ERATO: Event generator for four-fermion production at LEP2 energies and beyond Original Research Article

ERATO is a Monte Carlo event generator describing four-fermion production at LEP2 and beyond. All tree-order processes leading to four fermions are included, taking into account all relevant QCD contributions. QED higher order corrections are introduced via a structure function approach, whereas weak corrections related to fermion loops are also included. Special attention has been paid to studying the trilinear gauge couplings, and all possible contributions, including the CP_violating ones, have been implemented.