hoppet v2 release note

We document the three main new features in the v2 release series of the hoppet parton distribution function evolution code, specifically support for N <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:mmultiscripts><mml:mrow></mml:mrow> <mml:mrow></mml:mrow> <mml:mn>3</mml:mn></mml:mmultiscripts> </mml:math> LO QCD evolution in the variable flavour number scheme, for the determination of hadronic structure functions for massless quarks up to N <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:mmultiscripts><mml:mrow></mml:mrow> <mml:mrow></mml:mrow> <mml:mn>3</mml:mn></mml:mmultiscripts> </mml:math> LO, and for QED evolution to an accuracy phenomenologically equivalent to NNLO QCD. Additionally we describe a new Python interface, CMake build option, functionality to save a hoppet table as an LHAPDF grid and update our performance benchmarks, including optimisations in interpolating PDF tables.

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The European Physical Journal C
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2026-02-16
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https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-025-15200-y
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Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies
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hoppet v2 release note

Gavin P. Salam, Frédéric A. Dreyer, PAOLO NASON, Alexander Karlberg et al.
The European Physical Journal C
Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies
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hoppet v2 release note

Gavin P. Salam, Frédéric A. Dreyer, PAOLO NASON, Alexander Karlberg, Giulia Zanderighi
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Abstract

We document the three main new features in the v2 release series of the hoppet parton distribution function evolution code, specifically support for N <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:mmultiscripts><mml:mrow></mml:mrow> <mml:mrow></mml:mrow> <mml:mn>3</mml:mn></mml:mmultiscripts> </mml:math> LO QCD evolution in the variable flavour number scheme, for the determination of hadronic structure functions for massless quarks up to N <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:mmultiscripts><mml:mrow></mml:mrow> <mml:mrow></mml:mrow> <mml:mn>3</mml:mn></mml:mmultiscripts> </mml:math> LO, and for QED evolution to an accuracy phenomenologically equivalent to NNLO QCD. Additionally we describe a new Python interface, CMake build option, functionality to save a hoppet table as an LHAPDF grid and update our performance benchmarks, including optimisations in interpolating PDF tables.

The European Physical Journal CVol. 86(2)
Center for Theoretical Physics (PL), Max Planck Institute for Physics (DE), Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Milano Bicocca (IT), Technical University of Munich (DE), European Organization for Nuclear Research (CH)
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Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies
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