RapidSim: An application for the fast simulation of heavy-quark hadron decays

Solution method: RapidSim is an application that allows analysts to quickly generate large samples (a few seconds for millions of events) of potential background decays with momentum spectra, invariant mass resolutions and efficiency shapes that are close approximations to what can be obtained from a full detector simulation. The speed of generation allows analysts to quickly perform initial studies that may indicate avenues for further investigation that may need a more detailed simulation.