Problem with pythia8

Asked by Alberto

Dear,
I am trying to generate events using MG5+pythia8, and simply followed the installation from the python scripts.
Everything seems to work but when I try to generate processes with extra jets I get an error.

For instance here I tried to do t t~ + 1 jet in the SM.
It is probably a very simple problem, but I cannot figure out what is going wrong.
I copy my log file, hope it helps.

Thanks and best,
Alberto

#************************************************************
#* MadGraph5_aMC@NLO/MadEvent *
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#* * * * * *
#* * * * * 5 * * * * *
#* * * * * *
#* * * *
#* *
#* *
#* VERSION 2.5.4 2017-03-28 *
#* *
#* The MadGraph5_aMC@NLO Development Team - Find us at *
#* https://server06.fynu.ucl.ac.be/projects/madgraph *
#* *
#************************************************************
#* *
#* Command File for MadEvent *
#* *
#* run as ./bin/madevent.py filename *
#* *
#************************************************************
generate_events run_06
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Users/alberto/MG5_Rassione/MG5_aMC_v2_5_4/madgraph/interface/extended_cmd.py", line 1415, in onecmd
    return self.onecmd_orig(line, **opt)
  File "/Users/alberto/MG5_Rassione/MG5_aMC_v2_5_4/madgraph/interface/extended_cmd.py", line 1369, in onecmd_orig
    return func(arg, **opt)
  File "/Users/alberto/MG5_Rassione/MG5_aMC_v2_5_4/madgraph/interface/madevent_interface.py", line 2111, in do_generate_events
    postcmd=False,printcmd=False)
  File "/Users/alberto/MG5_Rassione/MG5_aMC_v2_5_4/madgraph/interface/extended_cmd.py", line 1442, in exec_cmd
    stop = Cmd.onecmd_orig(current_interface, line, **opt)
  File "/Users/alberto/MG5_Rassione/MG5_aMC_v2_5_4/madgraph/interface/extended_cmd.py", line 1369, in onecmd_orig
    return func(arg, **opt)
  File "/Users/alberto/MG5_Rassione/MG5_aMC_v2_5_4/madgraph/interface/common_run_interface.py", line 1682, in do_systematics
    out = self.do_systematics(line)
  File "/Users/alberto/MG5_Rassione/MG5_aMC_v2_5_4/madgraph/interface/common_run_interface.py", line 1634, in do_systematics
    result=result_file
  File "/Users/alberto/MG5_Rassione/MG5_aMC_v2_5_4/madgraph/various/systematics.py", line 823, in call_systematics
    obj.run(result)
  File "/Users/alberto/MG5_Rassione/MG5_aMC_v2_5_4/madgraph/various/systematics.py", line 255, in run
    wgts = [self.get_lo_wgt(event, *arg) for arg in self.args]
  File "/Users/alberto/MG5_Rassione/MG5_aMC_v2_5_4/madgraph/various/systematics.py", line 607, in get_lo_wgt
    loinfo = event.parse_lo_weight()
  File "/Users/alberto/MG5_Rassione/MG5_aMC_v2_5_4/madgraph/various/lhe_parser.py", line 1279, in parse_lo_weight
    self.loweight['n_qcd'] = int(info.group('nqcd'))
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'group'
                              Run Options
                              -----------
               stdout_level : 20 (user set)

                         MadEvent Options
                         ----------------
     automatic_html_opening : False (user set)
        notification_center : True
          cluster_temp_path : None
             cluster_memory : None (user set)
               cluster_size : 100
              cluster_queue : None (user set)
                    nb_core : 4 (user set)
               cluster_time : 4 (user set)
                   run_mode : 2

