Particle physics phenomenology with Python 3: $e^- + \bar{\nu}_e \to e^- + \bar{\nu}_e$ scattering in the Fermi theory
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https://doi.org/10.31349/RevMexFisE.17.150Keywords:
High Energy Physics Phenomenology, New computational toolsAbstract
In this work, we develop an algorithm in Python 3 to compute the theoretical prediction of the electron and electron anti-neutrino scattering cross section using two different numerical methods: {\it i)} Riemann sums and {\it ii)} Monte Carlo integration. We compare the precision among these two methods and the theoretical result. Finally, the theoretical prediction is compared with the result obtained with MadGraph 5 which is commonly used to provide theoretical predictions for the LHC. With this project, we would like to encourage students to use programming languages as a tool for the study of new physics.Downloads
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2020-07-01
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I. Domínguez Jiménez, R. J. Hernández Pinto, and D. F. Rentería-Estrada, “Particle physics phenomenology with Python 3: $e^- + \bar{\nu}_e \to e^- + \bar{\nu}_e$ scattering in the Fermi theory”, Rev. Mex. Fis. E, vol. 17, no. 2 Jul-Dec, pp. 150–155, Jul. 2020.
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