Sherpa 3.0.0 Manual

Welcome to the Sherpa manual. The manual for versions prior to 3.0.0 can be found here.

• 1. Introduction
  • 1.1. Introduction to Sherpa
  • 1.2. Basic structure
• 2. Getting started
  • 2.1. Installation
  • 2.2. Running Sherpa
  • 2.3. Cross section determination
• 3. Command Line Options
• 4. Input structure
  • 4.1. Interpreter
  • 4.2. Tags
• 5. Parameters
  • 5.1. General parameters
  • 5.2. Beam parameters
  • 5.3. ISR parameters
  • 5.4. Models
  • 5.5. Matrix elements
  • 5.6. Processes
  • 5.7. Selectors
  • 5.8. Integration
  • 5.9. Hard decays
  • 5.10. Parton showers
  • 5.11. Multiple interactions
  • 5.12. Hadronization
  • 5.13. QED corrections
  • 5.14. Approximate Electroweak Corrections
  • 5.15. Minimum bias events
• 6. Tips and tricks
  • 6.1. Shell completion
  • 6.2. Rivet analyses
  • 6.3. HZTool analyses
  • 6.4. MCFM interface
  • 6.5. Debugging a crashing/stalled event
  • 6.6. Versioned installation
  • 6.7. NLO calculations
• 7. A posteriori scale variations
  • 7.1. A posteriori scale and PDF variations using the HepMC GenEvent Output
  • 7.2. A posteriori scale and PDF variations using the ROOT NTuple Output
• 8. Customization
  • 8.1. Exotic physics
  • 8.2. Custom scale setter
  • 8.3. External one-loop ME
  • 8.4. External RNG
  • 8.5. External PDF
  • 8.6. Python Interface
• 9. Examples
  • 9.1. Vector boson + jets production
  • 9.2. Jet production
  • 9.3. Higgs boson + jets production
  • 9.4. Top quark (pair) + jets production
  • 9.5. Single-top production in the s, t and tW channel
  • 9.6. Vector boson pairs + jets production
  • 9.7. Event generation in the MSSM using UFO
  • 9.8. Deep-inelastic scattering
  • 9.9. Fixed-order next-to-leading order calculations
  • 9.10. Soft QCD: Minimum Bias and Cross Sections
  • 9.11. Setups for event production at B-factories
  • 9.12. Calculating matrix element values for externally given configurations
  • 9.13. Using the Python interface
• 10. Getting help
• 11. Authors
• 12. Copying

• Index