                      Configuration Options
                      ---------------------
                text_editor : None
         cluster_local_path : None
      cluster_status_update : (600, 30)
               pythia8_path : /Users/alberto/MG5_Rassione/MG5_aMC_v2_5_4/HEPTools/pythia8 (user set)
                  hwpp_path : None (user set)
            pythia-pgs_path : None (user set)
                    td_path : None (user set)
               delphes_path : None (user set)
                thepeg_path : None (user set)
               cluster_type : condor
          madanalysis5_path : None (user set)
           cluster_nb_retry : 1
                 eps_viewer : None
                web_browser : None
               syscalc_path : None (user set)
           madanalysis_path : None (user set)
                     lhapdf : /Users/alberto/MG5_Rassione/MG5_aMC_v2_5_4/HEPTools/lhapdf6/bin/lhapdf-config (user set)
              f2py_compiler : None
                 hepmc_path : None (user set)
         cluster_retry_wait : 300
           fortran_compiler : None
                auto_update : 7 (user set)
        exrootanalysis_path : None (user set)
                    timeout : 60
               cpp_compiler : None
#************************************************************
#* MadGraph5_aMC@NLO *
#* *
#* * * *
#* * * * * *
#* * * * * 5 * * * * *
#* * * * * *
#* * * *
#* *
#* *
#* VERSION 2.5.4 2017-03-28 *
#* *
#* The MadGraph5_aMC@NLO Development Team - Find us at *
#* https://server06.fynu.ucl.ac.be/projects/madgraph *
#* *
#************************************************************
#* *
#* Command File for MadGraph5_aMC@NLO *
#* *
#* run as ./bin/mg5_aMC filename *
#* *
#************************************************************
set group_subprocesses Auto
set ignore_six_quark_processes False
set loop_optimized_output True
set loop_color_flows False
set gauge unitary
set complex_mass_scheme False
set max_npoint_for_channel 0
import model sm
define p = g u c d s u~ c~ d~ s~
define j = g u c d s u~ c~ d~ s~
define l+ = e+ mu+
define l- = e- mu-
define vl = ve vm vt
define vl~ = ve~ vm~ vt~
generate p p > t t~
add process p p > t t~ j
output ttbarjet
######################################################################
## PARAM_CARD AUTOMATICALY GENERATED BY MG5 FOLLOWING UFO MODEL ####
######################################################################
## ##
## Width set on Auto will be computed following the information ##
## present in the decay.py files of the model. ##
## See arXiv:1402.1178 for more details. ##
## ##
######################################################################

###################################
## INFORMATION FOR MASS
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Block mass
    5 4.700000e+00 # MB
    6 1.730000e+02 # MT
   15 1.777000e+00 # MTA
   23 9.118800e+01 # MZ
   25 1.250000e+02 # MH
## Dependent parameters, given by model restrictions.
## Those values should be edited following the
## analytical expression. MG5 ignores those values
## but they are important for interfacing the output of MG5
## to external program such as Pythia.
  1 0.000000 # d : 0.0
  2 0.000000 # u : 0.0
  3 0.000000 # s : 0.0
  4 0.000000 # c : 0.0
  11 0.000000 # e- : 0.0
  12 0.000000 # ve : 0.0
  13 0.000000 # mu- : 0.0
  14 0.000000 # vm : 0.0
  16 0.000000 # vt : 0.0
  21 0.000000 # g : 0.0
  22 0.000000 # a : 0.0
  24 80.419002 # w+ : cmath.sqrt(MZ__exp__2/2. + cmath.sqrt(MZ__exp__4/4. - (aEW*cmath.pi*MZ__exp__2)/(Gf*sqrt__2)))

###################################
## INFORMATION FOR SMINPUTS
###################################
Block sminputs
    1 1.325070e+02 # aEWM1
    2 1.166390e-05 # Gf
    3 1.180000e-01 # aS

###################################
## INFORMATION FOR YUKAWA
###################################
Block yukawa
    5 4.700000e+00 # ymb
    6 1.730000e+02 # ymt
   15 1.777000e+00 # ymtau

