# Comix, a new matrix element generator

@article{Gleisberg2008ComixAN,
title={Comix, a new matrix element generator},
author={T. Gleisberg and Stefan Hoeche},
journal={Journal of High Energy Physics},
year={2008},
volume={2008},
pages={039-039}
}
• Published 27 August 2008
• Computer Science
• Journal of High Energy Physics
We present a new tree-level matrix element generator, based on the color dressed Berends-Giele recursive relations. We discuss two new algorithms for phase space integration, dedicated to be used with large multiplicities and color sampling.
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