Rivet is a toolkit for validation and analysis of Monte Carlo event generators in particle physics. It provides a library of reusable analysis components and a large collection of published analyses, enabling precise, reproducible comparisons between theory and experimental data.
Rivet is a system for preservation of particle-collider analysis logic, analysis reinterpretation via MC simulations, and the validation and improvement of Monte Carlo event generator codes. It covers all aspects of collider physics, from unfolded precision measurements to reconstruction-level searches, and physics from the Standard Model to BSM theories, and from perturbative jet, boson and top-quarks to hadron decays, inclusive QCD, and Heavy Ion physics.
Rivet is the most widespread way by which analysis code from the LHC and other high-energy collider experiments is preserved for comparison to and development of future theory models. It is used by phenomenologists, MC generator developers, and experimentalists on the LHC and other facilities. Coding analyses in Rivet is a great way to publish executable code that extends the longevity, relevance, and impact of your publications!
CEDAR is MCnet’s initiative to support sustainable, reusable software tools for collider phenomenology, including Rivet, YODA, and LHAPDF, enabling precision comparisons between theory and experiment.