pythia 8 stucks

Asked by Maksym Ovchynnikov

Hi! I made a model (link on .zip with it: https://www.dropbox.com/s/y8qar186grplpg4/Neutrinophilic-simple_UFO.zip) with a neutrino-like particle numu and a scalar massive particle phi, interacting via a vertex phi nu nu.

I consider the process

import model Neutrinophilic-simple_UFO

generate numu p > mu- j phi

When trying to launch the simulation with showering=pythia8, pythia stucks on shower jobs.

Could you please tell me what may be the problem?

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Maksym Ovchynnikov (name-xxx) said :
#1

This is the run_card:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/y8qar186grplpg4/Neutrinophilic-simple_UFO.zip?dl=0

#*********************************************************************
# MadGraph5_aMC@NLO *
# *
# run_card.dat MadEvent *
# *
# This file is used to set the parameters of the run. *
# *
# Some notation/conventions: *
# *
# Lines starting with a '# ' are info or comments *
# *
# mind the format: value = variable ! comment *
# *
# To display more options, you can type the command: *
# update to_full *
#*********************************************************************
#
#*********************************************************************
# Tag name for the run (one word) *
#*********************************************************************
  tag_1 = run_tag ! name of the run
#*********************************************************************
# Number of events and rnd seed *
# Warning: Do not generate more than 1M events in a single run *
#*********************************************************************
  10000 = nevents ! Number of unweighted events requested
  0 = iseed ! rnd seed (0=assigned automatically=default))
#*********************************************************************
# Collider type and energy *
# lpp: 0=No PDF, 1=proton, -1=antiproton, 2=elastic photon of proton,*
# +/-3=PDF of electron/positron beam *
# +/-4=PDF of muon/antimuon beam *
#*********************************************************************
     0 = lpp1 ! beam 1 type
     1 = lpp2 ! beam 2 type
     10 = ebeam1 ! beam 1 total energy in GeV
     0.9393 = ebeam2 ! beam 2 total energy in GeV
# To see polarised beam options: type "update beam_pol"

#*********************************************************************
# PDF CHOICE: this automatically fixes alpha_s and its evol. *
# pdlabel: lhapdf=LHAPDF (installation needed) [1412.7420] *
# iww=Improved Weizsaecker-Williams Approx.[hep-ph/9310350] *
# eva=Effective W/Z/A Approx. [21yy.zzzzz] *
# none=No PDF, same as lhapdf with lppx=0 *
#*********************************************************************
     nn23lo1 = pdlabel1 ! PDF type for beam #1
     nn23lo1 = pdlabel2 ! PDF type for beam #2
     230000 = lhaid ! if pdlabel=lhapdf, this is the lhapdf number
# To see heavy ion options: type "update ion_pdf"
#*********************************************************************
# Renormalization and factorization scales *
#*********************************************************************
 True = fixed_ren_scale ! if .true. use fixed ren scale
 True = fixed_fac_scale1 ! if .true. use fixed fac scale for beam 1
 True = fixed_fac_scale2 ! if .true. use fixed fac scale for beam 2
 91.188 = scale ! fixed ren scale
 91.188 = dsqrt_q2fact1 ! fixed fact scale for pdf1
 91.188 = dsqrt_q2fact2 ! fixed fact scale for pdf2
 -1 = dynamical_scale_choice ! Choose one of the preselected dynamical choices
 1.0 = scalefact ! scale factor for event-by-event scales

#*********************************************************************
# Type and output format
#*********************************************************************
  False = gridpack !True = setting up the grid pack
  -1.0 = time_of_flight ! threshold (in mm) below which the invariant livetime is not written (-1 means not written)
  average = event_norm ! average/sum. Normalization of the weight in the LHEF
# To see MLM/CKKW merging options: type "update MLM" or "update CKKW"

