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| | 2 | |
| | 3 | === Manual === |
| | 4 | |
| | 5 | * [http://cp3wks05.fynu.ucl.ac.be/Manual/Manual-March-2007.pdf Web and offline Minimal User Manual (pdf)] (2007) to be updated soon. |
| | 6 | |
| | 7 | === Other docs === |
| | 8 | |
| | 9 | * [https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/CMS/MadGraphCMSPage The MadGraph page in CMS] (Roberto Chierici) |
| | 10 | |
| | 11 | === How to and FAQ's === |
| | 12 | |
| | 13 | ==== General ==== |
| | 14 | |
| | 15 | * [:MGChart:Structure flowchart] |
| | 16 | * [:InstallMG:How to install the whole Madgraph/MadEvent package on your machine and generate a new process] |
| | 17 | * [:InputEx:Syntax and process input examples] |
| | 18 | * [:GenEv:How to generate events on your machine] |
| | 19 | * [:General-Scripts:Submission scripts and running on your cluster] |
| | 20 | |
| | 21 | '''FAQ's''' |
| | 22 | |
| | 23 | * [:FAQ-General-1:How do I implement my own cuts in MadEvent ?] |
| | 24 | * [:FAQ-General-2:How do I implement my own renormalization/factorization scales in MadEvent ?] |
| | 25 | * [:FAQ-General-3:How do I change the mass of a particle that is assumed massless in MadGraph/MadEvent ?] |
| | 26 | * [:FAQ-General-4:Can I just calculate the amplitudes for a (sub)process and check them point-by-point in phase space points using MadGraph ?] |
| | 27 | * [:FAQ-General-5:Is there a limit to the maximum allowed number of diagrams? How can I change it?] |
| | 28 | * [:FAQ-General-6:How do I generate only a subset of diagrams? What are the decay chains?] |
| | 29 | * [:FAQ-General-7:Can I use MadGraph (or any other external matrix element generator) with Pythia for DIS?] |
| | 30 | * [:FAQ-General-8:How many events can I generate in one run with MadEvent?] |
| | 31 | * [:FAQ-General-9:Can I use the LHE file from Pythia as input to detector simulation?] |
| | 32 | * [:FAQ-General-10:I generated an s-channel process p p > W+ > e+ ve, and in some events the W doesn't show up in the event record. Why is this?] |
| | 33 | * [:FAQ-General-11:How do I read the .hep file from Pythia?] |
| | 34 | * [:FAQ-General-12:Why don't I get the number of events I asked for from MadEvent?] |
| | 35 | |
| | 36 | ==== Input Cards ==== |
| | 37 | |
| | 38 | * [http://cp3wks05.fynu.ucl.ac.be/EXAMPLES/proc_card_examples.html Proc card examples] |
| | 39 | * [:RunCard:Run Card : description and examples] |
| | 40 | |
| | 41 | '''FAQ's''' |
| | 42 | |
| | 43 | * [:FAQ-Cards-1:Should I use different ids (@1,@2,...) in multiprocess proc_card or could I use the same ?] |
| | 44 | * [:FAQ-Cards-2:What is bwcutoff, and why is it important for decay chains?] |
| | 45 | ==== Interfaces and Tools ==== |
| | 46 | |
| | 47 | * [:Software.ToolS:List of interfaces and tools] |
| | 48 | |
| | 49 | '''FAQ's''' |
| | 50 | |
| | 51 | * [:FAQ-IT-2:How I decay heavy particles in the final state?] |
| | 52 | * [:FAQ-IT-3:What is REPLACE?] |
| | 53 | * [:FAQ-IT-4:Pythia and HERWIG require a mass for all particles, while in MadGraph several are set to zero. How do I fix it?] |
| | 54 | * [http://cp3wks05.fynu.ucl.ac.be/Manual/lhco.html How to read the LHCO event files] |
| | 55 | * [:FAQ-IT-5:How do I get nice plots automatically when running generate_events, like I get on the web?] |
| | 56 | |
| | 57 | ==== Matching/Merging with the Shower ==== |
| | 58 | |
| | 59 | * [:IntroMatching:Introduction to Matching in MG/ME] |
| | 60 | |
| | 61 | '''FAQ's''' |
| | 62 | |
| | 63 | * [:FAQ-Matching-1:What are Qcut and xQcut?] |
| | 64 | * [:FAQ-Matching-2:Can I change the ren and fac scales when I use the matching?] |
| | 65 | |
| | 66 | ==== Gridpacks ==== |
| | 67 | |
| | 68 | * [:IntroGrid:Introduction to Grid running option in MG/ME] |
| | 69 | * [:Library.GridDevelopment:Technical details for setting up and running the Grid Package] |
| | 70 | |
| | 71 | '''FAQ's''' |
| | 72 | |
| | 73 | * [:FAQ-Gridpacks-2:Can I analyse only a part of the produced sample?] |
| | 74 | * [:FAQ-Gridpacks-3:Is there a minimal statistics suggested?] |
| | 75 | * [:FAQ-Gridpacks-4:The gridpack seems sometimes very large in size? Can I improve on this?] |
| | 76 | * [:FAQ-Gridpacks-5:I have downloaded a madevent.tar.gz package. Can I create the gridpack locally?] |
| | 77 | |
| | 78 | ==== New Physics ==== |
| | 79 | |
| | 80 | * [http://cp3wks05.fynu.ucl.ac.be/Manual/usrmod.html How to create a new model with usrmod v1] |
| | 81 | |
| | 82 | '''FAQ's''' |
| | 83 | |
| | 84 | * [:FAQ-NewPhysics-1:What are the options in MG/ME for creating a new model ?] |
| | 85 | * [:FAQ-NewPhysics-2:What are the QNUMBERS useful for?] |
| | 86 | |
| | 87 | ==== Matrix element method ==== |
| | 88 | |
| | 89 | * [:Software.MadWeight:Introduction to matrix element methods (MadWeight) in MG/ME] |
| | 90 | * [:Software.MadWeightFAQ:MadWeight FAQ ] |
| | 91 | |
| | 92 | ==== Quarkonium Simulations ==== |
| | 93 | |
| | 94 | * [:Software.MadOniaDescription:Introduction to heavy quark bound state simulations (MadOnia) in MG/ME ] |
| | 95 | * [:Software.MadOniaManual:How to use it] |
| | 96 | * [:Software.MadOniaFAQ:FAQ on MadOnia] |
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| | 98 | |
| | 99 | -- Main.FabioMaltoni - 02 Mar 2009 |
