long time running without result

Asked by Yuchen Guo

Dear CalcHEP team,

I am running a batch file in CalcHEP 3.6.28.
It can run the bath file examples well which from the CPC184, 1729 (2013).
My batch file is as follows:

Model: Standard Model
Model changed: False
Gauge: Feynman
Process : e,A->e,j,j,j,j
Alias : j=u,d,U,D,G

pdf1: ISR & Beamstrahlung
pdf2: Laser photons
Bunch x+y sizes (nm): 560
Bunch length (mm): 0.4
Number of particles: 2E+10
p1: 500
p2: 500

Number of events (per run step): 0
Filename: ea_e4j
Max number of cpus: 12
nSess_1: 5
nCalls_1: 10000
nSess_2: 5
nCalls_2: 10000

I wait for long time and it shows
"Progress information can be found in the html directory.
......
Events will be stored in the batch_results directory."all the time.
And in the home page of html, It shows
"Finished Time(hr)
Symbolic -1/5 3.05 "
In Numerical Results page, it shows
"Calculating Cross Sections
Scans σ (fb) Running Finished Time (hr) N events
Single 0 0/0 0/0 0.00"

I don't know whether it is still running or already crashed?
By the way, is there any mistake in my batch file?

In addition, for the Interactive mode, after square diagrams,
if I just want to calculate the cross section,
is "Make&Launch n_calchep" the best option?
I chose this option, and it shows "Calculation in progress" all the time.
After long time waiting, there is still 0 diagrams are calculated.
Please tell me how to deal with this situation.

thanks

with best regards
Yuchen Guo

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Alexander Pukhov (pukhov) said :
#1

Processes 2->5 are too difficult for CalcHEP.
And you have too many of them.
Best
    Alexander Pukhov

On 05/17/2017 04:33 PM, Yuchen Guo wrote:
> New question #632801 on CalcHEP:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/calchep/+question/632801
>
> Dear CalcHEP team,
>
> I am running a batch file in CalcHEP 3.6.28.
> It can run the bath file examples well which from the CPC184, 1729 (2013).
> My batch file is as follows:
>
> Model: Standard Model
> Model changed: False
> Gauge: Feynman
> Process : e,A->e,j,j,j,j
> Alias : j=u,d,U,D,G
>
> pdf1: ISR & Beamstrahlung
> pdf2: Laser photons
> Bunch x+y sizes (nm): 560
> Bunch length (mm): 0.4
> Number of particles: 2E+10
> p1: 500
> p2: 500
>
> Number of events (per run step): 0
> Filename: ea_e4j
> Max number of cpus: 12
> nSess_1: 5
> nCalls_1: 10000
> nSess_2: 5
> nCalls_2: 10000
>
> I wait for long time and it shows
> "Progress information can be found in the html directory.
> ......
> Events will be stored in the batch_results directory."all the time.
> And in the home page of html, It shows
> "Finished Time(hr)
> Symbolic -1/5 3.05 "
> In Numerical Results page, it shows
> "Calculating Cross Sections
> Scans σ (fb) Running Finished Time (hr) N events
> Single 0 0/0 0/0 0.00"
>
> I don't know whether it is still running or already crashed?
> By the way, is there any mistake in my batch file?
>
> In addition, for the Interactive mode, after square diagrams,
> if I just want to calculate the cross section,
> is "Make&Launch n_calchep" the best option?
> I chose this option, and it shows "Calculation in progress" all the time.
> After long time waiting, there is still 0 diagrams are calculated.
> Please tell me how to deal with this situation.
>
> thanks
>
> with best regards
> Yuchen Guo
>

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Yuchen Guo (lgguoyuchen) said :
#2

Dear Alexander Pukhov

Thanks for your reply which clarifies the problem.
From your answer, are the processes with decay chains too difficult for CalcHEP ?
I couldn't find which step could add the decay informations in the Interactive mode,
is there a way to do that?

Thanks again,
Yuchen Guo

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Best Alexander Belyaev (alexander.belyaev) said :
#3

Dear Yuchen,

you can evaluate

Process : e,A->e,j,j,j,j

if you switch on parallelisation:

Max number of processes per node: 12
Max number of cpus: 1

where 12 is the number of cores on your desktop.
It will still could take long time.

It would be much faster, though if you separate production and decay, e.g.:

Process : e,A->e,Z,W+
Decay: Z->j,j
Decay: W+->j,j

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Yuchen Guo (lgguoyuchen) said :
#4

Thanks Alexander Belyaev, that solved my question.