NEXTCALIBUR – A four-fermion generator for electron–positron collisions

Abstract
A fully massive Monte Carlo program to compute all four-fermion processes in e^+ e^-collisions, including Higgs boson production, is presented. Leading higher order effects are discussed and included.

Title of program: NEXTCALIBUR
Catalogue Id: ADNS_v1_0

Nature of problem
Four-fermion production is and will be investigated at e+e- colliders in a wide range of energies. Fermion masses have to be included when studying Higgs boson production and processes with forward scattered electrons. A Monte Carlo program being able to take into account both signal and background electroweak diagrams for four-fermion processes, without neglecting fermion masses, is therefore required. Higher order effects, such as the QED radiation evaluated at the proper scale, have also to b ...

Versions of this program held in the CPC repository in Mendeley Data
ADNS_v1_0; NEXTCALIBUR; 10.1016/S0010-4655(00)00247-2

This program has been imported from the CPC Program Library held at Queen's University Belfast (1969-2019)

摘要
本文给出一款可计算正负电子对撞中全部四费米子过程（含希格斯玻色子（Higgs boson）产生过程）的全质量蒙特卡洛（Monte Carlo）程序，文中对领头阶高阶效应进行了讨论并将其纳入程序实现。

程序名称：NEXTCALIBUR
目录编号：ADNS_v1_0

问题本质
四费米子产生过程已在宽能区正负电子对撞机上得到广泛研究，且未来仍将是重要的研究课题。在研究希格斯玻色子产生过程以及涉及前向散射电子的反应时，必须考虑费米子质量效应。因此，亟需一款能够兼顾四费米子过程的信号与本底电弱相互作用图，且不忽略费米子质量的蒙特卡洛程序。此外，诸如在恰当标度下计算的量子电动力学（QED）辐射等高阶效应也需纳入程序考量（原文此处内容未完成）。

Mendeley数据集中收录于《Computer Physics Communications》（简称CPC）程序库的该程序版本：
ADNS_v1_0; NEXTCALIBUR; 10.1016/S0010-4655(00)00247-2

本程序源自贝尔法斯特女王大学维护的CPC程序库（1969-2019）。