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01/12/2007   The support of the platform slc3_ia32_gcc34 has been dropped 08/02/2007   GENSER 2 is ready to use 27/10/2006   Generator Services Savannah portal has been created

The Generator Services project collaborates with Monte Carlo (MC) generators authors and with LHC experiments in order to prepare validated LCG compliant code for both the theoretical and experimental communities at the LHC, sharing the user support duties, providing assistance for the development of the new object-oriented generators and guaranteeing the maintenance of the older packages on the LCG supported platforms.

The project consists of the following workpackages:

• Instructions for users and developers
• Generators Validation
• User Support: MC Generators Savannah portal and Generators FAQ Pages
• Particle Event Record (HepMC)
• Event Database (MCDB)

The Generator Services project program of work is decided during project planning meetings with minutes posted here:

• November 27, 2009
• May 29, 2009
• November 28, 2008
• May 23, 2008
• November 30, 2007
• May 25, 2007
• Oct 20, 2006

deprecated

supported

not validated yet

alpgen	2.1.3d.2	2.1.3d	2.1.3b	2.1.3	2.1.2	2.1.1
baurmc	1.0
cascade	2.0.1	1.2.10
charybdis	1.003hp	1.003h	1.003
evtgenlhc	9.1	8.16	8.15.1	8.15	8.14
herwig	6.510	6.510.2	6.510.3
herwigpp	2.4.2	2.4.1	2.4.0	2.3.2	2.3.1	2.3.0	2.2.1	2.2.0	2.1.4	2.1.2	2.1.1	2.1.0	2.0.3	2.0.2	2.0.1
hijing	1.383bs.2
hydjet	1.6	1.5	1.4	1.3	1.2	1.1
isajet	7.75	7.75.2	7.69	7.69.2
jimmy	4.31	4.31.2	4.31.3	4.2
lhapdf	5.8.1	5.8.0	5.7.1	5.7.0	5.6.0	5.5.1.a	5.5.1	5.4.1	5.4.0	5.3.1	5.3.0	5.2.3
mcatnlo	3.41	3.4	3.31
nlojet++	4.0.1	4.1.2
phojet	1.10	1.10.2
photos	215	215.2	215.3	215.4	215.5
pomwig	2.0	2.0.2
powheg	1.0
pyquen	1.5	1.4	1.3	1.2	1.1
pythia6	422	422.2	421	421.2	420	420.2	419.ac	419.ac.2	419	419.2	418	418.2	416	416.2	415.2	414.2	413.2	412	412.2	411	411.2	411.3	410	410.2	409	409.2	326	326.2	227	227.2
pythia8	135	130	125	120	108	107.1	107	105	100	095.1	095	090	080	070	060
sherpa	1.2.0.2p	1.2.0.2	1.2.0	1.1.3.2p	1.1.3.2	1.1.3	1.1.2.2p	1.1.2.2	1.1.2	1.1.1	1.1.0	1.0.11p	1.0.10	1.0.9	1.0.8
stagen	1.11
tauola	28.121	28.121.2	27.121	27.121.2	27.121.3	27.121.5
thepeg	1.6.1	1.6.0	1.5.0	1.4.2	1.4.1	1.4.0	1.3.0	1.2.0	1.1.2	1.1.1	1.1.0	1.0.1
toprex	4.23
winhac	1.31	1.24	1.23

Overview of available MC-related external tools

Name of the tool	Place of installation	Latest version
Rivet	/afs/cern.ch/sw/lcg/external/MCGenerators/rivet	1.1.3
FastJet	/afs/cern.ch/sw/lcg/external/fastjet	2.4.1
HepMC	/afs/cern.ch/sw/lcg/external/HepMC	2.05.00
HepPDT	/afs/cern.ch/sw/lcg/external/HepPDT	3.04.00
MC-Tester	/afs/cern.ch/sw/lcg/external/MCGenerators/mctester	1.23.1
HepMC Analysis Tool	/afs/cern.ch/sw/lcg/external/MCGenerators/hepmcanalysis	3.1

Mailing List and Monthly Meetings archive

• 18 November 2009
  
• 23 September 2009
• 08 July 2009
• 08 April 2009
• 28 January 2009
• 13 January 2009
• 05 November 2008
• 01 October 2008
• 25 June 2008
• 09 April 2008
• 05 March 2008
• 06 February 2008
• 28 November 2007
• 24 October 2007
• 19 September 2007
• 06 June 2007
• 04 April 2007
• 07 March 2007
• 07 February 2007
• 20 December 2006
• 22 November 2006
• Previous meetings (before September 2006)

Mailing list: project-lcg-simu

Relevant Events

EVTGEN mini-workshop, 13 January 2009

HERA-LHC workshop, 26-30 May 2008

PDF4LHC Workshop, 22-23 February 2008

HERA-LHC Workshop, 29 October-02 November 2006

MC4LHC Workshop, 17-26 July 2006

LCG Generator Services User Support meeting, 09 May 2006

Monte Carlo validation Miniworkshop , 20 October 2005

Special Application Area Meeting dedicated to Monte Carlo Generators , 1st June 2005.

EvtGen Miniworkshop , 21 January 2005

LCG Generator Review , 25 March 2004

CERN Workshop on Monte Carlo tools for the LHC (MC4LHC), Summer 2003

LCG Generator Kick-off Miniworkshop, 20 June 2003

MC Generators RTAG final report, 2002

Relevant Links

Monte Carlo Validation:

Rivet

JetWeb