| 1 | {{{#!comment |
| 2 | 19 December 2014: [http://cp3.irmp.ucl.ac.be/downloads/Delphes-3.2.0.tar.gz Delphes 3.2.0] |
| 3 | |
| 4 | - moved code repository to [http://github.com/delphes/delphes GitHub] |
| 5 | - moved configuration files from examples to cards directory |
| 6 | - new event display, with automatic discovery of the object collections, navigation controls, and 3D geometry sketch (for more details, see WorkBook/EventDisplay) |
| 7 | - updated !FastJet library to 3.1.0 |
| 8 | - added zero suppression in Calorimeter modules |
| 9 | - added !FastJetGridMedianEstimator module (provides fixed grid eta-dependent average pile-up density) |
| 10 | - added !AngularSmearing module (to smear track eta,phi) |
| 11 | - added !PdgCodeFilter (to veto particle with given PID from collections) |
| 12 | - added !IdentificationMap (allows to apply (mis)-identification) |
| 13 | - added Example4.C (provide and example on how to compute the jet energy scale) |
| 14 | - added examples (examples/ExternalFastJetBasic.cpp and examples/ExternalFastJetHepMC.cpp) on how to run Delphes as a library with external FastJet installation |
| 15 | - updated example for FCC studies (cards/delphes_card_FCC_basic.tcl) |
| 16 | - added example for LHCb studies (cards/delphes_card_LHCb.tcl) |
| 17 | }}} |
| 18 | |
| 19 | 6 May 2014: [http://cp3.irmp.ucl.ac.be/downloads/Delphes-3.1.2.tar.gz Delphes 3.1.2] |
| 20 | |
| 21 | - fixed smearing of (z,t) vertex distribution in the !PileUpMerger module |
| 22 | - adapted DelphesSTDHEP to the latest version of the STDHEP format introduced in MadGraph5_aMC@NLO 2.1.2 |
| 23 | - added Hector module (fast simulator for the transport of particles in beam lines, see JINST 2:P09005 (2007)) |
| 24 | - added N-subjettiness and N-jettiness (identify boosted hadronically-decaying objects like electroweak bosons and top quarks, see JHEP 1103:015 (2011), 1202:093 (2012) and 1404:017 (2014)) |
| 25 | - added !SimpleCalorimeter module (to study effects of different granularity in ECAL and HCAL) |
| 26 | - added !ImpactParameterSmearing module (to smear transverse and longitudinal track impact parameter needed for track counting b-tagging) |
| 27 | - added TrackCountingBTagging module (for simple b-tagging algorithm based on counting tracks with large impact parameter) |
| 28 | - added example card for FCC studies (examples/delphes_card_FCC_basic.tcl) |
| 29 | |
| 30 | 25 April 2014: [http://cp3.irmp.ucl.ac.be/downloads/Delphes-3.1.1.tar.gz Delphes 3.1.1] |
| 31 | |
| 32 | - adapted DelphesSTDHEP to the latest version of the STDHEP format introduced in MadGraph5_aMC@NLO 2.1.2 |
| 33 | |
| 34 | 17 April 2014: [http://cp3.irmp.ucl.ac.be/downloads/Delphes-3.1.0.tar.gz Delphes 3.1.0] |
| 35 | |
| 36 | - added Hector module (fast simulator for the transport of particles in beam lines, see JINST 2:P09005 (2007)) |
| 37 | - added N-subjettiness and N-jettiness (identify boosted hadronically-decaying objects like electroweak bosons and top quarks, see JHEP 1103:015 (2011), 1202:093 (2012) and 1404:017 (2014)) |
| 38 | - added !SimpleCalorimeter module (to study effects of different granularity in ECAL and HCAL) |
| 39 | - added !ImpactParameterSmearing module (to smear transverse and longitudinal track impact parameter needed for track counting b-tagging) |
| 40 | - added TrackCountingBTagging module (for simple b-tagging algorithm based on counting tracks with large impact parameter) |
| 41 | - added example card for FCC studies (examples/delphes_card_FCC_basic.tcl) |
| 42 | |
| 43 | 12 February 2014: [http://cp3.irmp.ucl.ac.be/downloads/Delphes-3.0.12.tar.gz Delphes 3.0.12] |
| 44 | |
| 45 | - updated !FastJet library to 3.0.6 |
| 46 | - added smearing of (z,t) vertex distribution in the !PileUpMerger module |
| 47 | - propagation time computed for every output collection |
| 48 | - added !TimeSmearing module (for propagation time measurement) |
| 49 | - added !PileUpJetId module (thanks to Seth Senz) |
| 50 | |
