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Opened 6 years ago

Closed 6 years ago

#1307 closed Bug (fixed)

PythiaDelphes Particle Gun Example

Reported by: Matthew James Owned by:
Priority: minor Milestone:
Component: Delphes code Version: Delphes 3
Keywords: Cc:

Description

I was wondering what the motivation is for sending single particles to Delphes within the DelphesPythia8 module with the log distribution given in DelphesPythia8.cpp:

pMin = 0.1 GeV for single particles
pp = pow(10, - 1.0 + (log10(pMax) + 1.0) * rndm.flat());

If anyone could provide me with some physical intuition that would be great.

Change History (4)

comment:1 by Pavel Demin, 6 years ago

The particle gun in DelphesPythia8.cpp is used by the validation script:

https://cp3.irmp.ucl.ac.be/projects/delphes/browser/git/validation/validation.sh

comment:2 by Matthew James, 6 years ago

Thanks pavel. Is there any particular reason why this distribution is selected over any other?

comment:3 by Pavel Demin, 6 years ago

If I'm not mistaken, the idea is to obtain a flat pseudo-rapidity distribution and a flat log(pt) distribution.

Last edited 6 years ago by Pavel Demin (previous) (diff)

comment:4 by Pavel Demin, 6 years ago

Resolution: fixed
Status: newclosed
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