###################################
## INFORMATION FOR DECAY
###################################
DECAY 6 1.491500e+00 # WT
DECAY 23 2.441404e+00 # WZ
DECAY 24 2.047600e+00 # WW
DECAY 25 6.382339e-03 # WH
## Dependent parameters, given by model restrictions.
## Those values should be edited following the
## analytical expression. MG5 ignores those values
## but they are important for interfacing the output of MG5
## to external program such as Pythia.
DECAY 1 0.000000 # d : 0.0
DECAY 2 0.000000 # u : 0.0
DECAY 3 0.000000 # s : 0.0
DECAY 4 0.000000 # c : 0.0
DECAY 5 0.000000 # b : 0.0
DECAY 11 0.000000 # e- : 0.0
DECAY 12 0.000000 # ve : 0.0
DECAY 13 0.000000 # mu- : 0.0
DECAY 14 0.000000 # vm : 0.0
DECAY 15 0.000000 # ta- : 0.0
DECAY 16 0.000000 # vt : 0.0
DECAY 21 0.000000 # g : 0.0
DECAY 22 0.000000 # a : 0.0
#*********************************************************************
# 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 *
#*********************************************************************
#
#*******************
# Running parameters
#*******************
#
#*********************************************************************
# 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 *
# If you want to run Pythia, avoid more than 50k events in a 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 *
#*********************************************************************
     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
#*********************************************************************
# Beam polarization from -100 (left-handed) to 100 (right-handed) *
#*********************************************************************
     0.0 = polbeam1 ! beam polarization for beam 1
     0.0 = polbeam2 ! beam polarization for beam 2
#*********************************************************************
# 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
#*********************************************************************
# 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)
  3.0 = lhe_version ! Change the way clustering information pass to shower.
  True = clusinfo ! include clustering tag in output
  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
 False = 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
#*********************************************************************
#
#*********************************************************************
# handling of the helicities:
# 0: sum over all helicities
# 1: importance sampling over helicities
#*********************************************************************
   0 = nhel ! using helicities importance sampling or not.
#*********************************************************************
# 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)
#*********************************************************************
# Apply pt/E/eta/dr/mij/kt_durham cuts on decay products or not
# (note that etmiss/ptll/ptheavy/ht/sorted cuts always apply)
#*********************************************************************
   False = cut_decays ! Cut decay products
#*********************************************************************
# Standard Cuts *
#*********************************************************************
# Minimum and maximum pt's (for max, -1 means no cut) *
#*********************************************************************
 20.0 = ptj ! minimum pt for the jets
 0.0 = ptb ! minimum pt for the b
 10.0 = pta ! minimum pt for the photons
 10.0 = ptl ! minimum pt for the charged leptons
 0.0 = misset ! minimum missing Et (sum of neutrino's momenta)
 0.0 = ptheavy ! minimum pt for one heavy final state
 -1.0 = ptjmax ! maximum pt for the jets
 -1.0 = ptbmax ! maximum pt for the b
 -1.0 = ptamax ! maximum pt for the photons
 -1.0 = ptlmax ! maximum pt for the charged leptons
 -1.0 = missetmax ! maximum missing Et (sum of neutrino's momenta)
#*********************************************************************
# Minimum and maximum E's (in the center of mass frame) *
#*********************************************************************
  0.0 = ej ! minimum E for the jets
  0.0 = eb ! minimum E for the b
  0.0 = ea ! minimum E for the photons
  0.0 = el ! minimum E for the charged leptons
  -1.0 = ejmax ! maximum E for the jets
 -1.0 = ebmax ! maximum E for the b
 -1.0 = eamax ! maximum E for the photons
 -1.0 = elmax ! maximum E for the charged leptons
#*********************************************************************
# Maximum and minimum absolute rapidity (for max, -1 means no cut) *
#*********************************************************************
  5.0 = etaj ! max rap for the jets
  -1.0 = etab ! max rap for the b
 2.5 = etaa ! max rap for the photons
 2.5 = etal ! max rap for the charged leptons
 0.0 = etajmin ! min rap for the jets
 0.0 = etabmin ! min rap for the b
 0.0 = etaamin ! min rap for the photons
 0.0 = etalmin ! main rap for the charged leptons
#*********************************************************************
# Minimum and maximum DeltaR distance *
#*********************************************************************
 0.0 = drjj ! min distance between jets
 0.0 = drbb ! min distance between b's
 0.4 = drll ! min distance between leptons
 0.4 = draa ! min distance between gammas
 0.0 = drbj ! min distance between b and jet
 0.4 = draj ! min distance between gamma and jet
 0.0 = drjl ! min distance between jet and lepton
 0.0 = drab ! min distance between gamma and b
 0.0 = drbl ! min distance between b and lepton
 0.4 = dral ! min distance between gamma and lepton
 -1.0 = drjjmax ! max distance between jets
 -1.0 = drbbmax ! max distance between b's
 -1.0 = drllmax ! max distance between leptons
 -1.0 = draamax ! max distance between gammas
