Computing decay rates for new physics theories with FeynRules and MadGraph 5_aMC@NLO

Feb 5, 2014
12 pages
Published in:
  • Comput.Phys.Commun. 197 (2015) 312-323
  • Published: Dec, 2015
e-Print:
Report number:
  • CERN-PH-TH-2014-020,
  • MCNET-14-03,
  • IPPP-14-10,
  • DCPT-14-20,
  • CP3-14-11,
  • CALT-68-2877,
  • ZU-TH-02-14

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Abstract: (Elsevier)
We present new features of the FeynRules  and MadGraph 5 _aMC@NLO  programs for the automatic computation of decay widths that consistently include channels of arbitrary final-state multiplicity. The implementations are generic enough so that they can be used in the framework of any quantum field theory, possibly including higher-dimensional operators. We extend at the same time the conventions of the Universal FeynRules  Output (or UFO) format to include decay tables and information on the total widths. We finally provide a set of representative examples of the usage of the new functions of the different codes in the framework of the Standard Model, the Higgs Effective Field Theory, the Strongly Interacting Light Higgs model and the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model and compare the results to available literature and programs for validation purposes.
Note:
  • 32 pages, 2 figures. Published version
  • Model building
  • field theory
  • effective field theory
  • operator: higher-dimensional
  • little Higgs model
  • minimal supersymmetric standard model
  • decay rate
  • final state: multiplicity
  • numerical calculations
  • new physics