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How madgraph deal with Higgs decay?

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Hi experts,
      I simulated a process with Higgs boson in final state , and the decay mode of Higgs boson is not assigned. After pythia8 and Delphes simulation, I obtained a root file with leptons, jets, and photons. How madgraph deal with Higgs boson decay? Does it assume an inclusive decay modes? What's more, If I don't assign the decay modes of top quark, does it include all it's decay modes?

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Olivier Mattelaer (olivier-mattelaer) said : 		#1

Hi,

Such decay are done by Pythia8 by default and indeed the default mode is to follow the branching ration.
Obviously such decay in Pythia8 do not have spin-correlation (like you would from MG5aMC or MadSpin).

If you want to restrict the decay mode and/or forbif Pythia8 to decay such particle, I would invite you to read the pythia8 manual.

Cheers,

Olivier

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> Hi experts,
> I simulated a process with Higgs boson in final state , and the decay mode of Higgs boson is not assigned. After pythia8 and Delphes simulation, I obtained a root file with leptons, jets, and photons. How madgraph deal with Higgs boson decay? Does it assume an inclusive decay modes? What's more, If I don't assign the decay modes of top quark, does it include all it's decay modes?
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