[Rivet] MCT calculation in RIVET

[Simone Amoroso]

Hi Andy,

Yes, in Lester package all such variables are implemented.
If you could do it that would be great, thanks!

cheers,
Simone

> On 03 Nov 2016, at 11:52, Andy Buckley <andy.buckley at cern.ch> wrote:
> 
> Hi Simone,
> 
> I've been meaning to convert our existing MT2 implementation to use the newer Lester code for a while: is MCT also implemented in there?
> 
> If this would solve the problem, I'll get it done for you asap. I think it best that I do this, since that minimal library is *horribly* written for "transparent" embedding and I've already been through the thought process on how best to do it!
> 
> Andy
> 
> 
> On 03/11/16 07:18, Simone Amoroso wrote:
>> Dear Andy, Rivet developers,
>> 
>> For some signal generation studies I am implementing in RIVET
>> a recent SUSY search which makes use of the contransverse mass variable.
>> While I could find in RIVET an interface to the MT2 variable calculation I cannot find MCT.
>> Would it be possible to have an interface to it implemented? I would be happy to write it.
>> 
>> cheers,
>> Simone
>> 
>> 
>> I have found a minimal library for MCT calculation here:
>> https://mctlib.hepforge.org/trac/browser/trunk
>> 
>> While a more complete package providing interface to several other kinematic variables used in searches is here:
>> http://www.hep.phy.cam.ac.uk/~lester/mt2/
>> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Dr Andy Buckley, Lecturer / Royal Society University Research Fellow
> Particle Physics Expt Group, University of Glasgow