Pluto++
A Monte Carlo simulation tool for hadronic physics
Original design and implementation by Marios A. Kagarlis, GSI


The package at a glance

A snapshot of Pluto
Scripting with Pluto
Download Locations
Non-HADES users are kindly asked to cite the package as described below
Version 5.35 of 09/07/2010
Class Index QA-plots Tutorials Contributing authors References
News (since v5.34): (for details see Release notes)
  • Many plugins (e.g. pn scattering)
  • Changed standard seed to the systime
  • N-body phase space (N>3) with 1 unstable hadron
  • PlutoScript has been finalized


Version 5.35.2 of 22/08/2010
Class Index QA-plots Tutorials Contributing authors References
News: (for details see Release notes)
  • Correct phase space for Resonance to N + gamma
  • Moved some variables to batch space
  • Added demo FF models in eta_decays
  • Fixed some bugs, in particular the slow omega bug in the fireball macro


Archived versions NB: dev versions or minor releases are not archived.
Publications
Citation rules for users

For version 5 (in general) cite:

Pluto: A Monte Carlo Simulation Tool for Hadronic Physics. [Spires]

Users of the new interface methods could use also:

Design of the Pluto Event Generator. [Spires]

For the bremsstrahlung (and new Delta description):


A versatile method for simulating pp -> ppe+e- and dp -> pne+e-p_spec reactions. [Spires]


For the version 4 cite:

M. A. Kagarlis, GSI Report 2000-03 (2000), unpublished
Full document (Contents)
Other documents
Newsletter Jan. 10
Newsletter Feb. 08
Weight-Based Event Sampling
Thermal sources in Pluto
Parametrization of pp elastic angular distributions
Related Topics
GSI Meeting: Hadronic Physics with HADES
1st HADES Workshop on Simulations

 

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