One universal extra dimension in Pythia

The Universal Extra Dimensions model has been implemented in the Pythia generator from version 6.4.18 onwards, in its minimal formulation with one TeV⁻¹-sized extra dimension. The additional possibility of gravity-mediated decays, through a variable number of eV⁻¹-sized extra dimensions into which only gravity extends, is also available. The implementation covers the lowest lying Kaluza-Klein (KK) excitations of Standard Model particles, except for the excitations of the Higgs fields, with the mass spectrum calculated at one loop. 2→2 tree-level production cross sections and unpolarized KK number conserving 2-body decays are included. Mixing between iso-doublet and -singlet KK excitations is neglected thus far, and is expected to be negligible for all but the top sector.

New version summary

Program title: PYTHIA Version number: 6.420Catalogue identifier: ACTU_v2_1Program summary URL:http://cpc.cs.qub.ac.uk/summaries/ACTU_v2_1.htmlProgram obtainable from: CPC Program Library, Queen's University, Belfast, N. IrelandLicensing provisions: Standard CPC licence, http://cpc.cs.qub.ac.uk/licence/licence.htmlNo. of lines in distributed program, including test data, etc.: 79 362No. of bytes in distributed program, including test data, etc.: 590 900Distribution format: tar.gzProgramming language: Fortran 77Computer: CERN lxplus and any other machine with a Fortran 77 compilerOperating system: Linux Red HatRAM: about 800 K wordsWord size: 32 bitsClassification: 11.2Catalogue identifier of previous version: ACTU_v2_0Journal reference of previous version: Comput. Phys. Comm. 135 (2001) 238Does the new version supersede the previous version?: YesNature of problem: At high energy collisions between elementary particles, physics beyond the Standard Model is searched for. Many models are being investigated, namely extra-dimensional models.Solution method: The Universal Extra Dimension model is implemented in the PYTHIA event generator.Reasons for new version: The Universal Extra Dimensions model has been implemented in the PYTHIA generator from version 6.4.18 onwards, in its minimal formulation with one TeV⁻¹-sized extra dimension. The additional possibility of gravity-mediated decays, through a variable number of eV⁻¹-sized extra dimensions into which only gravity extends, is also available. The implementation covers the lowest lying Kaluza-Klein (KK) excitations of Standard Model particles, except for the excitations of the Higgs fields, with the mass spectrum calculated at one loop. 2→2 tree-level production cross sections and unpolarized KK number conserving 2-body decays are included. Mixing between iso-doublet and -singlet KK excitations is neglected thus far, and is expected to be negligible for all but the top sector.Running time: 10-1000 events per second, depending on the process studied.