Collinear test FAILED
Dear MadGraph5_aMC@NLO team
I am trying to generate a bbbar + missing energy signal sample at NLO in the 5FS.
The UFO I am using is here
https:/
The commands I am using are
import model Pseudoscalar_
generate p p > j j xd xd~ [QCD]
output ppbbxx_5FS
launch
The output that I get reads as follows
INFO: Output of the failing test:
Enter 0 to compute MC/MC(limit)
1 to compute MC/ME(limit)
2 to compute ME/ME(limit)
Enter xi_i, y_ij to be used in coll/soft tests
Enter -2 to generate them randomly
Enter number of tests for soft and collinear limits
A PDF is used, so alpha_s(MZ) is going to be modified
Old value of alpha_s from param_card: 0.11799999999999999
*****
NNPDFDriver version 1.0.3
Grid: NNPDF23nlo_
*****
New value of alpha_s from PDF nn23nlo: 0.11899999999999999
WARNING: the value of maxjetflavorspe
Give FKS configuration number ("0" loops over all)
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NEW FKS CONFIGURATION:
FKS configuration number is 1
FKS partons are: i= 7 j= 1
with PDGs: i= 21 j= 2
Enter graph number (iconfig), '0' loops over all graphs
Using random seed offsets: 1 , 4 , 0
with seed 32
Ranmar initialization seeds 10730 9410
tau_min 1 1 : 0.20000E+02 -- 0.64000E+03
tau_min 2 1 : 0.20000E+02 -- 0.64000E+03
tau_min 3 1 : 0.60000E+02 0.60000E+02 0.64000E+03
tau_min 4 1 : 0.60000E+02 0.60000E+02 0.64000E+03
tau_min 5 1 : 0.20000E+02 -- 0.64000E+03
tau_min 6 1 : 0.20000E+02 -- 0.64000E+03
Soft tests done for (Born) config 1
Failures: 0
Soft test 1 PASSED. Fraction of failures: 0.00
Collinear tests done for (Born) config 1
Failures: 1
Collinear test 1 PASSED. Fraction of failures: 0.01
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[...]
Soft tests done for (Born) config 1
Failures: 0
Soft test 4 PASSED. Fraction of failures: 0.00
Collinear tests done for (Born) config 1
Failures: 1
Collinear test 4 PASSED. Fraction of failures: 0.01
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NEW FKS CONFIGURATION:
FKS configuration number is 5
FKS partons are: i= 7 j= 1
with PDGs: i= -2 j= 21
Enter graph number (iconfig), '0' loops over all graphs
Soft tests done for (Born) config 1
Failures: 0
Soft test 5 PASSED. Fraction of failures: 0.00
Collinear tests done for (Born) config 1
Failures: 30
Collinear test 5 FAILED. Fraction of failures: 0.30
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NEW FKS CONFIGURATION:
FKS configuration number is 6
FKS partons are: i= 6 j= 2
with PDGs: i= 2 j= 21
Enter graph number (iconfig), '0' loops over all graphs
Soft tests done for (Born) config 1
Failures: 0
Soft test 6 PASSED. Fraction of failures: 0.00
Collinear tests done for (Born) config 1
Failures: 41
Collinear test 6 FAILED. Fraction of failures: 0.41
Error detected in "launch -f"
write debug file /Users/
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aMCatNLOError : Some tests failed, run cannot continue.
Please check that widths of final state particles (e.g. top) have been set to 0 in the param_card.dat.
The process
p p > j j xd xd~
receives contribution from two spin-0 pseudoscalar particles, h3 and h4, that are a mixture of the normal
pseudoscalar A in 2HDMs and a extra singlet P. The mass eigenstates h3 and h4 both can decay to dark
matter, i.e. xd xd~
To understand what is going on I have also generated
generate p p > j j h3 [QCD]
generate p p > j j h4 [QCD]
and computed the cross section. In this case I do not get an error.
Furthermore,
generate p p > j j xd xd~ / h3 [QCD]
also works fine, while
generate p p > j j xd xd~ / h4 [QCD]
again fails the collinear tests
Like in the case
https:/
the problems seems to be that in the case
generate p p > j j xd xd~
there are too many relevant scales in the problem (DM mass, h3 and h4
mass, etc.)
In fact by playing around with the input I managed to get rid of the error
concerning the collinear tests. Likewise, I am also able to get rid of the
error by increasing the value of
max_fail
in
SubProcesses/
from 0.3 to 0.5
Now my questions:
1) Should I worry that for some parameter choices with largely separated scales close to 50%
of the points fail the collinear tests?
2) Besides changing the file test_soft_
parameter max_fail to a higher value? Or maybe even skip over the soft and collinear tests
altogether?
Apologies for the longish question and thanks in advance for an answer.
Best,
Uli
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