Useful References

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

VINCIA

GKS07
Main reference for the VINCIA antenna showers and subtractive matching.
W. Giele, D. Kosower, P. Skands, Phys.Rev. D78 (2008) 014026.
GKS11
Main reference for unitary GKS matching, uncertainty bands, and runtime displays
W. Giele, D. Kosower, P. Skands, Phys.Rev. D84 (2011) 054003
GRS11
Main reference for mass effects and antenna-function parametrizations.
A. Gehrmann-de Ridder, M. Ritzmann, P. Skands, Phys.Rev. D85 (2012) 014013
LVS11
Main reference for sector showers and sector matching.
J.J. Lopez-Villarejo, P. Skands, JHEP 1111 (2011) 150

PYTHIA 8

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

MADGRAPH

The interface to MADGRAPH (v4) further relies on

Other References

CMW91
S. Catani, G. Marchesini, B.R. Webber, Nucl.Phys. B349 (1991) 635-654

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