=== Tools and Plugins  ===

==== Plugin for MadGraph5_aMC@NLO ====

To install such plugin, you need to install those in the PLUGIN directory of MG5aMC@NLO and then use the command
```
output NEWMODE MYDIRECTORY
```

* [wiki:PY8Kernel C++MEs]  by V. Hirschi: Thread-safe implementation of C++ tree-level MEs for large collection of processes, with easy-to-use-and-link library facilitating access to MEs for arbitrary kinematics, color and helicities.
* [https://github.com/qliphy/MGISR MGISR] by Qiang Li and Qi-Shu Yan: handling of initial state radiation for lepton collider [https://arxiv.org/abs/1804.00125 arxiv ]
* [https://code.launchpad.net/~maddevelopers/mg5amcnlo/MadSTRPlugin MadSTR] by m. Zaro: Removal of resonances from the Real computation for NLO computation [https://arxiv.org/abs/1907.04898 arxiv] 

==== Tools ====

   * [http://feynrules.phys.ucl.ac.be FeynRules]: the Mathematica package to automatically write particles and interaction list as well as coupling analytical expressions.
   * [https://launchpad.net/maddm MadDM]: Computation of relic-density, direct and indirect detection [https://arxiv.org/abs/1804.00044 arxiv]
   * [https://launchpad.net/maddump maddump]: Beamdump experiment. [https://arxiv.org/abs/1812.06771 arxiv]
   * MadWeight : Matrix elements techniques developed using the MadGraph system 
   * [wiki:Reweight Reweight module]: producing weighted events from an unweighted sample
   * [wiki:Systematics Systematics computation]: Produce the systematic uncertainty band by reweighting method.
   * [wiki:MadSpin MadSpin]: Decay of particles with full spin correlations and off-shell effect.
   * [wiki:PDFconv Convolution of PDF]: Convolute PDF function with a function to create effective PDF 

==== Interfaces ====

   * HerwigInterface : the interface to the Herwig parton shower and hadronization library
   * MadGraphInterface : the CMSSW interface for LHE event files
   * [wiki:UseMA5withinMG5aMC MadAnalysis5]
   * [wiki:LOPY8Merging Matching Merging]

==== Scripts ====

   * SplitEvents: A script to split event files
   * EventConverters: A set of tools to converts event files in various formats
   * [wiki:Replace Replace]: A script for replacing particles or groups of particles in LHE event files
   * AddMasses: A script for adding masses to leptons and inserting W or Z mothers in the LHE event file

==== Plotting and Analysis ====

   * MatchChecker: A set of scripts to produce plenty of plots for matching validation and do comparisons between different matched (and standalone) productions
   * ExRootAnalysis : the full ROOT interface including plotting interface and analysis classes.

-- Main.FabioMaltoni - 03 Mar 2009