2005/04/30 by A. Kisiel, Adam Kisiel, Tomasz Tałuć +4 · 1 citation
Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Computational physics #Computer science #Event generator #Generator (circuit theory) #Hadron #High-Energy Particle Collisions Research #Hypersurface #Large Hadron Collider #Mathematics #Nuclear physics #Particle physics #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #Phase space #Physics #Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions #hep-ph #nucl-ex #nucl-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/j.cpc.2005.11.010
published as Comput.Phys.Commun. 174 (2006) 669-687 · for the source code of the program see: http://hirg.if.pw.edu.pl/en/therminator, submitted to Computer Physics Communications, 38 pages, 13 figures, UPDATE: fixed typo in Eq. (4), In the program - fixed a bug in the calculation of space-time freeze-out coordinates fot the Blast-wave model
arxiv created 2005/09/27 · openalex publication_date 2006/02/24 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
THERMINATOR is a Monte Carlo event generator designed for studying of particle production in relativistic heavy-ion collisions performed at such experimental facilities as the SPS, RHIC, or LHC. The program implements thermal models of particle production with single freeze-out. It performs the following tasks: 1) generation of stable particles and unstable resonances at the chosen freeze-out hypersurface with the local phase-space density of particles given by the statistical distribution factors, 2) subsequent space-time evolution and decays of hadronic resonances in cascades, 3) calculation of the transverse-momentum spectra and numerous other observables related to the space-time evolution. The geometry of the freeze-out hypersurface and the collective velocity of expansion may be chosen from two successful models, the Cracow single-freeze-out model and the Blast-Wave model. All particles from the Particle Data Tables are used. Experimental cuts may be introduced in a very straightforward manner. The code is written in the object-oriented c++ language and complies to the standards of the ROOT environment.