Decay to off-shell W/Z boson
Dear Madgraph experts,
I would like to generate events with a pair of electroweakino's, both of which decay to a very off-shell W/Z-boson and a neutralino.
Please find the proccard that I used below. I set the bwcutoff to a very high value so as to allow very low W/Z masses be considered on-shell as well. I then set the masses of the three electroweakino's.
After generating events this way, I find the n1 indeed has the correct mass (in this case 97 GeV), but the W/Z are both (close to) their nominal mass and the chi1 and n2 have much higher mass than I request.
Please also find an example event (LHE) below. Could you please indicate what I should do differently to force the electroweakino masses and have a very off-shell W/Z? Also I would be interested in understanding how the masses can end up differently from what I set.
Looking forward to your response. Best,
Peter Meiring
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import model MSSM_SLHA2-full
define p = g u c d s u~ c~ d~ s~
define j = g u c d s u~ c~ d~ s~
define p = p b b~
define j = j b b~
define sq = go ul ul~ ur ur~ dl dl~ dr dr~ sl sl~ sr sr~ cl cl~ cr cr~ b1 b1~ b2 b2~ t1 t1~ t2 t2~
define slep = el+ er+ mul+ mur+ ta1+ ta2+ el- er- mul- mur- ta1- ta2- sve svm svt sve~ svm~ svt~
#define ino = n1 n2 n3 n4 x2+ x2- h1 h2 h3 h- h+
define chi1 = x1+ x1-
define w = w+ w-
generate p p > chi1 n2, chi1 > w n1, n2 > z n1
output SMS-C1N2_
launch
analysis = OFF
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set nevents 100
set bwcutoff 100000
set mass 1000001 100000.0
set mass 1000002 100000.0
set mass 1000003 100000.0
set mass 1000004 100000.0
set mass 1000005 100000.0
set mass 1000006 100000.0
set mass 2000001 100000.0
set mass 2000002 100000.0
set mass 2000003 100000.0
set mass 2000004 100000.0
set mass 2000005 100000.0
set mass 2000006 100000.0
set mass 1000021 100000.0
set mass 1000022 scan:[97]
set mass 1000023 100
set mass 1000024 100
set mass 1000025 100000.0
set mass 1000035 100000.0
set mass 1000037 100000.0
set mass 1000039 100000.0
set mass 1000011 100000.0
set mass 1000012 100000.0
set mass 1000013 100000.0
set mass 1000014 100000.0
set mass 1000015 100000.0
set mass 1000016 100000.0
set mass 2000011 100000.0
set mass 2000013 100000.0
set mass 2000015 100000.0
set use_syst False
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EXAMPLE LHE EVENT
<event>
9 1 +7.7320003e-10 6.17342700e+02 7.81653100e-03 9.87006500e-02
-1 -1 0 0 0 501 -0.0000000000e+00 +0.0000000000e+00 +2.1525549945e+02 2.1525549945e+02 0.0000000000e+00 0.0000e+00 1.0000e+00
2 -1 0 0 501 0 +0.0000000000e+00 -0.0000000000e+00 -4.4262751927e+02 4.4262751927e+02 0.0000000000e+00 0.0000e+00 -1.0000e+00
24 2 1 2 0 0 +0.0000000000e+00 -1.4210854715e-14 -2.2737201982e+02 6.5788301872e+02 6.1734271755e+02 0.0000e+00 0.0000e+00
1000024 2 3 3 0 0 -1.8682039800e+02 -5.6563065815e+01 -4.9268394819e+01 3.3062417020e+02 2.6226651648e+02 0.0000e+00 0.0000e+00
1000023 2 3 3 0 0 +1.8682039800e+02 +5.6563065815e+01 -1.7810362500e+02 3.2725884852e+02 1.9307048239e+02 0.0000e+00 0.0000e+00
24 1 4 4 0 0 -1.1332978955e+02 +2.6540365984e+01 -1.0196763959e+02 1.7412094242e+02 7.9829010000e+01 0.0000e+00 1.0000e+00
1000022 1 4 4 0 0 -7.3490608447e+01 -8.3103431799e+01 +5.2699244770e+01 1.5650322778e+02 9.7000000000e+01 0.0000e+00 1.0000e+00
23 1 5 5 0 0 +1.0752484595e+02 +4.0192923215e+01 -7.8015223159e+01 1.6606810956e+02 9.1187600000e+01 0.0000e+00 -1.0000e+00
1000022 1 5 5 0 0 +7.9295552051e+01 +1.6370142599e+01 -1.0008840184e+02 1.6119073896e+02 9.7000000000e+01 0.0000e+00 1.0000e+00
</event>
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