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Simulation of Collision Events

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Monte Carlo (MC) simulations as used in Chap. 5 to describe the response of a detector are also a highly important tool for the understanding and modeling of collision events. The interpretation of data recorded by the detectors and the extraction of physical parameters heavily rely on a well-understood theoretical modeling of the outcome of the scattering experiment. Due to the stochastic nature of quantum physics, the MC method described in Sect. 1.4 is a perfectly suited tool to simulate collision events, and is explored by a plethora of different event generators available to date.

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Spannagel, S. (2017). Simulation of Collision Events. In: CMS Pixel Detector Upgrade and Top Quark Pole Mass Determination. Springer Theses. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-58880-3_11

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