#*********************************************************************
#
#*********************************************************************
# Phase-Space Optimization strategy (basic options)
#*********************************************************************
   0 = nhel ! using helicities importance sampling or not.
                             ! 0: sum over helicity, 1: importance sampling
   2 = sde_strategy ! default integration strategy (hep-ph/2021.00773)
                             ! 1 is old strategy (using amp square)
        ! 2 is new strategy (using only the denominator)
# To see advanced option for Phase-Space optimization: type "update psoptim"
#*********************************************************************
# Generation bias, check the wiki page below for more information: *
# 'cp3.irmp.ucl.ac.be/projects/madgraph/wiki/LOEventGenerationBias' *
#*********************************************************************
 None = bias_module ! Bias type of bias, [None, ptj_bias, -custom_folder-]
 {} = bias_parameters ! Specifies the parameters of the module.
#
#*******************************
# Parton level cuts definition *
#*******************************
  0.0 = dsqrt_shat ! minimal shat for full process
#
#
#*********************************************************************
# BW cutoff (M+/-bwcutoff*Gamma) ! Define on/off-shell for "$" and decay
#*********************************************************************
  15.0 = bwcutoff ! (M+/-bwcutoff*Gamma)
#*********************************************************************
# Standard Cuts *
#*********************************************************************
# Minimum and maximum pt's (for max, -1 means no cut) *
#*********************************************************************
 0 = ptj ! minimum pt for the jets
 0 = ptl ! minimum pt for the charged leptons
 -1.0 = ptjmax ! maximum pt for the jets
 -1.0 = ptlmax ! maximum pt for the charged leptons
 {} = pt_min_pdg ! pt cut for other particles (use pdg code). Applied on particle and anti-particle
 {} = pt_max_pdg ! pt cut for other particles (syntax e.g. {6: 100, 25: 50})
#
# For display option for energy cut in the partonic center of mass frame type 'update ecut'
#
#*********************************************************************
# Maximum and minimum absolute rapidity (for max, -1 means no cut) *
#*********************************************************************
 -1 = etaj ! max rap for the jets
 -1 = etal ! max rap for the charged leptons
 0.0 = etalmin ! main rap for the charged leptons
 {} = eta_min_pdg ! rap cut for other particles (use pdg code). Applied on particle and anti-particle
 {} = eta_max_pdg ! rap cut for other particles (syntax e.g. {6: 2.5, 23: 5})
#*********************************************************************
# Minimum and maximum DeltaR distance *
#*********************************************************************
 0. = drjl ! min distance between jet and lepton
 -1.0 = drjlmax ! max distance between jet and lepton
#*********************************************************************
# Minimum and maximum invariant mass for pairs *
#*********************************************************************
 {} = mxx_min_pdg ! min invariant mass of a pair of particles X/X~ (e.g. {6:250})
 {'default': False} = mxx_only_part_antipart ! if True the invariant mass is applied only
                       ! to pairs of particle/antiparticle and not to pairs of the same pdg codes.
#*********************************************************************
# Inclusive cuts *
#*********************************************************************
 0.0 = ptheavy ! minimum pt for at least one heavy final state
#*********************************************************************
# maximal pdg code for quark to be considered as a light jet *
# (otherwise b cuts are applied) *
#*********************************************************************
 4 = maxjetflavor ! Maximum jet pdg code
#*********************************************************************
#
#*********************************************************************
# Store info for systematics studies *
# WARNING: Do not use for interference type of computation *
#*********************************************************************
   True = use_syst ! Enable systematics studies
#
systematics = systematics_program ! none, systematics [python], SysCalc [depreceted, C++]
['--mur=0.5,1,2', '--muf=0.5,1,2', '--pdf=errorset'] = systematics_arguments ! see: https://cp3.irmp.ucl.ac.be/projects/madgraph/wiki/Systematics#Systematicspythonmodule

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Maksym Ovchynnikov (name-xxx) said :
#2

A similar run_card works well with SM neutrino scattering

vm~ p > mu+ j

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Maksym Ovchynnikov (name-xxx) said :
#3

A similar run_card works well with SM neutrino scattering

vm~ p > mu+ j

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Olivier Mattelaer (olivier-mattelaer) said :
#4

Hi,

I would advise to contact pythia8 author about that.

Olivier

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