A standard convention for particle-level Monte Carlo event-variation weights

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Title: A standard convention for particle-level Monte Carlo event-variation weights
Authors: Enrico Bothmann, Andy Buckley, Christian Gütschow, Stefan Prestel, Marek Schönherr, Peter Skands, Jeppe R. Andersen, Saptaparna Bhattacharya, Jonathan Butterworth, Gurpreet Singh Chahal, Louie Corpe, Leif Gellersen, Matthew Gignac, Stefan Höche, Deepak Kar, Frank Krauss, Jan Kretzschmar, Leif Lönnblad, Josh McFayden, Andreas Papaefstathiou, Simon Plätzer, Steffen Schumann, Michael H. Seymour, Frank Siegert, Andrzej Siódmok
Source: SciPost Physics Core, Vol 6, Iss 1, p 007 (2023)
Publisher Information: SciPost, 2023.
Publication Year: 2023
Collection: LCC:Physics
Subject Terms: Physics, QC1-999
More Details: Streams of event weights in particle-level Monte Carlo event generators are a convenient and immensely CPU-efficient approach to express systematic uncertainties in phenomenology calculations, providing systematic variations on the nominal prediction within a single event sample. But the lack of a common standard for labelling these variation streams across different tools has proven to be a major limitation for event-processing tools and analysers alike. Here we propose a well-defined, extensible community standard for the naming, ordering, and interpretation of weight streams that will serve as the basis for semantically correct parsing and combination of such variations in both theoretical and experimental studies.
Document Type: article
File Description: electronic resource
Language: English
ISSN: 2666-9366
Relation: https://scipost.org/SciPostPhysCore.6.1.007; https://doaj.org/toc/2666-9366
DOI: 10.21468/SciPostPhysCore.6.1.007
Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/cd71383862884d819a47431e6f1d7dc5
Accession Number: edsdoj.71383862884d819a47431e6f1d7dc5
Database: Directory of Open Access Journals
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ISSN:26669366
DOI:10.21468/SciPostPhysCore.6.1.007
Published in:SciPost Physics Core
Language:English