| 51 | 14 November 2013: [http://cp3.irmp.ucl.ac.be/downloads/Delphes-3.0.11.tar.gz Delphes 3.0.11] |
| 52 | |
| 53 | - new energy-flow algorithm, optimized for better compatibility with pile-up subtraction |
| 54 | - added possibility of computing pile-up density in different eta regions via the !RhoEtaRange parameter in !FastJetFinder module |
| 55 | - implemented correct efficiency/resolution for high pt muons in CMS cards |
| 56 | - removed pile-up subtraction on missing energy |
| 57 | - added possibility to read re-weighting information from LHEF input files |
| 58 | - added UsePTSum and PTSumMax parameters to isolation module |
| 59 | - added possibility of specifying the shape of pile-up distribution (via the !PileUpDistribution parameter in the !PileUpMerger module) |
| 60 | - added pile-up Vertex collection to the output tree |
| 61 | |
| 62 | 19 August 2013: [http://cp3.irmp.ucl.ac.be/downloads/Delphes-3.0.10.tar.gz Delphes 3.0.10] |
| 63 | |
| 64 | - new readers (DelphesProMC.cpp, DelphesProMC.py (#220), DelphesPythia8) |
| 65 | - new modules (!EnergyScale, PileUpMergerPythia8, Weighter) |
| 66 | - new module parameters (absolute/relative isolation (#187), flat/poisson pile-up distribution) |
| 67 | - new global parameters (max number of events, skip events (#183), random seed (#202) ) |
| 68 | - new branches (pile-up event density rho, MC event weight) |
| 69 | - updated CMS and ALTAS detector cards (and added ATLAS pile-up detector card) |
| 70 | - calorimeter smearing is now performed according to a logNormal distribution |
| 71 | - improved particle-flow algorithm (#204) |
| 72 | - added calculation of particle propagation time in the tracker |
| 73 | - fixed tau-jet matching by only considering visible hadronic tau (#208) |
| 74 | - read masses from MC event file (#195, #201) |
| 75 | - bug fixes in DelphesCMSFWLite (#196) |
| 76 | - compilable analysis macro examples (#182) |
| 77 | - ability to read MC re-weighting information from LHE files |
| 78 | |
| 79 | 24 May 2013: [http://cp3.irmp.ucl.ac.be/downloads/Delphes-3.0.9.tar.gz Delphes 3.0.9] |
| 80 | |
| 81 | - fixed reading of weighted STDHEP events (#181) |
| 82 | - fixed script building Delphes with CMSFWLite (#180) |
| 83 | - added more particles to !StatusPidFilter (#179) |
| 84 | |
| 85 | 17 May 2013: [http://cp3.irmp.ucl.ac.be/downloads/Delphes-3.0.8.tar.gz Delphes 3.0.8] |
| 86 | |
| 87 | - fixed treatment of units in HepMC format (#175) |
| 88 | - added Weight to HepMCEvent branch to store the event weight (#173) |
| 89 | - added Rho branch to store the rho energy density (#176) |
| 90 | - added random rotation of pile-up events around the z-axis |
| 91 | |
| 92 | 26 April 2013: [http://cp3.irmp.ucl.ac.be/downloads/Delphes-3.0.7.tar.gz Delphes 3.0.7] |
| 93 | |
| 94 | - added separate make rule for the event display to fix the compilation problem for systems without OpenGL libraries (#168, #127) |
| 95 | - added Cloner module |
| 96 | - modified BTagging module (several BTagging bits can be stored for the same jet collection, see [here](/workbook/modules)) |
| 97 | |
| 98 | 12 April 2013: [http://cp3.irmp.ucl.ac.be/downloads/Delphes-3.0.6.tar.gz Delphes 3.0.6] |
| 99 | |
| 100 | - fixed filtering of the partons used for b- and tau-tagging (#163) |
| 101 | - fixed artefacts in jet eta distribution (#169) |
| 102 | - fixed direction of MissingET (#170) |
| 103 | - modified !DelphesFormula to filter out the end-of-line characters |
| 104 | - added !TrackPileUpSubtractor to fix the problem with the charged pile-up particles outside of the tracker coverage |
| 105 | - added !ConstituentFilter module |
| 106 | - added !StatusPidFilter module |
| 107 | - added hepmc2pileup and stdhep2pileup converters |
| 108 | |
| 109 | 8 March 2013: [http://cp3.irmp.ucl.ac.be/downloads/Delphes-3.0.5.tar.gz Delphes 3.0.5] |
| 110 | |
| 111 | - fixed compilation of the !PileUpMerger on MacOSX |
| 112 | - added support for large HepMC and STDHEP files on 32-bit systems (ticket #163) |
| 113 | |