generated using Pythia 6.4 [21] with a specic LHCb conguration [22]. Decays of hadronic particles are described by EvtGen [23], in which nal state radiation is generated using Photos [24]. The interaction of the generated pa”
Performance of b-jet identification in the ATLAS experiment (2015, methodology): “While the corrections in case of the D0 meson have been inferred from measured inclusive n-prong branching fractions [30], the hadronic n-prong branching fractions of the D+ and Ds mesons as well as the Λ+c baryon are re-weighted to the predictions of the EvtGen simulation.”
Search for electroweak production of supersymmetric particles in final states with two or three leptons at \documentclass[12pt]{minimal} \usepackage{amsmath} \usepackage{wasysym} \usepackage{amsfonts} \usepackage{amssymb} \usepackage{amsbsy} \usepackage{mathrsfs} \usepackage{upgreek} \setlength{\odd (2018, methodology): “0 program [69] was used to model the properties of b- and c-hadron decays.”
Measurement of the $J/\psi$ pair production cross-section in $pp$ collisions at $\sqrt{s} = 13 \,{\mathrm{TeV}}$ (2016, methodology): “Decays of hadronic particles are described by EvtGen [79], in which final-state radiation is generated using Photos [80].”
Measurement of the fragmentation fraction ratio fs/fd and its dependence on B meson kinematics (2013, methodology): “Decays of hadronic particles are described by EvtGen [15], whilst final state radiation is generated using Photos [16].”
Design and performance of the LHCb trigger and full real-time reconstruction in Run 2 of the LHC (2018, positive): “lgorithms discussed in this paper. In simulated LHCb events, ppcollisions are gener3 ated using Pythia [11] with a specic LHCb conguration [12]. Decays of hadronic particles are described by EvtGen [13], in which nal-state radiation is generated using Photos [14]. The interaction of the generated pa”
General-purpose event generators for LHC physics (2011, methodology): “This has led to the development of detailed simulations, in particular the EvtGen package [184], for these decays.”
Handling of the generation of primary events in Gauss, the LHCb simulation framework (2010, methodology): “EvtGen [5] is the main decay engine used in LHCb.”
The LHCb Simulation Application, Gauss: Design, Evolution and Experience (2011, background): “In LHCb the production of particles coming out of the primary pp collision of the LHC beams is handled by default with PYTHIA [11], a general purpose event generator, whilst the decay and time evolution of the produced particles is delegated to EvtGen [12].”
The ATLAS Simulation Infrastructure (2010, methodology): “EvtGen [33], originally developed by the CLEO collabora-”
Performance of CMS muon reconstruction in pp collision events at √s = 7 TeV (2012, methodology): “Samples of prompt J/ψ mesons as well as J/ψ particles originating from the decays of b hadrons were generated with PYTHIA interfaced to EVTGEN [10].”
First observation of the decay Bs0 → KS0K∗(892)0 at LHCb (2015, methodology): “Decays of hadronic particles are described by EvtGen [21], in which final-state radiation is generated using Photos [22].”