Eur. Phys. J. C (2015) 75: 236
https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-015-3417-6

Special Article - Tools for Experiment and Theory

ColorFull: a C++ library for calculations in SU(Nc) color space

Department of Astronomy and Theoretical Physics, Lund University, Sölvegatan 14A, 22362, Lund, Sweden

^* e-mail: malin.sjodahl@thep.lu.se

Received: 22 December 2014
Accepted: 17 April 2015
Published online: 29 May 2015

Abstract

ColorFull, a C++ package for treating QCD color structure, is presented. ColorFull, which utilizes the trace basis approach, is intended for interfacing with event generators, but can also be used as a stand-alone package for squaring QCD amplitudes, calculating interferences, and describing the effect of gluon emission and gluon exchange.