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A standard format for Les Houches event files.

Alwall, J.; Ballestrero, A.; Bartalini, P.; Belov, S.; Boos, E.; Buckley, A.; Butterworth, J.M.; Dudko, L.; Frixionem, S.; Garren, L.; Gieseke, S.; Gusev, A.; Hinchliffe, I.; Huston, J.; Kersevan, B.; Krauss, F.; Lavesson, N.; Lönnblad, L.; Maina, E.; Maltoni, F.; Mangano, M.L.; Moortgat, F.; Mrenna, S.; Papadopoulos, C.G.; Pittau, R.; Richardson, P.; Seymourm, M.H.; Sherstnev, A.; Sjöstrand, T.; Skands, P.; Slabospitsky, S.R.; Wa̧s, Z.; Webber, B.R.; Worek, M.; Zeppenfeld, D.

Authors

J. Alwall

A. Ballestrero

P. Bartalini

S. Belov

E. Boos

A. Buckley

J.M. Butterworth

L. Dudko

S. Frixionem

L. Garren

S. Gieseke

A. Gusev

I. Hinchliffe

J. Huston

B. Kersevan

N. Lavesson

L. Lönnblad

E. Maina

F. Maltoni

M.L. Mangano

F. Moortgat

S. Mrenna

C.G. Papadopoulos

R. Pittau

M.H. Seymourm

A. Sherstnev

T. Sjöstrand

P. Skands

S.R. Slabospitsky

Z. Wa̧s

B.R. Webber

M. Worek

D. Zeppenfeld



Abstract

A standard file format is proposed to store process and event information, primarily output from parton-level event generators for further use by general-purpose ones. The information content is identical with what was already defined by the Les Houches Accord five years ago, but then in terms of Fortran commonblocks. This information is embedded in a minimal XML-style structure, for clarity and to simplify parsing.

Citation

Alwall, J., Ballestrero, A., Bartalini, P., Belov, S., Boos, E., Buckley, A., …Zeppenfeld, D. (2007). A standard format for Les Houches event files. Computer Physics Communications, 176(4), 300-304. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpc.2006.11.010

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date 2007
Journal Computer Physics Communications
Print ISSN 0010-4655
Publisher Elsevier
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 176
Issue 4
Pages 300-304
DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpc.2006.11.010
Keywords Event generators, Les Houches Accord, File format.
Public URL https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1566891