// main22.cc is a part of the PYTHIA event generator. // Copyright (C) 2017 Torbjorn Sjostrand. // PYTHIA is licenced under the GNU GPL version 2, see COPYING for details. // Please respect the MCnet Guidelines, see GUIDELINES for details. // Simple illustration how to provide (a) your own resonance-width class, // and (b) your own cross-section class, with instances handed in to Pythia. // The hypothetical scenario is that top would have been so long-lived // that a toponium resonance Theta could form. Then production could // proceed via q qbar -> gamma*/Z* -> Theta, with decay either to // a fermion pair or (dominantly) to three gluons. // The implementation is not physically correct in any number of ways, // but should exemplify the strategy needed for realistic cases. #include "Pythia8/Pythia.h" using namespace Pythia8; //========================================================================== // The ResonanceTheta class handles a toponium resonance. class ResonanceTheta : public ResonanceWidths { public: // Constructor. ResonanceTheta(int idResIn) {initBasic(idResIn);} private: // Locally stored properties and couplings. double normTheta2qqbar, normTheta2llbar, normTheta2ggg; // Initialize constants. virtual void initConstants(); // Calculate various common prefactors for the current mass. // Superfluous here, so skipped. //virtual void calcPreFac(bool = false); // Calculate width for currently considered channel. virtual void calcWidth(bool = false); }; //-------------------------------------------------------------------------- // Initialize constants. void ResonanceTheta::initConstants() { // Dummy normalization of couplings to the allowed decay channels. normTheta2qqbar = 0.0001; normTheta2llbar = 0.0001; normTheta2ggg = 0.001; } //-------------------------------------------------------------------------- // Calculate width for currently considered channel. void ResonanceTheta::calcWidth(bool) { // Expression for Theta -> q qbar (q up to b). Colour factor. if (id1Abs < 6) widNow = 3. * normTheta2qqbar * mHat; // Expression for Theta -> l lbar (l = e, mu, tau). else if (id1Abs == 11 || id1Abs == 13 || id1Abs == 15) widNow = normTheta2llbar * mHat; // Expression for Theta -> g g g. Colour factor. else if (id1Abs == 21) widNow = 8. * normTheta2ggg * mHat; } //========================================================================== // A derived class for q qbar -> Theta (toponium bound state). class Sigma1qqbar2Theta : public Sigma1Process { public: // Constructor. Sigma1qqbar2Theta() {} // Initialize process. virtual void initProc(); // Calculate flavour-independent parts of cross section. virtual void sigmaKin(); // Evaluate sigmaHat(sHat). Assumed flavour-independent so simple. virtual double sigmaHat() {return sigma;} // Select flavour, colour and anticolour. virtual void setIdColAcol(); // Evaluate weight for decay angles. virtual double weightDecay( Event& process, int iResBeg, int iResEnd); // Info on the subprocess. virtual string name() const {return "q qbar -> Theta";} virtual int code() const {return 621;} virtual string inFlux() const {return "qqbarSame";} virtual int resonanceA() const {return 663;} private: // Store flavour-specific process information and standard prefactor. int idTheta; double mRes, GammaRes, m2Res, GamMRat, normTheta2qqbar, sigma; // Pointer to properties of Theta, to access decay width. ParticleDataEntry* particlePtr; }; //-------------------------------------------------------------------------- // Initialize process. void Sigma1qqbar2Theta::initProc() { // Store Theta mass and width for propagator. idTheta = 663; mRes = particleDataPtr->m0(idTheta); GammaRes = particleDataPtr->mWidth(idTheta); m2Res = mRes*mRes; GamMRat = GammaRes / mRes; // Same normlization as in ResonanceTheta for coupling strength. normTheta2qqbar = 0.0001; // Set pointer to particle properties and decay table. particlePtr = particleDataPtr->particleDataEntryPtr(idTheta); } //-------------------------------------------------------------------------- // Evaluate sigmaHat(sHat); first step when inflavours unknown. void Sigma1qqbar2Theta::sigmaKin() { // Incoming