Problem in using SPheno.spc.MODEL as param_card for MG

Looks like your SARAH MODEL does not accept the Spheno fornat.
You likely need to change your Sarah model to be able to understand all those entry in the Spheno card.

Cheers,

Olivier

> On 17 Jul 2021, at 08:45, Aya Ismail Beshr <email address hidden> wrote:
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> New question #698027 on MadGraph5_aMC@NLO:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/mg5amcnlo/+question/698027
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> Dear MG Experts,
>
>
> I have generated a model with SARAH "2HDM type-1", I then used SPheno to create a spectrum file SPheno.spc.THDM. When I use this file as a param_card in MG I get the following error:
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> ERROR: Current param_card is not valid. We are going to use the default one.
> ERROR: problem detected: decay (4,) is already define to 3.79878857e-13 impossible to assign 4 1.03718954e-23
> ERROR: Please re-open the file and fix the problem.
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> I have seen similar FAQ and I tried to set the decay value to be fixed with 1st value and I have also commented the repeated line for (4) decay, but I still get the error, but this time for another particle 6
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> I have found on SPheno Hepforge a FAQ, says that it is possible to use SPheno.spc.MODEL file as param_card in MG, so I am wondering why this is not working?
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> I also tried to comment any repeated decay that might cause the problem, the process start running for few seconds and interrupted giving the following error:
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> Error detected in "generate_events run_03"
> write debug file /home/aya/programs/MG5_aMC_v2_7_3/test/run_02_tag_1_debug.log
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> MadGraph5Error : Invalid restriction card (not same block)
> set(['imyu', 'minpar', 'imuelmix', 'imuurmix', 'sphenolowenergy', 'fwcoef', 'imye', 'imyd', 'gauge', 'uulmix', 'effhiggscouplings', 'chargemix', 'decay', 'higgslhc14', 'imudlmix', 'flavorkitqfv', 'higgslhc13', 'higgslhc8', 'imuulmix', 'imuermix', 'mass', 'higgslhc7', 'imfwcoef', 'uelmix', 'spheno', 'imudrmix', 'higgsfcc100', 'ye', 'imhmix', 'yd', 'modsel', 'sminputs', 'yu', 'pseudoscalarmix', 'gaugegut', 'uurmix', 'udlmix', 'udrmix', 'treelevelunitaritywtrilinears', 'uermix', 'flavorkitlfv', 'treelevelunitarity', 'hmix', 'scalarmix']) != set(['yukawa', 'sminputs', 'mass', 'decay']).
> Missing block: yukawa
> Unknown block : imyu,minpar,imuelmix,imuurmix,sphenolowenergy,fwcoef,imye,imyd,gauge,uulmix,effhiggscouplings,chargemix,higgslhc14,imudlmix,flavorkitqfv,higgslhc13,higgslhc8,imuulmix,imuermix,higgslhc7,imfwcoef,uelmix,spheno,imudrmix,higgsfcc100,ye,imhmix,yd,modsel,yu,pseudoscalarmix,gaugegut,uurmix,udlmix,udrmix,treelevelunitaritywtrilinears,uermix,flavorkitlfv,treelevelunitarity,hmix,scalarmix
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> It seems like it is a syntax and missing blocks issue. So, how could MG treat such things?
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>
> Thanks a lot!
> Aya
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