2000/10/03 by Torbjörn Sjöstrand, Patrik Edén, Christer Friberg +4
Physics and Astronomy · #hep-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/s0010-4655(00)00236-8
published as Comput.Phys.Commun.135:238-259,2001 · 1 + 27 pages, submitted to Computer Physics Communications
arxiv created 2000/10/03 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30
PYTHIA version 6 represents a merger of the PYTHIA 5, JETSET 7 and SPYTHIA programs, with many improvements. It can be used to generate high-energy-physics `events', i.e. sets of outgoing particles produced in the interactions between two incoming particles. The objective is to provide as accurate as possible a representation of event properties in a wide range of reactions. The underlying physics is not understood well enough to give an exact description; the programs therefore contain a combination of analytical results and various models. The emphasis in this article is on new aspects, but a few words of general introduction are included. Further documentation is available on the web.