Entanglement entropy, Monte Carlo event generators, and soft gluon discovery
Abstract
We study entropy production in deep inelastic scattering using Monte Carlo simulations. We show that the dominant contribution to entropy is due to soft gluons. This contribution is usually neglected in standard Monte Carlo approaches, since it does not affect hadronic spectra. However, it is relevant for entropy and multiplicity distributions, as we demonstrate with explicit calculations. We further show that as one includes soft gluons, making the Monte Carlo parton distributions closer to inclusive parton distribution functions (PDFs), the resulting entropy starts to grow with decreasing x. This provides further evidence that the bulk of the measured entropy originates from initial-state effects.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Computational Physics and Python Applications
Scientific Computing and Data Management
Advanced Data Storage Technologies
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Physical review. D/Physical review. D.
- Publisher
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Volume
- 113
- Issue
- 5
- Publication date
- 13 February 2026
- Language
- EN