https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-012-2225-5
Special Article - Tools for Experiment and Theory
Colour reconnections in Herwig++
1
Institut für Theoretische Physik, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany
2
Consortium for Fundamental Physics, School of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
Received:
16
October
2012
Revised:
24
October
2012
Published online:
13
November
2012
We describe the implementation details of the colour reconnection model in the event generator Herwig++. We study the impact on final-state observables in detail and confirm the model idea from colour preconfinement on the basis of studies within the cluster hadronization model. Moreover, we show that the description of minimum bias and underlying event data at the LHC is improved with this model and present results of a tune to available data.
Key words: Large Hadron Collider / Parton Shower / Minimum Bias / Underlying Event / Parton Distribution Function
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