Catfish: A Monte Carlo simulator for black holes at the LHC

@article{Cavagli2006CatfishAM,
  title={Catfish: A Monte Carlo simulator for black holes at the LHC},
  author={Marco Cavagli{\`a} and R. Godang and L. Cremaldi and D. Summers},
  journal={Comput. Phys. Commun.},
  year={2006},
  volume={177},
  pages={506-517}
}
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