MC-TESTER v. 1.23: 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. Since 2002 new functionalities were introduced into the package. In particular, it now works with the HepMC event record, the standard for C++ programs. T... Title of program: MC-TESTER, version 1.23 and version 1.24.4 Catalogue Id: ADSM_v2_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, in order 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（Monte Carlo）生成器的形式输出。对不同程序或不同初始化配置下的预言结果进行对比，是科研工作中常见的必要环节。MC-TESTER可通过半自动化方式，对中间态（粒子或共振态）的衰变过程开展此类检验。自2002年起，该软件包新增了多项功能；具体而言，它现已支持与C++程序的标准事件记录格式HepMC（HepMC event record）兼容。T...

程序名称：MC-TESTER，版本1.23与版本1.24.4。目录编号：ADSM_v2_0。问题本质：
高能物理中典型的蒙特卡洛程序链里，单个粒子的衰变是定义明确的模块。在开发新程序时，为验证安装正确性或讨论计算不确定度，往往亟需一种快速的半自动化方法来对比不同程序的输出结果。

孟德尔莱数据（Mendeley Data）中CPC程序库收录的该程序版本：
ADSM_v1_0；MC-TESTER 1.1版；DOI:10.1016/S0010-4655(03)00466-1
ADSM_v2_0；MC-TESTER 1.23版与1.24.4版；DOI:10.1016/j.cpc.2010.11.023
本程序源自贝尔法斯特女王大学所维护的CPC程序库（1969-2018）