Update of the Binoth les Houches Accord for a standard interface between Monte Carlo tools and one-loop programs

Computer Physics Communications

Volumn 185, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 560-571

  Alioli, S ^a   Badger, S ^b   Bellm, J ^c   Biedermann, B ^d   Boudjema, F ^e   Cullen, G ^f   Denner, A ^g   Van Deurzen, H ^h   Dittmaier, S ⁱ   Frederix, R ^j   Frixione, S ^j,l   Garzelli, M V ^k   Gieseke, S ^c   Glover, E W N ^p   Greiner, N ^h   Heinrich, G ^h   Hirschi, V ^l   Hoche S ^m   Huston, J ⁿ   Ita, H ⁱ   Kauer, N ^o   Krauss, F ^p   Luisoni, G ^h   Maitre D ^p   Maltoni, F ^q   Nason, P ^t   Oleari, C ^s,t   Pittau, R ^r   Platzer S ^f   Pozzorini, S ^u   Reina, L ^v   Reuschle, C ^c   Robens, T ^w   Schlenk, J ^h   Schonherr M ^p   Siegert, F ⁱ   Von Soden Fraunhofen, J F ^h   Tackmann, F ^f   Tramontano, F ^x   Uwer, P ^d   Salam, G ^j   Skands, P ^j   Weinzierl, S ^y   Winter, J ^h   Yundin, V ^b   Zanderighi, G ^z   Zaro, M ^q   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

^f DESY   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^h MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK   (Germany)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^j CERN   (Switzerland)

^k UNIVERSITY OF NOVA GORICA   (Slovenia)

^l EPFL   (Switzerland)

^m SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

ⁿ MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^o UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^p DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^q UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^r UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^s UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^t INFN SEZIONE DI MILANO   (Italy)

^u UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^v FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^w DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^x UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^y JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^z UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

more..

Author keywords

Automation; Collider physics; Les Houches Accord; Monte Carlo programs; NLO computations

Indexed keywords

COLLIDER; LES HOUCHES ACCORD; MATRIX ELEMENTS; MONTE CARLO PROGRAMS; STANDARD INTERFACE;

AUTOMATION; STRUCTURED PROGRAMMING;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

EID: 84888642351     PISSN: 00104655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpc.2013.10.020     Document Type: Article

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