Useful References

Note: a log of update notes and installation instructions is kept in the README.TXT accompanying the distribution.

VINCIA

GKS07 (showers)
W. Giele, D. Kosower, P. Skands, PRD78(2008)014026
GKS11 (matching, uncertainty bands, runtime displays)
W. Giele, D. Kosower, P. Skands, arXiv:1102.2126
GRS11 (mass effects)
A. Gehrmann-de Ridder, M. Ritzmann, P. Skands, arXiv:1108.6172

PYTHIA 8

SMS07
T. Sjöstrand, S. Mrenna, P. Skands, CPC178(2008)852

MADGRAPH

The interface to MADGRAPH (v4) further relies on

Event Generators

To learn more about the physics of Event Generators, see To learn more about Les Houches color tags, used both by PYTHIA and VINCIA to keep track of color connections, see

Dipole-Antennae

The basic use of dipole-antennae as a dual description of QCD in the context of Shower Monte Carlos goes back to the Lund dipole, The type of antenna functions used by VINCIA are described in detail in