Modern Particle Physics Event Generation with WHIZARD

16th International workshop on Advanced Computing and Analysis Techniques in physics research

物理学;计算机科学

Reuter, J.^1 ; Bach, F.^1 ; Chokoufé, B.^1 ; Kilian, W.^2 ; Ohl, T.^3 ; Sekulla, M.^2 ; Weiss, C.^1,2

DESY Theory Group, Notkestr. 85, Hamburg

D-22607, Germany^1

University of Siegen, Department of Physics, Walter-Flex-Str. 3, Siegen

D-57068, Germany^2

University of Würzburg, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Emil-Hilb-Weg 22, Würzburg

D-97074, Germany^3

关键词: Code development;    Code re-factoring;    Hadron colliders;    High-energy particle physics;    Monte Carlo Event generators;    Multi-purpose;    Object oriented software;    Performance improvements;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1742-6596/608/1/012063/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1742-6596/608/1/012063

学科分类：计算机科学（综合）

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

We describe the multi-purpose Monte-Carlo event generator WHIZARD for the simulation of high-energy particle physics experiments. Besides the presentation of the general features of the program like SM physics, BSM physics, and QCD effects, special emphasis will be given to the support of the most accurate simulation of the collider environments at hadron colliders and especially at future linear lepton colliders. On the more technical side, the very recent code refactoring towards a completely object-oriented software package to improve maintainability, flexibility and code development will be discussed. Finally, we present ongoing work and future plans regarding higher-order corrections, more general model support including the setup to search for new physics in vector boson scattering at the LHC, as well as several lines of performance improvements.