MC-TESTER: a universal tool for comparisons of Monte Carlo predictions for particle decays in high energy physics

Abstract Theoretical predictions in high energy physics are routinely provided in the form of Monte Carlo generators. Comparisons of predictions from different programs and/or different initialization set-ups are often necessary. MC-TESTER can be used for such tests of decays of intermediate states (particles or resonances) in a semi-automated way. Our test consists of two steps. Different Monte Carlo programs are run; events with decays of a chosen particle are searched, decay trees are analyzed and ... Title of program: MC-TESTER version 1.1 Catalogue Id: ADSM_v1_0 Nature of problem The decays of individual particles are well defined modules of a typical Monte Carlo program chain in high energy physics. A fast semi-automatic way of comparing results from different programs is often desirable, for the development of new programs, to check correctness of the installations or for discussion of uncertainties. Versions of this program held in the CPC repository in Mendeley Data ADSM_v1_0; MC-TESTER version 1.1; 10.1016/S0010-4655(03)00466-1 ADSM_v2_0; MC-TESTER, version 1.23 and version 1.24.4; 10.1016/j.cpc.2010.11.023 This program has been imported from the CPC Program Library held at Queen's University Belfast (1969-2018)

摘要
高能物理领域的理论预言通常以蒙特卡洛发生器（Monte Carlo generator）的形式给出。对不同程序或不同初始化配置下的预言结果进行对比，往往是必要的工作。MC-TESTER可用于以半自动化方式开展中间态（intermediate state，即粒子或共振态）的衰变测试。本测试包含两个步骤：首先运行不同的蒙特卡洛程序，检索包含指定粒子衰变的事例，随后对衰变树（decay tree）进行分析……
程序名称：MC-TESTER 版本1.1
目录编号：ADSM_v1_0
问题本质：在高能物理的典型蒙特卡洛程序链中，单个粒子的衰变是定义明确的模块。在开发新程序、验证程序安装正确性或讨论计算不确定性时，通常需要一种快速的半自动化方式来对比不同程序的计算结果。
孟德尔莱数据（Mendeley Data）中CPC（Computer Physics Communications）程序库收录的该程序版本：
ADSM_v1_0；MC-TESTER 版本1.1；DOI:10.1016/S0010-4655(03)00466-1
ADSM_v2_0；MC-TESTER 版本1.23与版本1.24.4；DOI:10.1016/j.cpc.2010.11.023
本程序源自贝尔法斯特女王大学馆藏的CPC程序库（1969-2018年）