Use & Citations#

Citation#

The BibTeX entry for citing spey including latest zenodo archive:

@article{Araz:2023bwx,
    author        = {Araz, Jack Y.},
    title         = {{Spey: Smooth inference for reinterpretation studies}},
    eprint        = {2307.06996},
    archiveprefix = {arXiv},
    primaryclass  = {hep-ph},
    reportnumber  = {IPPP/23/34},
    doi           = {10.21468/SciPostPhys.16.1.032},
    journal       = {SciPost Phys.},
    volume        = {16},
    number        = {1},
    pages         = {032},
    year          = {2024}
}
@software{spey_zenodo,
  author       = {Araz, Jack Y.},
  title        = {SpeysideHEP/spey: v0.2.7-b2},
  month        = may,
  year         = 2026,
  publisher    = {Zenodo},
  version      = {v0.2.7-b2},
  doi          = {10.5281/zenodo.20443568},
  url          = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20443568},
}

Reinterpretation packages that are using spey#

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  • Contur - A framework for the statistical comparison of new physics predictions with LHC data.

  • HackAnalysis - A tool for the reinterpretation of collider data.

  • CheckMate - A program that allows you to compare theoretical predictions for collider searches with the results of actual searches.

  • MadAnalysis 5 - A user-friendly, flexible and fast software package for phenomenological analyses of collider data.

At testing phase:

  • SModelS - A tool for simplified model reinterpretation of LHC results.

Use in Publications#

An up-to-date list can be found on Inspire-HEP.

  1. Tomasz Procter, Krzysztof Rolbiecki, and Andrzej Siódmok. Reinterpreting the ATLAS HHH$\to 6b$ Search with CheckMATE and Rivet: Validation, TRSM Benchmarks, and HL-LHC Prospects. 6 2026. arXiv:2606.01966.

  2. Giacomo Cacciapaglia, Rosy Caliri, Aldo Deandrea, Benjamin Fuks, Mark Goodsell, Jan Hadlik, Manuel Kunkel, and Werner Porod. Composite top partners in exotic colour representations. 5 2026. arXiv:2605.04143.

  3. Jack Y. Araz, Christoph Englert, Matthew Kirk, and Gilberto Tetlalmatzi-Xolocotzi. New insights into the $b\rightarrow c \bar uq$ puzzle through Top-Bottom synergies. 4 2026. arXiv:2604.25998.

  4. Aram Hayrapetyan and others. Combined measurements and interpretations of Higgs boson production and decay in proton-proton collisions at $\sqrt s$ = 13 TeV. 2 2026. arXiv:2602.18611.

  5. Jayita Lahiri, Tania Robens, and Krzysztof Rolbiecki. Constraining the Inert Doublet Model at the LHC. 11 2025. arXiv:2511.23133.

  6. Zhan Cao, Zhong-Jun Yang, Jin-Lei Yang, and Tai-Fu Feng. Probing the light charged Higgs boson, pseudoscalar Higgs boson, and $Z^\prime $ boson in the $U(1)_F$ model at the LHC. 10 2025. arXiv:2510.22537.

  7. Jack Y. Araz, Benjamin Fuks, Mark D. Goodsell, and Taylor Murphy. Deciphering compressed electroweakino excesses with MadAnalysis 5. 7 2025. arXiv:2507.08927.

  8. Iñaki Lara and Krzysztof Rolbiecki. Implementation of full and simplified likelihoods in CheckMATE. Eur. Phys. J. C, 86(3):221, 2026. arXiv:2507.08565, doi:10.1140/epjc/s10052-026-15414-8.

  9. Diyar Agin, Benjamin Fuks, Mark D. Goodsell, and Taylor Murphy. A joint explanation for the soft lepton and monojet LHC excesses in the wino-bino model. Eur. Phys. J. C, 85(10):1145, 2025. arXiv:2506.21676, doi:10.1140/epjc/s10052-025-14886-4.

  10. Andy Buckley, Jon Butterworth, Joseph Egan, Christian Gutschow, Sihyun Jeon, Martin Habedank, Tomasz Procter, Peng Wang, Yoran Yeh, and Luzhan Yue. Constraints On New Theories Using Rivet : CONTUR version 3 release note. 5 2025. arXiv:2505.09272.

  11. Jon Butterworth, Hridoy Debnath, Joseph Egan, and Pavel Fileviez Perez. Local baryon number at the LHC. Phys. Rev. D, 112(1):015012, 2025. arXiv:2505.06341, doi:10.1103/2wbm-g6yv.

  12. Georges Aad and others. A measurement of the high-mass $ \tau \overline \tau $ production cross-section at $ \sqrt s=13 $ TeV with the ATLAS detector and constraints on new particles and couplings. JHEP, 10:054, 2025. arXiv:2503.19836, doi:10.1007/JHEP10(2025)054.

  13. Kirtiman Ghosh, Katri Huitu, and Rameswar Sahu. Revisiting universal extra-dimension model with gravity mediated decays. JHEP, 04:063, 2025. arXiv:2412.09344, doi:10.1007/JHEP04(2025)063.

  14. Mark D. Goodsell. HackAnalysis 2: A powerful and hackable recasting tool. 6 2024. arXiv:2406.10042.

  15. Diyar Agin, Benjamin Fuks, Mark D. Goodsell, and Taylor Murphy. Seeking a coherent explanation of LHC excesses for compressed spectra. Eur. Phys. J. C, 84(11):1218, 2024. arXiv:2404.12423, doi:10.1140/epjc/s10052-024-13594-9.

  16. Alexander Feike, Juri Fiaschi, Benjamin Fuks, Michael Klasen, and Alexander Puck Neuwirth. Combination and reinterpretation of LHC SUSY searches. JHEP, 07:122, 2024. arXiv:2403.11715, doi:10.1007/JHEP07(2024)122.

  17. Nina Elmer, Maeve Madigan, Tilman Plehn, and Nikita Schmal. Staying on Top of SMEFT-Likelihood Analyses. SciPost Phys., 18:108, 2025. arXiv:2312.12502, doi:10.21468/SciPostPhys.18.3.108.

  18. Diyar Agin, Benjamin Fuks, Mark D. Goodsell, and Taylor Murphy. Monojets reveal overlapping excesses for light compressed higgsinos. Phys. Lett. B, 853:138597, 2024. arXiv:2311.17149, doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2024.138597.

  19. Linda M. Carpenter, Humberto Gilmer, Junichiro Kawamura, and Taylor Murphy. Taking aim at the wino-Higgsino plane with the LHC. Phys. Rev. D, 109(1):015012, 2024. arXiv:2309.07213, doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.109.015012.