https://doi.org/10.1140/epjp/s13360-024-05353-2
Regular Article
Event-generator validation with MCPLOTS and LHC@home
1
Tomsk Polytechnic University, 634050, Tomsk, Russia
2
School of Physics and Astronomy, Monash University, 3800, Clayton, VIC, Australia
3
Institute for Nuclear Research, 117312, Moscow, Russia
4
Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford, UK
Received:
9
March
2024
Accepted:
11
June
2024
Published online:
25
July
2024
We document several recent updates to the MCPLOTS event-generator validation resource. The project is based on the RIVET analysis library and harnesses volunteer computing provided by LHC@home to generate high-statistics MC comparisons to data. Users interact with the resource via a simple website, http://mcplots.cern.ch/, which provides flexible options for requesting comparison plots and comprehensive statistical analyses on demand, all in a few clicks. The project has been structured to enable community-driven developments, and we discuss the computational back end, the web front end, and how to add new data analyses, generators, and tunes that would be accessible on the website for comparison.
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