https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-011-1541-5
Special Article - Tools for Experiment and Theory
A comprehensive approach to new physics simulations
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Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 48824, USA
2
Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin—Madison, Madison, WI, 53706, USA
3
Center for Cosmology, Particle Physics and Phenomenology, Université Catholique de Louvain, 1348, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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Instituut voor Theoretische Fysica, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200D, 3001, Leuven, Belgium
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Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien/Département Recherche Subatomique, Université de Strasbourg/CNRS-IN2P3, 23 Rue du Loess, 67037, Strasbourg, France
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Nikhef Theory Group, Science Park 105, 1098XG, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Heidelberg, Philosophenweg 16, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
* e-mail: fabio.maltoni@uclouvain.be
Received:
2
September
2010
Revised:
23
November
2010
Published online:
8
February
2011
We describe a framework to develop, implement and validate any perturbative Lagrangian-based particle physics model for further theoretical, phenomenological and experimental studies. The starting point is FeynRules, a Mathematica package that allows to generate Feynman rules for any Lagrangian and then, through dedicated interfaces, automatically pass the corresponding relevant information to any supported Monte Carlo event generator. We prove the power, robustness and flexibility of this approach by presenting a few examples of new physics models (the Hidden Abelian Higgs Model, the general Two-Higgs-Doublet Model, the most general Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model, the Minimal Higgsless Model, Universal and Large Extra Dimensions, and QCD-inspired effective Lagrangians) and their implementation/validation in FeynArts/FormCalc, CalcHep, MadGraph/MadEvent, and Sherpa.
© Springer-Verlag / Società Italiana di Fisica, 2011
