Anomalous couplings in associated $VH$ production with Higgs decay to massive $b$ quarks at NNLO in QCD

(2021)

Authors:

Wojciech Bizoń, Fabrizio Caola, Kirill Melnikov, Raoul Röntsch

Do supernovae indicate an accelerating universe?

(2021)

Authors:

Roya Mohayaee, Mohamed Rameez, Subir Sarkar

Estimating the impact of mixed QCD-electroweak corrections on the W-mass determination at the LHC

Physical Review D American Physical Society (APS) 103:11 (2021) 113002

Authors:

Arnd Behring, Federico Buccioni, Fabrizio Caola, Maximilian Delto, Matthieu Jaquier, Kirill Melnikov, Raoul Röntsch

IceCube-Gen2: the window to the extreme Universe

IOP Publishing 48:6 (2021) 060501

Authors:

MG Aartsen, R Abbasi, M Ackermann, J Adams, JA Aguilar, M Ahlers, M Ahrens, C Alispach, P Allison, NM Amin, K Andeen, T Anderson, I Ansseau, G Anton, C Argüelles, TC Arlen, J Auffenberg, S Axani, H Bagherpour, X Bai, A Balagopal, A Barbano, I Bartos, B Bastian, V Basu, V Baum, S Baur, R Bay, JJ Beatty, K-H Becker, J Becker Tjus, S BenZvi, D Berley, E Bernardini, DZ Besson, G Binder, D Bindig, E Blaufuss, S Blot, C Bohm, M Bohmer, S Böser, O Botner, J Böttcher, E Bourbeau, J Bourbeau, F Bradascio, J Braun, S Bron, J Brostean-Kaiser, A Burgman, RT Burley, J Buscher, RS Busse, M Bustamante, MA Campana, EG Carnie-Bronca, T Carver, C Chen, P Chen, E Cheung, D Chirkin, S Choi, BA Clark, K Clark, L Classen, A Coleman, GH Collin, A Connolly, JM Conrad, P Coppin, P Correa, DF Cowen, R Cross, P Dave, C Deaconu, C De Clercq, JJ DeLaunay, S De Kockere, H Dembinski, K Deoskar, S De Ridder, A Desai, P Desiati, KD de Vries, G de Wasseige, M de With, T DeYoung, S Dharani, A Diaz, JC Díaz-Vélez, H Dujmovic, M Dunkman, MA DuVernois, E Dvorak, T Ehrhardt, P Eller, R Engel, JJ Evans, PA Evenson, S Fahey, K Farrag, AR Fazely, J Felde, AT Fienberg, K Filimonov, C Finley, L Fischer, D Fox, A Franckowiak, E Friedman, A Fritz, TK Gaisser, J Gallagher, E Ganster, D Garcia-Fernandez, S Garrappa, A Gartner, L Gerhard, R Gernhaeuser, A Ghadimi, C Glaser, T Glauch, T Glüsenkamp, A Goldschmidt, JG Gonzalez, S Goswami, D Grant, T Grégoire, Z Griffith, S Griswold, M Gündüz, C Haack, A Hallgren, R Halliday, L Halve, F Halzen, JC Hanson, K Hanson, J Hardin, J Haugen, A Haungs, S Hauser, D Hebecker, D Heinen, P Heix, K Helbing, R Hellauer, F Henningsen, S Hickford, J Hignight, C Hill, GC Hill, KD Hoffman, B Hoffmann, R Hoffmann, T Hoinka, B Hokanson-Fasig, K Holzapfel, K Hoshina, F Huang, M Huber, T Huber, T Huege, K Hughes, K Hultqvist, M Hünnefeld, R Hussain, S In, N Iovine, A Ishihara, M Jansson, GS Japaridze, M Jeong, BJP Jones, F Jonske, R Joppe, O Kalekin, D Kang, W Kang, X Kang, A Kappes, D Kappesser, T Karg, M Karl, A Karle, T Katori, U Katz, M Kauer, A