MadGraph5_aMC@NLO

Delphes not reading HEP files

Asked by Ralph Edezhath

Hi,
Delphes seems to have trouble reading the HEP files generated by MG5+Pythia. I'm using version MG5 2.1.1, did "install pythia-pgs" and "install Delphes", and using the default Delphes and Pythia cards. The error is

"** ERROR: Unsupported block type.
** Reading delphes.root
Error in <TChain::LoadTree>: Cannot find tree with name Delphes in file delphes.root
** Input file contains 0 events"

I get the same error when I try to process the HEP file with a separate Delphes 3.0.1.2 installation.

thanks
Ralph

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Olivier Mattelaer (olivier-mattelaer) said : 		#1

Hi,

Are you sure that this is a Delphes problem? (if yes, you should have contact them)
How many event did you have in the LHE output of pythia?

Cheers,

Olivier
On Apr 24, 2014, at 7:32 PM, Ralph Edezhath <email address hidden> wrote:

> New question #247587 on MadGraph5_aMC@NLO:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/mg5amcnlo/+question/247587
>
> Hi,
> Delphes seems to have trouble reading the HEP files generated by MG5+Pythia. I'm using version MG5 2.1.1, did "install pythia-pgs" and "install Delphes", and using the default Delphes and Pythia cards. The error is
>
> "** ERROR: Unsupported block type.
> ** Reading delphes.root
> Error in <TChain::LoadTree>: Cannot find tree with name Delphes in file delphes.root
> ** Input file contains 0 events"
>
> I get the same error when I try to process the HEP file with a separate Delphes 3.0.1.2 installation.
>
> thanks
> Ralph
>
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> You received this question notification because you are an answer
> contact for MadGraph5_aMC@NLO.

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Ralph Edezhath (ralph-angelus) said : 		#2

It doesn't seem to be a Delphes problem, Michele tried to run MG5 2.1.1 and was getting the same issue also https://bugs.launchpad.net/mg5amcnlo/+bug/1312359 There were 10K events. The LHE output is fine, but somewhere between that and the STDHEP output, the format becomes something Delphes cannot read

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Olivier Mattelaer (olivier-mattelaer) said : 		#3

Hi Ralph,

Pavel recently change the STDHEP format to allow file larger than 4Go.
I think that he release the change in the Delphes version.
Did you use the latest version of Delphes?

I assigned this question to him. Since he makes the changes.

Cheers,

Olivier

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Best Pavel Demin (pavel-demin) said : 		#4

Hi Ralph,

I did not realize that there is already a MG5 release with the new STDHEP format. The release date on the main page is still 2014-02-21.

I've just released Delphes 3.1.1 that supports the new STDHEP format.

Could you, please reinstall Delphes and give it another try?

Regards,

Pavel

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Ralph Edezhath (ralph-angelus) said : 		#5

It's working now, thank you!

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Olivier Mattelaer (olivier-mattelaer) said : 		#7

Hi Pavel,

They are no new version of MG5 out. Just a new one of the pythia-pgs package.
So the new format is not yet available for NLO run but it is for LO one.

Thanks for the Delphes update.

Olivier

On Apr 25, 2014, at 9:11 PM, Pavel Demin <email address hidden> wrote:

> Question #247587 on MadGraph5_aMC@NLO changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/mg5amcnlo/+question/247587
>
> Pavel Demin proposed the following answer:
> Hi Ralph,
>
> I did not realize that there is already a MG5 release with the new
> STDHEP format. The release date on the main page is still 2014-02-21.
>
> I've just released Delphes 3.1.1 that supports the new STDHEP format.
>
> Could you, please reinstall Delphes and give it another try?
>
> Regards,
>
> Pavel
>
> --
> You received this question notification because you are an answer
> contact for MadGraph5_aMC@NLO.