Les Houches Guidebook to Monte Carlo Generators for Hadron Collider Physics

TL;DR

This guidebook reviews the latest methods and tools for simulating high-energy collider events, providing descriptions, references, and links to Monte Carlo generators used in hadron collider physics.

Contribution

It offers a comprehensive overview of current Monte Carlo event generators, detailing their methods, implementations, and limitations for collider physics simulations.

Findings

Provides detailed descriptions and references for various Monte Carlo generators.

Clarifies the strengths and limitations of different simulation tools.

Serves as a practical guide for selecting appropriate event generators.

Abstract

Recently the collider physics community has seen significant advances in the formalisms and implementations of event generators. This review is a primer of the methods commonly used for the simulation of high energy physics events at particle colliders. We provide brief descriptions, references, and links to the specific computer codes which implement the methods. The aim is to provide an overview of the available tools, allowing the reader to ascertain which tool is best for a particular application, but also making clear the limitations of each tool.