 -1.0 = drbjmax ! max distance between b and jet
 -1.0 = drajmax ! max distance between gamma and jet
 -1.0 = drjlmax ! max distance between jet and lepton
 -1.0 = drabmax ! max distance between gamma and b
 -1.0 = drblmax ! max distance between b and lepton
 -1.0 = dralmax ! maxdistance between gamma and lepton
#*********************************************************************
# Minimum and maximum invariant mass for pairs *
# WARNING: for four lepton final state mmll cut require to have *
# different lepton masses for each flavor! *
#*********************************************************************
 0.0 = mmjj ! min invariant mass of a jet pair
 0.0 = mmbb ! min invariant mass of a b pair
 0.0 = mmaa ! min invariant mass of gamma gamma pair
 0.0 = mmll ! min invariant mass of l+l- (same flavour) lepton pair
 -1.0 = mmjjmax ! max invariant mass of a jet pair
 -1.0 = mmbbmax ! max invariant mass of a b pair
 -1.0 = mmaamax ! max invariant mass of gamma gamma pair
 -1.0 = mmllmax ! max invariant mass of l+l- (same flavour) lepton pair
#*********************************************************************
# Minimum and maximum invariant mass for all letpons *
#*********************************************************************
 0.0 = mmnl ! min invariant mass for all letpons (l+- and vl)
 -1.0 = mmnlmax ! max invariant mass for all letpons (l+- and vl)
#*********************************************************************
# Minimum and maximum pt for 4-momenta sum of leptons *
#*********************************************************************
 0.0 = ptllmin ! Minimum pt for 4-momenta sum of leptons(l and vl)
 -1.0 = ptllmax ! Maximum pt for 4-momenta sum of leptons(l and vl)
#*********************************************************************
# Inclusive cuts *
#*********************************************************************
 0.0 = xptj ! minimum pt for at least one jet
 0.0 = xptb ! minimum pt for at least one b
 0.0 = xpta ! minimum pt for at least one photon
 0.0 = xptl ! minimum pt for at least one charged lepton
#*********************************************************************
# Control the pt's of the jets sorted by pt *
#*********************************************************************
 0.0 = ptj1min ! minimum pt for the leading jet in pt
 0.0 = ptj2min ! minimum pt for the second jet in pt
 0.0 = ptj3min ! minimum pt for the third jet in pt
 0.0 = ptj4min ! minimum pt for the fourth jet in pt
 -1.0 = ptj1max ! maximum pt for the leading jet in pt
 -1.0 = ptj2max ! maximum pt for the second jet in pt
 -1.0 = ptj3max ! maximum pt for the third jet in pt
 -1.0 = ptj4max ! maximum pt for the fourth jet in pt
 0 = cutuse ! reject event if fails any (0) / all (1) jet pt cuts
#*********************************************************************
# Control the pt's of leptons sorted by pt *
#*********************************************************************
 0.0 = ptl1min ! minimum pt for the leading lepton in pt
 0.0 = ptl2min ! minimum pt for the second lepton in pt
 0.0 = ptl3min ! minimum pt for the third lepton in pt
 0.0 = ptl4min ! minimum pt for the fourth lepton in pt
 -1.0 = ptl1max ! maximum pt for the leading lepton in pt
 -1.0 = ptl2max ! maximum pt for the second lepton in pt
 -1.0 = ptl3max ! maximum pt for the third lepton in pt
 -1.0 = ptl4max ! maximum pt for the fourth lepton in pt
#*********************************************************************
# Control the Ht(k)=Sum of k leading jets *
#*********************************************************************
 0.0 = htjmin ! minimum jet HT=Sum(jet pt)
 -1.0 = htjmax ! maximum jet HT=Sum(jet pt)
 0.0 = ihtmin !inclusive Ht for all partons (including b)
 -1.0 = ihtmax !inclusive Ht for all partons (including b)
 0.0 = ht2min ! minimum Ht for the two leading jets
 0.0 = ht3min ! minimum Ht for the three leading jets
 0.0 = ht4min ! minimum Ht for the four leading jets
 -1.0 = ht2max ! maximum Ht for the two leading jets
 -1.0 = ht3max ! maximum Ht for the three leading jets
 -1.0 = ht4max ! maximum Ht for the four leading jets
#***********************************************************************
# Photon-isolation cuts, according to hep-ph/9801442 *
# When ptgmin=0, all the other parameters are ignored *
# When ptgmin>0, pta and draj are not going to be used *
#***********************************************************************
 0.0 = ptgmin ! Min photon transverse momentum
 0.4 = R0gamma ! Radius of isolation code
 1.0 = xn ! n parameter of eq.(3.4) in hep-ph/9801442
 1.0 = epsgamma ! epsilon_gamma parameter of eq.(3.4) in hep-ph/9801442
 True = isoEM ! isolate photons from EM energy (photons and leptons)
#*********************************************************************
# WBF cuts *
#*********************************************************************
 0.0 = xetamin ! minimum rapidity for two jets in the WBF case
 0.0 = deltaeta ! minimum rapidity for two jets in the WBF case
#***********************************************************************
# 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 = pdgs_for_merging_cut ! PDGs for two cuts above
#*********************************************************************
# 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
#
#**************************************
# Parameter of the systematics study
# will be used by SysCalc (if installed)
#**************************************
#
0.5 1 2 = sys_scalefact # factorization/renormalization scale factor
0.5 1 2 = sys_alpsfact # \alpha_s emission scale factors
auto = sys_matchscale # variation of merging scale
# PDF sets and number of members (0 or none for all members).
NNPDF23_lo_as_0130_qed = sys_pdf # list of pdf sets
# MSTW2008nlo68cl.LHgrid 1 = sys_pdf
#

