Tuning PYTHIA 8.1: the Monash 2013 tune

European Physical Journal C

Volumn 74, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1-39

  Skands, P ^a   Carrazza, S ^b   Rojo, J ^a,c  

^a CERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84905880796     PISSN: 14346044     EISSN: 14346052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1140/epjc/s10052-014-3024-y     Document Type: Article

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