Keivani, M Kellermann, JL Kelley, A Kheirandish, J Kim, K Kin, T Kintscher, J Kiryluk, T Kittler, M Kleifges, SR Klein, R Koirala, H Kolanoski, L Köpke, C Kopper, S Kopper, DJ Koskinen, P Koundal, M Kovacevich, M Kowalski, CB Krauss, K Krings, G Krückl, N Kulacz, N Kurahashi, C Lagunas Gualda, R Lahmann, JL Lanfranchi, MJ Larson, U Latif, F Lauber, JP Lazar, K Leonard, A Leszczyńska, Y Li, QR Liu, E Lohfink, J LoSecco, CJ Lozano Mariscal, L Lu, F Lucarelli, A Ludwig, J Lünemann, W Luszczak, Y Lyu, W Y, J Madsen, G Maggi, KBM Mahn, Y Makino, P Mallik, S Mancina, S Mandalia, IC Mariş, S Marka, Z Marka, R Maruyama, K Mase, R Maunu, F McNally, K Meagher, A Medina, M Meier, S Meighen-Berger, J Merz, ZS Meyers, J Micallef, D Mockler, G Momenté, T Montaruli, RW Moore, R Morse, M Moulai, P Muth, R Naab, R Nagai, J Nam, U Nauman, J Necker, G Neer, A Nelles, LV Nguyễn, H Niederhausen, MU Nisa, SC Nowicki, DR Nygren, E Oberla, A Obertacke Pollmann, M Oehler, A Olivas, E O’Sullivan, Y Pan, H Pandya, DV Pankova, L Papp, N Park, GK Parker, EN Paudel, P Peiffer, C Pérez de los Heros, TC Petersen, S Philippen, D Pieloth, S Pieper, JL Pinfold, A Pizzuto, I Plaisier, M Plum, Y Popovych, A Porcelli, M Prado Rodriguez, PB Price, GT Przybylski, C Raab, A Raissi, M Rameez, L Rauch, K Rawlins, IC Rea, A Rehman, R Reimann, M Renschler, G Renzi, E Resconi, S Reusch, W Rhode, M Richman, B Riedel, M Riegel, EJ Roberts, S Robertson, G Roellinghoff, M Rongen, C Rott, T Ruhe, D Ryckbosch, D Rysewyk Cantu, I Safa, SE Sanchez Herrera, A Sandrock, J Sandroos, P Sandstrom, M Santander, S Sarkar, S Sarkar, K Satalecka, M Scharf, M Schaufel, H Schieler, P Schlunder, T Schmidt, A Schneider, J Schneider, FG Schröder, L Schumacher, S Sclafani, D Seckel, S Seunarine, MH Shaevitz, A Sharma, S Shefali, M Silva, D Smith, B Smithers, R Snihur, J Soedingrekso, D Soldin, S Söldner-Rembold, M Song, D Southall, GM Spiczak, C Spiering, J Stachurska, M Stamatikos, T Stanev, R Stein, J Stettner, A Steuer, T Stezelberger, RG Stokstad, NL Strotjohann, T Stürwald, T Stuttard, GW Sullivan, I Taboada, A Taketa, HKM Tanaka, F Tenholt, S Ter-Antonyan, A Terliuk, S Tilav, K Tollefson, L Tomankova, C Tönnis, J Torres, S Toscano, D Tosi, A Trettin, M Tselengidou, CF Tung, A Turcati, R Turcotte, CF Turley, JP Twagirayezu, B Ty, E Unger, MA Unland Elorrieta, J Vandenbroucke, D van Eijk, N van Eijndhoven, D Vannerom, J van Santen, D Veberic, S Verpoest, A Vieregg, M Vraeghe, C Walck, TB Watson, C Weaver, A Weindl, L Weinstock, MJ Weiss, J Weldert, C Welling, C Wendt, J Werthebach, N Whitehorn, K Wiebe, CH Wiebusch, DR Williams, SA Wissel, M Wolf, TR Wood, K Woschnagg, G Wrede, S Wren, J Wulff, XW Xu, Y Xu, JP Yanez, S Yoshida, T Yuan, Z Zhang, S Zierke, M Zöcklein