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Alberto (amariotti-vub) said :
#1

I tried to reinstall pythia 8 and I looked into the log file.
Even if it mentions installation successful, here are the last lines of the pythia8 log installation file.
Thanks and Best
Alberto

Error: main91 requires ROOT
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:./;\
  rootcint -f main92Dct.cc -c -I/Users/alberto/MG5_Rassione/MG5_aMC_v2_5_4/HEPTools/pythia8//include main92.h main92LinkDef.h
Error: Too many '}' /usr/include/dlfcn.h:85:
bash: line 1: 68442 Segmentation fault: 11 rootcint -f main92Dct.cc -c -I/Users/alberto/MG5_Rassione/MG5_aMC_v2_5_4/HEPTools/pythia8//include main92.h main92LinkDef.h
make: *** [main92Dct.cc] Error 139
 Finished PYTHIA8 installation

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Olivier Mattelaer (olivier-mattelaer) said :
#2

Hi,

Your first error is related to the MLM parsing and should be fixed in 2.5.5 which should be released this week.
FOr the pythia8 error, we are not expert in pythia8. But the error seems to indicate that that particular main file requires root to be working and you are likely missing root on your machine.

Not sure if we need that driver for MG5aMC (likely not)

Cheers,

Olivier

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Alberto (amariotti-vub) said :
#3

Hi Olivier,
thanks for your reply.
I solved the issue with pythia8 and root, but indeed I still have the problem related to the MLM.
I understand that a new version solving this problem will come out soon, but is there a way I can make it work in the meantime?
Or should I switch to a previous version of MG5?
Thanks and Best,
Alberto

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) said :
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