ee -> ttaa at NLO fails

Asked by Christian Weiss

Dear all,

MG5_aMC fails for the NLO computation of e+ e- > ttaa because the poles do not cancel. At LO, the integration works fine.
I use the same setup as in
https://answers.launchpad.net/mg5amcnlo/+question/503117 and
https://answers.launchpad.net/mg5amcnlo/+question/447599.

Especially, the top width is set to zero.

The debug.log is

launch auto
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/cweiss/Software/Madgraph/MG5_aMC_v2_5_2/madgraph/interface/extended_cmd.py", line 1415, in onecmd
    return self.onecmd_orig(line, **opt)
  File "/home/cweiss/Software/Madgraph/MG5_aMC_v2_5_2/madgraph/interface/extended_cmd.py", line 1369, in onecmd_orig
    return func(arg, **opt)
  File "/home/cweiss/Software/Madgraph/MG5_aMC_v2_5_2/madgraph/interface/amcatnlo_run_interface.py", line 1226, in do_launch
    self.compile(mode, options)
  File "/home/cweiss/Software/Madgraph/MG5_aMC_v2_5_2/madgraph/interface/amcatnlo_run_interface.py", line 4712, in compile
    self.check_tests(test, this_dir)
  File "/home/cweiss/Software/Madgraph/MG5_aMC_v2_5_2/madgraph/interface/amcatnlo_run_interface.py", line 4725, in check_tests
    return self.parse_check_poles_log(pjoin(dir, '%s.log' % test))
  File "/home/cweiss/Software/Madgraph/MG5_aMC_v2_5_2/madgraph/interface/amcatnlo_run_interface.py", line 4760, in parse_check_poles_log
    raise aMCatNLOError('Poles do not cancel, run cannot continue')
aMCatNLOError: Poles do not cancel, run cannot continue
Value of current Options:
              text_editor : None
      notification_center : True
                    pjfry : None
       cluster_local_path : None
       group_subprocesses : Auto
ignore_six_quark_processes : False
    loop_optimized_output : True
    cluster_status_update : (600, 30)
               hepmc_path : None
                  collier : /home/cweiss/Software/Madgraph/MG5_aMC_v2_5_2/HEPTools/lib
              auto_update : 7
             pythia8_path : None
                hwpp_path : None
low_mem_multicore_nlo_generation : False
                    golem : None
          pythia-pgs_path : None
                  td_path : None
             delphes_path : None
              thepeg_path : None
             cluster_type : condor
        madanalysis5_path : None
      exrootanalysis_path : None
                      OLP : MadLoop
                 applgrid : applgrid-config
               eps_viewer : None
                  fastjet : None
                 run_mode : 2
              web_browser : None
   automatic_html_opening : False
        cluster_temp_path : None
             cluster_size : 100
            cluster_queue : None
             syscalc_path : None
         madanalysis_path : None
                   lhapdf : lhapdf-config
             stdout_level : 20
                  nb_core : 4
            f2py_compiler : None
                    ninja : /home/cweiss/Software/Madgraph/MG5_aMC_v2_5_2/HEPTools/lib
                  amcfast : amcfast-config
       cluster_retry_wait : 300
      output_dependencies : external
         fortran_compiler : None
mg5amc_py8_interface_path : /home/cweiss/Software/Madgraph/MG5_aMC_v2_5_2/HEPTools/MG5aMC_PY8_interface
         loop_color_flows : False
                  samurai : None
         cluster_nb_retry : 1
                 mg5_path : /home/cweiss/Software/Madgraph/MG5_aMC_v2_5_2
                  timeout : 60
                    gauge : unitary
      complex_mass_scheme : False
             cpp_compiler : None
   max_npoint_for_channel : 0

Best,
Christian

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marco zaro (marco-zaro) said :
#1

Hi,
with the default cards, poles cancel.

DEBUG:
     Soft test 1 PASSED. Fraction of failures: 0.00
     Soft test 2 PASSED. Fraction of failures: 0.00
INFO: Result for check_poles:
INFO: Poles successfully cancel for 20 points over 20 (tolerance=1.0e-05)

what did you change?
cheers,
Marco

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Christian Weiss (christian-weiss-g) said :
#2

Dear Marco,

I use the run and parameter cards from http://amcatnlo.cern.ch/cardspaper.htm

for lepton collisions.

Best,
Christian

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marco zaro (marco-zaro) said :
#3

It looks like i cannot access that link… can you diff them with the _default ones?
Cheers,
Marco
On 06 Apr 2017, at 14:53, Christian Weiss <email address hidden> wrote:

> Question #613025 on MadGraph5_aMC@NLO changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/mg5amcnlo/+question/613025
>
> Status: Needs information => Open
>
> Christian Weiss gave more information on the question:
> Dear Marco,
>
> I use the run and parameter cards from
> http://amcatnlo.cern.ch/cardspaper.htm
>
> for lepton collisions.
>
> Best,
> Christian
>
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Christian Weiss (christian-weiss-g) said :
#4

Sorry, a lower case got lost, this should work:

http://amcatnlo.cern.ch/cards_paper.htm

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marco zaro (marco-zaro) said :
#5

Hi Christian,
rather than replacing the cards, I would suggest to change by hand the relevant quantities. This is because the card format has changed from 2014 (in particular the run_card), and it may well be that by copying the old cards one is breaking things...
Cheers,

Marco

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Christian Weiss (christian-weiss-g) said :
#6

That seems to work. Thank you!