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#######################################################################
# WHIZARD
#
# (C) 1999-2009 by
# Wolfgang Kilian <kilian@hep.physik.uni-siegen.de>
# Thorsten Ohl <ohl@physik.uni-wuerzburg.de>
# Juergen Reuter <juergen.reuter@physik.uni-freiburg.de>
# with contributions by Sebastian Schmidt
#
# WHIZARD is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
# under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
# any later version.
#
# WHIZARD is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
# WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
#
########################################################################
[This README needs updating. See INSTALL for installation instructions.]
WHIZARD is a program system designed for the efficient calculation of
multi-particle scattering cross sections and simulated event samples.
The events can be written to file in STDHEP or ASCII format.
Tree-level matrix elements are generated automatically for arbitrary
partonic processes by calling the O'Mega matrix element generator.
Matrix elements obtained by alternative methods (e.g., including loop
corrections) may be interfaced as well.
The program is able to calculate numerically stable signal and
background cross sections and generate unweighted event samples with
reasonable efficiency for processes with up to six final-state
particles. Polarization is treated exactly for both the initial and
final states. Final-state quark or lepton flavors can be summed over
automatically where needed.
For Linear Collider physics, beamstrahlung (CIRCE) and ISR spectra are
included for electrons and photons. Currently, WHIZARD supports the
Standard Model, optionally with anomalous couplings, but model
extensions or completely different models can be added.
The WHIZARD manual can be found in the subdirectory 'doc'. The manual
describes the installation and usage of WHIZARD.

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