https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-014-2714-9
Special Article - Tools for Experiment and Theory
MCPLOTS: a particle physics resource based on volunteer computing
1
Institute for Nuclear Research, Moscow, Russia
2
Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, DESY, 22603 , Hamburg, Germany
3
Irfu/SPP, CEA-Saclay, bat 141, 91191 , Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France
4
Department of Astronomy and Theoretical Physics, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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European Organization for Nuclear Research, CERN, 1211 , Geneva 23, Switzerland
* e-mail: peter.skands@cern.ch
Received:
1
July
2013
Accepted:
3
January
2014
Published online:
5
February
2014
The mcplots.cern.ch web site (mcplots) provides a simple online repository of plots made with high-energy-physics event generators, comparing them to a wide variety of experimental data. The repository is based on the hepdata online database of experimental results and on the rivet Monte Carlo analysis tool. The repository is continually updated and relies on computing power donated by volunteers, via the lhc@home 2.0 platform.
© The Author(s), 2014
