[Rivet] CMS RIVET analyses

[Andy Buckley]

On 22/11/13 18:16, Nhan V Tran wrote:
> Hi Andy,
> 
> Thanks for the detailed reply!  More inline...
> 
>>> Thanks for following up on the CMS jet mass RIVET routine last week.  I forgot to ask you, one of the other CMS conveners was asking me...
>>>
>>> Can you let me know what CMS analyses are in the RIVET queue and what's the expected time to be included?
>>
>> Hi Nhan, (and CC'ing the Rivet dev list)
>>
>> I finally got time today to really spend some time on incorporating the
>> various new analyses for Rivet 1.8.4. We'll release this very soon,
>> followed as soon as we can by an equivalent 2.0.1.
>>
>> There are two CMS analyses in our queue: your jet mass one, and
>> CMS_2013_I1258128.cc (rapidity distributions in Z+jet and gamma+jet
>> events). If there are more that we can include right away, now is the
>> time to let us know!
> 
> Thanks, will let you know if there are any other CMS requests.
> 
>> I have a few questions/comments about your analysis, actually: we don't
>> just copy them into place but do a bit of code checking and clean-up
>> first... which is why it's usually not a 100% straightforward operation.
>> A bit annoying, I know, but once we've got them in the system we have to
>> maintain them... hence we sometimes ask for fixes and clarifications!
>> Ok, here goes:
> 
> Thanks for taking the time.  This is our first RIVET analysis, so I'm very happy to have an expert take a look ;)...

It's a pretty good one, I have to say! We have seen occasional horrors
;-) Thanks for getting back to me quickly. We should have this out in a
new 1.8.4 release fairly soon, if everything else goes as expected.

Andy

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Dr Andy Buckley, Royal Society University Research Fellow
Particle Physics Expt Group, University of Glasgow / PH Dept, CERN