width with colour factor. double widthIn = normTheta2qqbar * mH / 3.; // Breit-Wigner, including some (guessed) spin factors. double sigBW = 12. * M_PI / ( pow2(sH - m2Res) + pow2(sH * GamMRat) ); // Outgoing width: only includes channels left open. double widthOut = particlePtr->resWidthOpen(663, mH); // Total answer. sigma = widthIn * sigBW * widthOut; } //-------------------------------------------------------------------------- // Select identity, colour and anticolour. void Sigma1qqbar2Theta::setIdColAcol() { // Flavours trivial. setId( id1, id2, idTheta); // Colour flow topologies. Swap when antiquarks. setColAcol( 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0); if (id1 < 0) swapColAcol(); } //-------------------------------------------------------------------------- // Evaluate weight for Theta -> g g g. double Sigma1qqbar2Theta::weightDecay( Event& process, int iResBeg, int iResEnd) { // Should be Theta decay. (This is only option here, so overkill.) if (iResEnd != iResBeg || process[iResBeg].idAbs() != idTheta) return 1.; // Should be decay to three gluons. int i1 = process[iResBeg].daughter1(); int i2 = i1 + 1; int i3 = i2 + 1; if (i3 != process[iResBeg].daughter2() || process[i1].id() != 21) return 1.; // Energy fractions x_i = 2 E_i/m_Theta of gluons in Theta rest frame. double x1 = 2. * process[i1].p() * process[iResBeg].p() / process[iResBeg].m2(); double x2 = 2. * process[i2].p() * process[iResBeg].p() / process[iResBeg].m2(); double x3 = 2. * process[i3].p() * process[iResBeg].p() / process[iResBeg].m2(); // Matrix-element expression for Theta -> g g g. double wtME = pow2( (1. - x1) / (x2 * x3) ) + pow2( (1. - x2) / (x1 * x3) ) + pow2( (1. - x3) / (x1 * x2) ); double wtMEmax = 2.; return wtME / wtMEmax; } //========================================================================== int main() { // Number of events to generate. Max number of errors. // Warning: generation of complete events is much slower than if you use // PartonLevel:all = off to only get cross sections, so adjust nEvent. int nEvent = 1000; int nAbort = 5; // Pythia generator. Pythia pythia; // Create the toponium resonance and a few production/decay channels. // Warning: many more exist, e.g. weak ones of one top quark. // Note: to obtain the correct width for the Breit-Wigner you must // include all channels, but you only need leave those on that you // want to study. pythia.readString("663:new = Theta void 3 0 0 342.0 0.2 300. 400. 0."); pythia.readString("663:addChannel = 1 0. 0 1 -1"); pythia.readString("663:addChannel = 1 0. 0 2 -2"); pythia.readString("663:addChannel = 1 0. 0 3 -3"); pythia.readString("663:addChannel = 1 0. 0 4 -4"); pythia.readString("663:addChannel = 1 0. 0 5 -5"); pythia.readString("663:addChannel = 1 0. 0 11 -11"); pythia.readString("663:addChannel = 1 0. 0 13 -13"); pythia.readString("663:addChannel = 1 0. 0 15 -15"); pythia.readString("663:addChannel = 1 0. 0 21 21 21"); // Create instance of a class to calculate the width of Theta to the // above channels. Hand in pointer to Pythia. // Note: Pythia will automatically delete this pointer, // along with all other resonances. ResonanceWidths* resonanceTheta = new ResonanceTheta(663); pythia.setResonancePtr(resonanceTheta); // Create instance of a class to generate the q qbar -> Theta process // from an external matrix element. Hand in pointer to Pythia. SigmaProcess* sigma1Theta = new Sigma1qqbar2Theta(); pythia.setSigmaPtr(sigma1Theta); // Optionally only compare cross sections. //pythia.readString("PartonLevel:all = off"); pythia.readString("Check:nErrList = 2"); // Initialization for LHC. pythia.init(); // Book histogram. Hist mTheta("Theta mass", 100, 300., 400.); // Begin event loop. int iAbort = 0; for (int iEvent = 0; iEvent < nEvent; ++iEvent) { // Generate events. Quit if many failures. if (!pythia.next()) { if (++iAbort < nAbort) continue; cout << " Event generation aborted prematurely, owing to error!\n"; break; } // Fill Theta mass. End of event loop. mTheta.fill( pythia.process[5].m() ); } // Final statistics. Print histogram. pythia.stat(); cout << mTheta; // Done. delete sigma1Theta; return 0; }