MadAnalysis 5, a user-friendly framework for collider phenomenology

Computer Physics Communications

Volumn 184, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 222-256

  Conte, Eric ^a   Fuks, Benjamin ^b   Serret, Guillaume ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE HAUTE ALSACE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Hadron colliders; Monte Carlo event generators; Particle physics phenomenology

Indexed keywords

COLLIDER; HADRON COLLIDERS; MONTE CARLO EVENT GENERATORS; PHYSICS ANALYSIS; PROGRAMMING SKILLS;

HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; HIGH LEVEL LANGUAGES; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

EID: 84867573802     PISSN: 00104655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpc.2012.09.009     Document Type: Article

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