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@ARTICLE{Reuter:638470,
author = {Reuter, Juergen},
title = {{M}onte {C}arlo {E}vent {G}enerators},
reportid = {PUBDB-2025-04077, DESY-25-130. arXiv:2509.21611},
year = {2025},
note = {24 pages, 4 figures, invited contribution to the
Encyclopedia of Particle Physics},
abstract = {Monte Carlo event generators are in a modern terminology
the digital twins of collider-based particle physics
experiment. We give an introduction into the application of
MC generators for particle physics, discuss their different
components each simmulating a different aspect of physics.
The main part is the hard scattering process, sampled over a
commplicated phase space of kinematic variables, followed by
simulation of strong and electromagnetic radiation in parton
showers, and hadronization of the end products of the shower
into mesons and baryons. These then undergo several levels
of decays into those particles that are measured in the
detectors - mostly electrons, photons, pions and kaons. For
each step, the main techniques will be described and
explained.},
cin = {T},
cid = {I:(DE-H253)T-20120731},
pnm = {611 - Fundamental Particles and Forces (POF4-611) / DFG
project G:(GEPRIS)390833306 - EXC 2121: Quantum Universe
(390833306) / EAJADE - Europe-America-Japan Accelerator
Development and Exchange Programme (101086276)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-611 / G:(GEPRIS)390833306 /
G:(EU-Grant)101086276},
experiment = {EXP:(DE-MLZ)NOSPEC-20140101},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)25},
eprint = {2509.21611},
howpublished = {arXiv:2509.21611},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
SLACcitation = {$\%\%CITATION$ = $arXiv:2509.21611;\%\%$},
doi = {10.3204/PUBDB-2025-04077},
url = {https://bib-pubdb1.desy.de/record/638470},
}