Releases of the xFitter QCD analysis package

• Versioning convention: i.j.k with

  • i - stable release

  • j - beta release

  • k - bug fixes.

• The release notes can be found in this attachment: xFitter_release_notes.pdf .

• Installation script for xFitter together with QCDNUM, APFEL, APPLGRID, LHAPDF install-xfitter

• The script to download coupled data and theory files xfitter-getdata.sh.

• Data and theory files are also stored in hepforge and can be accessed from there ("List of Data Files").

Documentation

• Manual (under continuous improvement) can be accessed here.

• TUTORIALS adapted for the Frozen Frog release can be downloaded from here.

• The README file (accessible via the package) gives an explanation for a quick start.

• The INSTALLATION file (accessible via the package) provides information for package installation and usage instructions.

• The package is licensed under GNU GPL, please see LICENCE for mode details (accessible via the package).

Web access to GIT

• The master version can be viewed and downloaded from https://gitlab.cern.ch/fitters/xfitter.git

Links to external packages

External packages that could be run with xFitter via configuration flags can be accessed for convenience HERE .

HERAverager data combination package

Information can be accessed here https://wiki-zeuthen.desy.de/HERAverager.

Subscription

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