Adam Phillips, Fergus Wilson The Herwig Minimum Bias Model University of Bristol Adam Phillips, Fergus Wilson & Nick Brook Final Tuned Version Herwig vs Tevatron Herwig vs Pythia Conclusions and Plans
Preferred parameter set for tuned Herwig minimum bias model: pmbm1 = 0.1 pmbm2 = 9.0 pmbn1 = 8.0 pmbn2 = 0.12 pmbn3 = -7.0 pmbk1 = 0.03 pmbk2 = 0.12 pmbp1 = 6.5 pmbp2 = 5.0 pmbp3 = 7.5
Model gives reasonable description of data
But, not entirely satisfactory - Improves on default model... but unable to recreate energy dependence over whole UA5 energy range
Herwig vs Tevatron Comparison to dnch/dh from CDF It fits!
Herwig vs Pythia minimum bias at 14TeV Choice of scale chosen to be the same in the 2 generators: as at same order Single diffraction turned off in Pythia Same pdf’s…
Herwig vs Pythia at LHC and multiplicity Pseudorapidity Pythia larger h’s and greater nch with larger tails
Conclusions and Plans Herwig can describe (most) data from UA5 and Tevatron (1 order of magnitude) Herwig vs Pythia: same ballpark but significant differences Plans: further comparisons diffraction b physics sensitivity to pdf’s