Dear Colleagues,
We would like to announce a new release of the linear collider event
generator pandora. This program provides simulations of the most
important two-body Standard Model processes in e+e-, e-e-, e gamma, and
gamma gamma collisions (including e+e- -> Z Higgs).
For experimenters, pandora provides a straightforward way to produce a
simulated event sample incorporating all of the complications of the
linear collider environment. Initial state radiation, beam polarization,
and final state spin correlations are included for all process. Parametrized
beam distribution functions are provided for e+e-, e-e-, and gamma gamma
colliders. An interface pandora_pythia can automatically send pandora
events to PYTHIA and TAUOLA for hadronization and polarized tau decay,
and output the events in StdHEP format.
For theorists, pandora provides a straightforward route from amplitude
calculations to event modelling. Pandora is written in C++ and has a modular
structure. If the helicity amplitudes for a production process are presented
in the correct format (as an example of the `process' class), pandora will
take care of beamstrahlung, ISR, W, Z, t, and Higgs decays, and generation of
weight-1 events. Using pandora_pythia, it will also produce fully
hadronized events.
To find more information, and to download the programs, please see the
pandora Web page:
http://www-sldnt.slac.stanford.edu/nld/new/Docs/Generators/PANDORA.htm
A lecture giving a gentle introduction to pandora can be found at
http://www-sldnt.slac.stanford.edu/nld/new/Docs/Generators/pandoraintro.pdf
Best wishes,
Michael Peskin and Masako Iwasaki
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Michael E. Peskin | [log in to unmask]
Theory Group, MS 81 | -------
Stanford Linear Accelerator Center | phone: 1-(650)-926-3250
Stanford University | fax: 1-(650)-926-2525
Stanford, CA 94309 USA | www.slac.stanford.edu/~mpeskin/
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