CheckMATE: Confronting your favourite new physics model with LHC data

Computer Physics Communications

Volumn 187, Issue , 2015, Pages 227-265

  Drees, Manuel ^a   Dreiner, Herbert K ^a   Kim, Jong Soo ^b,c   Schmeier, Daniel ^a   Tattersall, Jamie ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d INSTITUT FÜR THEORETISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Analysis Confidence limits Monte Carlo Detector simulation Delphes ROOT LHC 12.60. i

Indexed keywords

C++ (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); CLUSTERING ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER OPERATING SYSTEMS; HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SOFTWARE PACKAGES; TUNING;

CATALOGUE IDENTIFIERS; DETECTOR SIMULATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS; INTEGRATED LUMINOSITY; KINEMATIC CONSTRAINTS; MONTE CARLO EVENT GENERATORS; NUCLEAR AND PARTICLE PHYSICS; REGIONS OF INTEREST;

SOFTWARE TESTING;

EID: 84919608823     PISSN: 00104655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpc.2014.10.018     Document Type: Article

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