https://github.com/niess/alouette

A backward Monte-Carlo library for tau decays
https://github.com/niess/alouette

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A backward Monte-Carlo library for tau decays

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/niess/alouette
• Owner: niess
• License: lgpl-3.0
• Created: 2017-08-19T22:46:49.000Z (almost 8 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2022-02-14T12:05:06.000Z (over 3 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-03-04T00:52:30.230Z (4 months ago)
• Language: Fortran
• Homepage: https://alouette.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
• Size: 826 KB
• Stars: 1
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md
  • License: COPYING.LESSER

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# Alouette [![Linux](https://github.com/niess/alouette/actions/workflows/linux.yml/badge.svg)][workflow_linux] [![OSX](https://github.com/niess/alouette/actions/workflows/osx.yml/badge.svg)][workflow_osx]

(Y-**ET** another encapsula**TE**d TA-**UOLA**, backwards)

## Description

Alouette is a [TAUOLA][TAUOLA] thin wrapper for simulating single τ decays.

It can operate in forward or in [backward Monte Carlo][BMC] mode.  Alouette is

built over [Tauola++][tauolapp] Fortran source (version 1.1.8, for LHC). It can

be used as a C library (*libalouette*) or as a Python 3 package

([alouette][alouette_py]).

The Alouette API is meant to be light and simple. It exposes two key functions,

*decay* and *undecay*.  Initialisation is automatic.  A more detailed

description of Alouette is avaible online, from [Read the Docs][alouette_docs].

One can also browse the [examples][examples] shipped with the

[source][alouette_source].

## Portability

Alouette is designed for UNIX systems. It relies on POSIX specifics, e.g.  it

assumes `/dev/urandom` to be available. Alouette is tested on

[Linux][workflow_linux] and [OSX][workflow_osx].

## Thread safety

TAUOLA and the Alouette wrapper do **not** support **multi-threading**.

## License

The Alouette wrapper is  under the **GNU LGPLv3** license. See the

[LICENSE][license] and [COPYING.LESSER][lesser] files.

[alouette_docs]: https://alouette.readthedocs.io/en/latest/

[alouette_py]: https://pypi.org/project/alouette

[alouette_source]: https://github.com/niess/alouette

[BMC]: https://arxiv.org/abs/1705.05636

[examples]: https://github.com/niess/alouette/tree/master/examples

[license]: https://github.com/niess/alouette/blob/master/LICENSE

[lesser]: https://github.com/niess/alouette/blob/master/COPYING.LESSER

[TAUOLA]: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/001046559190038M

[tauolapp]: http://tauolapp.web.cern.ch/tauolapp/

[workflow_linux]: https://github.com/niess/alouette/actions/workflows/linux.yml

[workflow_osx]: https://github.com/niess/alouette/actions/workflows/osx.yml