CLHEP (short for ''A Class Library for High Energy Physics'') is a

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that provides utility classes for general numerical programming, vector arithmetic,

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, pseudorandom number generation, and

linear algebra Linear algebra is the branch of mathematics concerning linear equations such as: :a_1x_1+\cdots +a_nx_n=b, linear maps such as: :(x_1, \ldots, x_n) \mapsto a_1x_1+\cdots +a_nx_n, and their representations in vector spaces and through matrices ...

, specifically targeted for

high energy physics Particle physics or high energy physics is the study of Elementary particle, fundamental particles and fundamental interaction, forces that constitute matter and radiation. The fundamental particles in the universe are classified in the Standa ...

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and analysis software. The project is hosted by CERN and currently managed by a collaboration of researchers from CERN and other physics research laboratories and academic institutions. According to the project's website, CLHEP is in

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(accepting bug fixes but no further development is expected). CLHEP was proposed by

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physicist Leif Lönnblad in 1992 at a Conference on Computing in High-Energy Physics. Lönnblad is still involved in maintaining CLHEP. The project has more recently accepted contributions from other projects built on top of CLHEP, including the physics packages

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and

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, and the

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References

External links

Project CLHEP websiteCLHEP at CERNCLHEP Reference Guide
Physics software CERN software {{physics-software-stub

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