[Herwig-announce] ThePEG 1.7.2 and Herwig++ 2.5.2 have been released

[David Grellscheid]

Dear Herwig++ and ThePEG users,

we would like to announce the release of Herwig++ 2.5.2 together with
ThePEG 1.7.2.



Main Improvements:

  * Version 3 of our colour reconnection tunes is now enabled by default.
Please note that the pT parameter is energy-dependent and needs to be
modified when an LHC run is not at 7 TeV.

  * The jet vetoing model by Schofield and Seymour (arXiv:1103.4811) is
available via Evolver:ColourEvolutionMethod, PartnerFinder:PartnerMethod
and SplittingFunction:SplittingColourMethod. The default behaviour is
unchanged.

  * The initialization process for BSM runs is significantly faster.
Decay mode files in the SLHA format can now be read separately in
any BSM model with 'set Model:DecayFileName filename'

  * Charged- and neutral-current DIS processes implementing the POWHEG
method are now available.



All other bug fixes and improvements since the last version are listed
in the NEWS files in both the tarballs.

As usual, you can find the downloads at
     http://projects.hepforge.org/herwig/versions

For any questions, please contact herwig at projects.hepforge.org

With best regards,

     The Herwig++ and ThePEG authors