=== Manual === * [attachment:Manual-March-2007.pdf Web and offline Minimal User Manual (pdf)] (2007) to be updated soon. === Other docs === * [https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/CMS/MadGraphCMSPage The MadGraph page in CMS] (Roberto Chierici) === How to and FAQ's === ==== General ==== * [wiki:MGChart Structure flowchart] * [wiki:InstallMG How to install the whole Madgraph/MadEvent package on your machine and generate a new process] * [wiki:InputEx Syntax and process input examples] * [wiki:GenEv How to generate events on your machine] * [wiki:General-Scripts Submission scripts and running on your cluster] * [wiki:ComplexMassScheme Testing the Complex Mass Scheme implementation at NLO] '''FAQ's''' * [wiki:FAQ-General-1 How do I implement my own cuts in MadEvent ?] * [wiki:FAQ-General-2 How do I implement my own renormalization/factorization scales in MadEvent ?] * [wiki:FAQ-General-3 How do I change the mass of a particle that is assumed massless in MadGraph/MadEvent ?] * [wiki: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 ?] * [wiki:FAQ-General-5 Is there a limit to the maximum allowed number of diagrams? How can I change it?] * [wiki:FAQ-General-6 How do I generate only a subset of diagrams? What are the decay chains?] * [wiki:FAQ-General-7 Can I use MadGraph (or any other external matrix element generator) with Pythia for DIS?] * [wiki:FAQ-General-8 How many events can I generate in one run with MadEvent?] * [wiki:FAQ-General-9 Can I use the LHE file from Pythia as input to detector simulation?] * [wiki: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?] * [wiki:FAQ-General-11 How do I read the .hep file from Pythia?] * [wiki:FAQ-General-12 Why don't I get the number of events I asked for from MadEvent?] * [wiki:FAQ-General-13 What are the default dynamic factorization and renormalization scales in MadEvent?] * [wiki:FAQ-General-14 I have zero result Why?] ==== Input Cards ==== * [http://madgraph.phys.ucl.ac.be//EXAMPLES/proc_card_examples.html Proc card examples] * [wiki:RunCard Run Card : description and examples] '''FAQ's''' * [wiki:FAQ-Cards-1 Should I use different ids (@1,@2,...) in multiprocess proc_card or could I use the same ?] * [wiki:FAQ-Cards-2 What is bwcutoff, and why is it important for decay chains?] ==== Interfaces and Tools ==== * [wiki:ToolS List of interfaces and tools] '''FAQ's''' * [wiki:FAQ-IT-2 How I decay heavy particles in the final state?] * [wiki:FAQ-IT-3 What is REPLACE?] * [wiki: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?] * [http://madgraph.phys.ucl.ac.be/Manual/lhco.html How to read the LHCO event files] * [wiki:FAQ-IT-5 How do I get nice plots automatically when running generate_events, like I get on the web?] ==== Matching/Merging with the Shower ==== * [wiki:IntroMatching Introduction to Matching in MG/ME] '''FAQ's''' * [wiki:FAQ-Matching-1 What are Qcut and xQcut?] * [wiki:FAQ-Matching-2 Can I change the ren and fac scales when I use the matching?] ==== Gridpacks ==== * [wiki:IntroGrid Introduction to Grid running option in MG/ME] * [wiki:GridDevelopment Technical details for setting up and running the Grid Package] '''FAQ's''' * [wiki:FAQ-Gridpacks-2 Can I analyse only a part of the produced sample?] * [wiki:FAQ-Gridpacks-3 Is there a minimal statistics suggested?] * [wiki:FAQ-Gridpacks-4 The gridpack seems sometimes very large in size? Can I improve on this?] * [wiki:FAQ-Gridpacks-5 I have downloaded a madevent.tar.gz package. Can I create the gridpack locally?] ==== New Physics ==== * [http://madgraph.phys.ucl.ac.be/Manual/usrmod.html How to create a new model with usrmod v1] '''FAQ's''' * [wiki:FAQ-NewPhysics-1 What are the options in MG/ME for creating a new model ?] * [wiki:FAQ-NewPhysics-2 What are the QNUMBERS useful for?] ==== Matrix element method ==== * [wiki:MadWeight Introduction to matrix element methods (MadWeight) in MG/ME] * [wiki:MadWeightFAQ MadWeight FAQ ] ==== Quarkonium Simulations ==== * [wiki:MadOniaDescription Introduction to heavy quark bound state simulations (MadOnia) in MG/ME ] * [wiki:MadOniaManual How to use it] * [wiki:MadOniaFAQ FAQ on MadOnia] ==== aMC@NLO ==== * [wiki:MCNLO_compilation How to compile a Subprocess by hand?] -- Main.FabioMaltoni - 02 Mar 2009