2013/02/07 - MCPLOTS public release

Includes:

• Epos 1.99.crmc.v3400, Herwig++ 2.6.1a and 2.6.0, Phojet 1.12a, Pythia 6.427, Pythia 8.170, 8.165, 8.163 and 8.108, Sherpa 1.4.1, Vincia 1.0.28
• Added version 4 of Herwig++ tunes and Pythia 6 Perugia 2013 tunes.
• New analyses:
  
  • ALICE: ALICE_2012_I1181770
  • ATLAS: ATLAS_2011_I926145, ATLAS_2012_I1084540, ATLAS_2011_I894867, ATLAS_2012_I1183818
  • CMS: CMS_2011_S8941262, CMS_2011_S9215166, CMS_2012_I1193338, CMS_2012_I1087342, CMS_2012_I1102908, CMS_2012_I1184941, CMS_2012_PAS_FWD_11_003, CMS_2012_PAS_QCD_11_010
  • LHCb: LHCB_2011_I917009, LHCB_2010_I867355, LHCB_2012_I1119400
  • LHCf: LHCF_2012_I1115479
  • TOTEM: TOTEM_2012_I1115294, TOTEM_2011_I930960, TOTEM_2012_002
  • ALEPH: ALEPH_1999_S4193598
  • MC-only: MC_FBA_TTBAR - see section "Top quark (MC only)"
• Rivet 1.8.2
• Updated to LHAPDF 5.8.8 and FastJet 2.4.4
• Implemented accounting of contributions by BOINC volunteers and added API to access contributions stats. Test4Theory Stats web application make use of the API to display contributions progress.

2012/04/09 - MCPLOTS public release

Includes:

• Alpgen 2.1.4 and 2.1.3e, Pythia 8.162, 8.160, 8.135 and 8.130, Sherpa 1.4.0
• New analyses:
  
  • ALICE: ALICE_2011_S8909580, ALICE_2011_S8945144
  • ATLAS: ATLAS_2011_S9131140, ATLAS_2011_S9128077, ATLAS_2011_S9126244, ATLAS_2011_S9002537
  • CMS: CMS_2011_S9120041, CMS_2011_S9088458, CMS_2011_S9086218, CMS_2011_S8968497, CMS_2010_S8547297, CMS_2010_S8656010, CMS_2011_S8884919, CMS_2011_S8950903
  • LHCb: LHCB_2010_S8758301
  • STAR: STAR_2006_S6870392, STAR_2008_S7869363
• Disabled bad quality histograms (with problems like negative bin contents) from ALEPH_2004_S5765862 and OPAL_2004_S6132243 analyses
• Rivet 1.8.0
• Updated to LHAPDF 5.8.7, AGILe 1.4.0, HepMC 2.06.05
• Display Rivet version and number of events on each plot
• Use information provided by Rivet to select linear or logarithmic scale on plots which gives better look.

2011/12/08 - MCPLOTS public release

Includes:

• Herwig++ 2.5.2, Pythia 6.426, Pythia 8.157, Vincia 1.0.27
• Added version 3 of Herwig++ colour reconnection tunes.
• Rivet 1.7.0

2011/11/11 - MCPLOTS public release

Includes:

• Fixed incorrect modification of Sherpa jets steering files.
• Added 'analysis filter' with possibillity to display plots from specific Rivet analysis.

2011/10/07 - MCPLOTS public release

Includes:

• Sherpa 1.3.1, Pythia 8.153, Vincia 1.0.26
• Removed obsolete Herwig++ v.1 tunes.
• Obsolete CDF_2008_LEADINGJETS analysis replaced by CDF_2010_S8591881_QCD (thanks to Test4Theory member Crystal Pellet for bringing this to our attention).
• Added CMS strange production analysis CMS_2011_S8978280.
• Rivet 1.6.0
• Added generators validation page based on χ² values including 5% theory uncertainty
• Added 'Custom' generator group.
• Updated Test4Theory links to point to new LHC@home 2.0 web page.

2011/07/27 - MCPLOTS public release

Includes:

• Herwig++ 2.5.1
• Added version 2 of Herwig++ colour reconnection tunes.
• Added another D0 Z pT analysis (D0_2010_S8821313).
• Plots page layout reorganized to fit to screen width.

2011/06/07 - MCPLOTS public release

Includes:

• Sherpa 1.3.0, Pythia 6.425, Pythia 8.150
• New tunes: Herwig++ MU900-1; Pythia 6 Perugia 2011; Sherpa: removed explicit alphaS definition from run cards.
• Several LEP distributions and moments (OPAL_2004_S6132243), including energy scaling beyond 91 GeV (contributed by S. Prestel and W. Pokorski)
• Removed OPAL four-jet angles (OPAL_2001_S4553896) since the measurements were corrected to parton level and it is not clear how to compare arbitrary generators to them
• Rivet 1.5.1
• Reorganized tune groups to a two-tier structure, with top group selecting generator (or main) and subgroups selecting more finegrained within that group (e.g. groups of tunes for a single generator)
• Reorganized and renamed some LEP observables to make their order more intuitive.
• Minor updates to plotting tool to make sure axis ticks always visible in ratio plots and a few other minor cosmetics fixes

2011/03/20 - MCPLOTS public release

Includes:

• Herwig++ 2.5.0, Vincia 1.0.25 and 1.0.24
• First LHC measurements at 7 TeV
• Dedicated ee identified-particle measurements from ALEPH
• b fragmentation measurements from DELPHI
• Rivet 1.5.0
• New functionality to select alternative generator versions (written by A. Pytel)

2010, December - first public release

Includes:

• Herwig++ 2.4.2, Pythia 6.424 and 6.423, Pythia 8.145 and 8.142, Sherpa 1.2.3 and 1.2.2p
• Rivet 1.4.0

2010, November - starting alpha-testing of Test4Theory project

2010, August - first prototypes of web pages

2010, Summer - MCPLOTS project started