2016

Status and developments of event generators

Sjöstrand, Torbjörn

Understand

Event generators play a crucial role in the exploration of LHC physics.

This presentation summarizes news and plans for the three general-purpose pp generators HERWIG, PYTHIA and SHERPA, as well as briefer notes on a few other generators.
Common themes, such as the matching and merging between matrix elements and parton showers, are highlighted.
Other topics include a historical introduction, from the Lund perspective, and comments on the role of MCnet.

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