LeptonInjector and LeptonWeighter: A neutrino event generator and weighter for neutrino observatories

Computer Physics Communications 266 (2021)

Authors:

R Abbasi, M Ackermann, J Adams, JA Aguilar, M Ahlers, M Ahrens, C Alispach, AA Alves, NM Amin, R An, K Andeen, T Anderson, I Ansseau, G Anton, C Argüelles, S Axani, X Bai, A Balagopal, A Barbano, SW Barwick, B Bastian, V Basu, V Baum, S Baur, R Bay, JJ Beatty, KH Becker, J Becker Tjus, C Bellenghi, S BenZvi, D Berley, E Bernardini, DZ Besson, G Binder, D Bindig, E Blaufuss, S Blot, S Böser, O Botner, J Böttcher, E Bourbeau, J Bourbeau, F Bradascio, J Braun, S Bron, J Brostean-Kaiser, A Burgman, RS Busse, MA Campana, C Chen, D Chirkin, S Choi, BA Clark, K Clark, L Classen, A Coleman, GH Collin, JM Conrad, P Coppin, P Correa, DF Cowen, R Cross, P Dave, C De Clercq, JJ DeLaunay, H Dembinski, K Deoskar, S De Ridder, A Desai, P Desiati, KD de Vries, G de Wasseige, M de With, T DeYoung, S Dharani, A Diaz, JC Díaz-Vélez, H Dujmovic, M Dunkman, MA DuVernois, E Dvorak, T Ehrhardt, P Eller, R Engel, J Evans, PA Evenson, S Fahey, AR Fazely, S Fiedlschuster, AT Fienberg, K Filimonov, C Finley, L Fischer, D Fox, A Franckowiak, E Friedman, A Fritz, P Fürst, TK Gaisser, J Gallagher

Abstract:

We present a high-energy neutrino event generator, called LeptonInjector, alongside an event weighter, called LeptonWeighter. Both are designed for large-volume Cherenkov neutrino telescopes such as IceCube. The neutrino event generator allows for quick and flexible simulation of neutrino events within and around the detector volume, and implements the leading Standard Model neutrino interaction processes relevant for neutrino observatories: neutrino-nucleon deep-inelastic scattering and neutrino-electron annihilation. In this paper, we discuss the event generation algorithm, the weighting algorithm, and the main functions of the publicly available code, with examples. Program summary: Program Titles: LeptonInjector and LeptonWeighter CPC Library link to program files: https://doi.org/10.17632/662gkpjfd9.1 Developer's repository links: https://github.com/icecube/LeptonInjector and https://github.com/icecube/LeptonWeighter Licensing provisions: GNU Lesser General Public License, version 3. Programming Language: C++11 External Routines: • Boost • HDF5 • nuflux (https://github.com/icecube/nuflux) • nuSQuIDS (https://github.com/arguelles/nuSQuIDS) • Photospline (https://github.com/icecube/photospline) • SuiteSparse (https://github.com/DrTimothyAldenDavis/SuiteSparse) Nature of problem: LeptonInjector: Generate neutrino interaction events of all possible topologies and energies throughout and around a detector volume. LeptonWeighter: Reweight Monte Carlo events, generated by a set of LeptonInjector Generators, to any desired physical neutrino flux or cross section. Solution method: LeptonInjector: Projected ranges of generated leptons and the extent of the detector, in terms of column depth, are used to inject events in and around the detector volume. Event kinematics follow distributions provided in cross section files. LeptonWeighter: Event generation probabilities are calculated for each Generator, which are then combined into a generation weight and used to calculate an overall event weight.