TAUOLA the library for tau lepton decay, and KKMC/KORALB/KORALZ/... status report

Abstract

The status of the Monte Carlo programs for the simulation of the $τ$ lepton production in high energy accelerator experiments and decay is reviewed. In particular, the status of the following packages is discussed: (i) TAUOLA for tau-lepton decay, (ii) PHOTOS for radiative corrections in decays, (iii) KORALB, KORALZ, KKMC packages for tau-pair production in e+e- collisions and (iv) universal interface of TAUOLA for the decay of tau-leptons produced by``any'' generator. Special emphasis on requirements from new and future experiments is given. Some considerations about the software organization necessary to keep simultaneously distinct physics initializations for TAUOLA are also included.

latex 7 pages, including 1 table and 5 figure files, all 6 in postscript format. Presented on 'Sixth international workshop on tau lepton physics', Victoria Canada, September 2000