Progress on the Pythia 8 event generator
Progress on the Pythia 8 event generator
Progress on the Pythia 8 event generator
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<strong>Pythia</strong> 8 development overview<br />
Ambiti<strong>on</strong> (relative to <strong>Pythia</strong> 6)<br />
• Meet experimental request for C++ code.<br />
• Housecleaning ⇒ more homogeneous.<br />
• More user-friendly (e.g. settings names).<br />
• Better match to software frameworks<br />
(e.g. card files).<br />
• More space for growth.<br />
• Better interfaces to external standards.<br />
Reality<br />
• Work begun autumn 2004.<br />
• 3 years at CERN ⇒ good progress.<br />
• First release autumn 2007.<br />
• Since <strong>the</strong>n: slower progress,<br />
but gradually things get d<strong>on</strong>e.<br />
• Usage is taking off, at l<strong>on</strong>g last.<br />
Team members<br />
Jesper Christiansen<br />
Stephen Mrenna<br />
Stefan Prestel<br />
Peter Skands<br />
Former members<br />
Stefan Ask<br />
Richard Corke<br />
C<strong>on</strong>tributors<br />
Robert Ciesielski<br />
Nishita Desai<br />
Philip Ilten<br />
Tomas Kasemets<br />
Mikhail Kirsanov<br />
· · ·<br />
Torbjörn Sjöstrand <str<strong>on</strong>g>Progress</str<strong>on</strong>g> <strong>on</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Pythia</strong> 8 <strong>event</strong> <strong>generator</strong> slide 5/46
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