generation of NLO and LO samples needed for the evaluation of the k-factor
Dear Experts,
I have a few questions regarding the generation of NLO and LO samples needed for the evaluation of the k-factor.
To introduce, in the analysis I consider 6 jets in the final state, however, I only produce the 4b QCD background and I get the other jets come from Pythia showering.
I generated events using (model is set to the standard model)
generate p p > b b~ b b~ / h QED=0 QCD=4
Now I am a bit confused how to proceed with the generation of samples that I need for the k-factor calculation.
I am using MadGraph2.9.10.
For the beginning I only tried generating the NLO sample using:
generate p p > b b~ b b~ / h QED=0 QCD=4 [QCD]
and after "launch" I have or re-set:
order=NLO
fixed_order=OFF
shower=PYTHIA8
madspin=OFF
reweight=OFF
For the run_card settings I use the following:
set dynamical_
set pdlabel lhapdf
set lhaid 260400 à NNPDF30_
set ptj 10
I also generate the LO sample using the same generate:
generate p p > b b~ b b~ / h QED=0 QCD=4 [QCD]
but switching the order=LO.
So comparing these two samples would be the simplest approach, but I skip the NLO merging step, which I guess I should not skip.
I wanted to apply the UNLOPS merging to the NLO samples first so I did:
generate p p > b b~ b b~ / h QED=0 QCD=4 [QCD]
generate p p > b b~ b b~ j / h QED=0 QCD=4 [QCD]
(Note: I didn't add "@0" and "@1" at the end of these lines though, I'm not sure how important that is)
But very quickly I got an error:
Command "generate p p> b b~ b b~ j / h QED=0 QCD=4 [QCD]" interrupted with error:
NoDiagramException : No amplitudes generated from process
Process: g/u/c/d/
I then also tried running a simplified version (however maybe incorrect):
generate p p > b b~ b b~ [QCD]
generate p p > b b~ b b~ j [QCD]
(again without "@0" and "@1" at the end of these lines though)
I used the same settings:
order=NLO
fixed_order=OFF
shower=PYTHIA8
madspin=OFF
reweight=OFF
set dynamical_
set pdlabel lhapdf
set lhaid 260400 à NNPDF30_
set ptj 10
but also added:
set ickkw=4
for the UNLOPS merging.
However, after the launch command I get the following error:
Command "launch auto " interrupted with error:
FileNotFoundError : [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/MG5_aMC_
I'm attaching this log file at the end of my question.
Given the problem description would you have any suggestions how to proceed, namely:
1. Is the merging approach I am trying to follow a correct approach?
2. What is the reason behind the issue in the merging scheme generation: generate p p > b b~ b b~ j / h QED=0 QCD=4 [QCD]? Maybe this is obvious but I am very new to this so I am really confused.
3. How significant are @0 and @1 at the end of the lines? The program did not complain about it at first but maybe this is crucial?
4. If the correct way is to proceed with (but of course solving the error that I mentioned before related to "check_poles.log")
generate p p > b b~ b b~ [QCD]
generate p p > b b~ b b~ j [QCD]
what are the settings I should use?
In particular, should "reweight=OFF" or "reweight=ON"?
Will the UNLOPS method work directly from mg5_aMC shell or something else needs to be done?
I will appreciate any help/comments. In case any clarification of the questions is needed, please let me know.
Kind regards,
Marta
The run_01_
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launch auto
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/local1/
return self.onecmd_
File "/local1/
return func(arg, **opt)
File "/local1/
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File "/local1/
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File "/local1/
return self.parse_
File "/local1/
content = open(log).read()
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/local1/
Related File: /local1/
Value of current Options:
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set group_subprocesses Auto
set ignore_
set low_mem_
set complex_mass_scheme False
set gauge unitary
set loop_optimized_
set loop_color_flows False
set max_npoint_
set default_
set max_t_for_channel 99
set zerowidth_tchannel True
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~
import model loop_sm
generate p p > b b~ b b~ j [QCD]
output merging_NLO_try1
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## PARAM_CARD AUTOMATICALY GENERATED BY MG5 FOLLOWING UFO MODEL ####
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## 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. ##
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## 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
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1 0.000000e+00 # d : 0.0
2 0.000000e+00 # u : 0.0
3 0.000000e+00 # s : 0.0
4 0.000000e+00 # c : 0.0
11 0.000000e+00 # e- : 0.0
12 0.000000e+00 # ve : 0.0
13 0.000000e+00 # mu- : 0.0
14 0.000000e+00 # vm : 0.0
16 0.000000e+00 # vt : 0.0
21 0.000000e+00 # g : 0.0
22 0.000000e+00 # a : 0.0
24 8.041900e+01 # w+ : cmath.sqrt(
#######
## INFORMATION FOR SMINPUTS
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Block sminputs
1 1.325070e+02 # aEWM1
2 1.166390e-05 # Gf
3 1.180000e-01 # aS (Note that Parameter not used if you use a PDF set)
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## INFORMATION FOR YUKAWA
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Block yukawa
5 4.700000e+00 # ymb
6 1.730000e+02 # ymt
15 1.777000e+00 # ymtau
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## INFORMATION FOR DECAY
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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 0.000000e+00 # d : 0.0
DECAY 2 0.000000e+00 # u : 0.0
DECAY 3 0.000000e+00 # s : 0.0
DECAY 4 0.000000e+00 # c : 0.0
DECAY 5 0.000000e+00 # b : 0.0
DECAY 11 0.000000e+00 # e- : 0.0
DECAY 12 0.000000e+00 # ve : 0.0
DECAY 13 0.000000e+00 # mu- : 0.0
DECAY 14 0.000000e+00 # vm : 0.0
DECAY 15 0.000000e+00 # ta- : 0.0
DECAY 16 0.000000e+00 # vt : 0.0
DECAY 21 0.000000e+00 # g : 0.0
DECAY 22 0.000000e+00 # a : 0.0
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1 0 # 3 times electric charge
2 1 # number of spin states (2S+1)
3 8 # colour rep (1: singlet, 3: triplet, 8: octet)
4 1 # Particle/
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average = event_norm ! valid settings: average, sum, bias
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5000 = npoints_fo_grid ! number of points to setup grids
4 = niters_fo_grid ! number of iter. to setup grids
10000 = npoints_fo ! number of points to compute Xsec
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False = fixed_ren_scale ! if .true. use fixed ren scale
False = fixed_fac_scale ! if .true. use fixed fac scale
91.118 = mur_ref_fixed ! fixed ren reference scale
91.118 = muf_ref_fixed ! fixed fact reference scale
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# 3: FxFx Merging - WARNING! Applies merging only at the hard-event *
# level. After showering an MLM-type merging should be applied as *
# well. See http://
# 4: UNLOPS merging (with pythia8 only). No interface from within *
# MG5_aMC available, but available in Pythia8. *
# -1: NNLL+NLO jet-veto computation. See arxiv:1412.8408 [hep-ph]. *
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# BW cutoff (M+/-bwcutoff*
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0.0 = ptl ! Min lepton transverse momentum
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0.0 = drll ! Min distance between opposite sign lepton pairs
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# For aMCfast+APPLGRID use in PDF fitting (http://
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