#********************************************************************* # MadGraph5_aMC@NLO * # * # run_card.dat MadEvent * # * # This file is used to set the parameters of the run. * # * # Some notation/conventions: * # * # Lines starting with a '# ' are info or comments * # * # mind the format: value = variable ! comment * # * # To display more options, you can type the command: * # update full_run_card * #********************************************************************* # #********************************************************************* # Tag name for the run (one word) * #********************************************************************* tag_1 = run_tag ! name of the run #********************************************************************* # Number of events and rnd seed * # Warning: Do not generate more than 1M events in a single run * #********************************************************************* 10000 = nevents ! Number of unweighted events requested 0 = iseed ! rnd seed (0=assigned automatically=default)) #********************************************************************* # Collider type and energy * # lpp: 0=No PDF, 1=proton, -1=antiproton, 2=photon from proton, * # 3=photon from electron, 4=photon from muon * #********************************************************************* 1 = lpp1 ! beam 1 type 1 = lpp2 ! beam 2 type 6500.0 = ebeam1 ! beam 1 total energy in GeV 6500.0 = ebeam2 ! beam 2 total energy in GeV # To see polarised beam options: type "update beam_pol" #********************************************************************* # PDF CHOICE: this automatically fixes also alpha_s and its evol. * #********************************************************************* nn23lo1 = pdlabel ! PDF set 230000 = lhaid ! if pdlabel=lhapdf, this is the lhapdf number # To see heavy ion options: type "update ion_pdf" #********************************************************************* # Renormalization and factorization scales * #********************************************************************* False = fixed_ren_scale ! if .true. use fixed ren scale False = fixed_fac_scale ! if .true. use fixed fac scale 91.188 = scale ! fixed ren scale 91.188 = dsqrt_q2fact1 ! fixed fact scale for pdf1 91.188 = dsqrt_q2fact2 ! fixed fact scale for pdf2 -1 = dynamical_scale_choice ! Choose one of the preselected dynamical choices 1.0 = scalefact ! scale factor for event-by-event scales #********************************************************************* # Type and output format #********************************************************************* False = gridpack !True = setting up the grid pack 1.0 = time_of_flight ! threshold (in mm) below which the invariant livetime is not written (-1 means not written) average = event_norm ! average/sum. Normalization of the weight in the LHEF #********************************************************************* # Matching parameter (MLM only) #********************************************************************* 1 = ickkw ! 0 no matching, 1 MLM 1.0 = alpsfact ! scale factor for QCD emission vx False = chcluster ! cluster only according to channel diag 4 = asrwgtflavor ! highest quark flavor for a_s reweight True = auto_ptj_mjj ! Automatic setting of ptj and mjj if xqcut >0 ! (turn off for VBF and single top processes) 30.0 = xqcut ! minimum kt jet measure between partons #*********************************************************************** # Turn on either the ktdurham or ptlund cut to activate * # CKKW(L) merging with Pythia8 [arXiv:1410.3012, arXiv:1109.4829] * #*********************************************************************** -1.0 = ktdurham 0.4 = dparameter -1.0 = ptlund 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 21, 1000001, 1000002, 1000003, 1000004, 1000005, 1000006, 1000021, 2000001, 2000002, 2000003, 2000004, 2000005, 2000006 = pdgs_for_merging_cut ! PDGs for two cuts above #********************************************************************* # #********************************************************************* # Phase-Space Optimization strategy (basic options) #********************************************************************* 0 = nhel ! using helicities importance sampling or not. ! 0: sum over helicity, 1: importance sampling 2 = sde_strategy ! default integration strategy (hep-ph/2021.xxxxx) ! 1 is old strategy (using amp square) ! 2 is new strategy (using only the denominator) # To see advanced option for Phase-Space optimization: type "update psoptim" #********************************************************************* # Generation bias, check the wiki page below for more information: * # 'cp3.irmp.ucl.ac.be/projects/madgraph/wiki/LOEventGenerationBias' * #********************************************************************* None = bias_module ! Bias type of bias, [None, ptj_bias, -custom_folder-] {} = bias_parameters ! Specifies the parameters of the module. # #******************************* # Parton level cuts definition * #******************************* # # #********************************************************************* # BW cutoff (M+/-bwcutoff*Gamma) ! Define on/off-shell for "$" and decay #********************************************************************* 15.0 = bwcutoff ! (M+/-bwcutoff*Gamma) #********************************************************************* # Standard Cuts * #********************************************************************* # Minimum and maximum pt's (for max, -1 means no cut) * #********************************************************************* 20.0 = ptj ! minimum pt for the jets -1.0 = ptjmax ! maximum pt for the jets {} = pt_min_pdg ! pt cut for other particles (use pdg code). Applied on particle and anti-particle {} = pt_max_pdg ! pt cut for other particles (syntax e.g. {6: 100, 25: 50}) # # For display option for energy cut in the partonic center of mass frame type 'update ecut' # #********************************************************************* # Maximum and minimum absolute rapidity (for max, -1 means no cut) * #********************************************************************* 5.0 = etaj ! max rap for the jets {} = eta_min_pdg ! rap cut for other particles (use pdg code). Applied on particle and anti-particle {} = eta_max_pdg ! rap cut for other particles (syntax e.g. {6: 2.5, 23: 5}) #********************************************************************* # Minimum and maximum DeltaR distance * #********************************************************************* #********************************************************************* # Minimum and maximum invariant mass for pairs * #********************************************************************* {} = mxx_min_pdg ! min invariant mass of a pair of particles X/X~ (e.g. {6:250}) {'default': False} = mxx_only_part_antipart ! if True the invariant mass is applied only ! to pairs of particle/antiparticle and not to pairs of the same pdg codes. #********************************************************************* # Inclusive cuts * #********************************************************************* 0.0 = ptheavy ! minimum pt for at least one heavy final state #********************************************************************* # maximal pdg code for quark to be considered as a light jet * # (otherwise b cuts are applied) * #********************************************************************* 4 = maxjetflavor ! Maximum jet pdg code #********************************************************************* # #********************************************************************* # Store info for systematics studies * # WARNING: Do not use for interference type of computation * #********************************************************************* True = use_syst ! Enable systematics studies # systematics = systematics_program ! none, systematics [python], SysCalc [depreceted, C++] ['--mur=0.5,1,2', '--muf=0.5,1,2', '--pdf=errorset', '--alps=0.5,1,2'] = systematics_arguments ! see: https://cp3.irmp.ucl.ac.be/projects/madgraph/wiki/Systematics#Systematicspythonmodule # Syscalc is deprecated but to see the associate options type'update syscalc'