[Rivet] HepMV version issue

[Andy Buckley]

Is three concurrent answers enough for you, James? ;-)

Andy


On 18/06/12 13:13, Frank Siegert wrote:
> Hi James,
> 
> I think this might be due to the 2.06.05 event file containing
> additional lines which make HepMC 2.03.11 fail. I thought this was
> fixed in 2.03.10, but seems like not.
> 
> Would it be an option for you, to use HepMC 2.06.05 in your setup,
> i.e. use the following AFS location?
> /afs/cern.ch/sw/lcg/external/MCGenerators_hepmc2.06.05/
> 
> Cheers,
> Frank
> 
> On 18 June 2012 14:01, James Henderson <James.Henderson at physics.ox.ac.uk> wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I have been asked to use my rivet code to analyse some hepmc2g files that a
>> colleague has produced from Sherpa 1.4.02. My issue is that my rivet
>> analysis won't run over his samples but, when I copy his run card and use
>> this to produce my own hepmc2g file the rivet analysis works fine.
>> I can see that the difference between the hepmc files is the version number;
>> he has used 2.06.05 and my files are 2.03.11.
>>
>> The error message I recieve is:
>> User-supplied cross-section = 2.551110e+01 pb
>> Rivet 1.8.0 running on machine pplxwn34.physics.ox.ac.uk (x86_64)
>> CommonIO::read_heavy_ion setting badbit.
>> CommonIO::read_pdf_info setting badbit.
>> CommonIO::read_vertex setting badbit.
>> CommonIO::read_vertex setting badbit.
>> ...
>>
>> I belive this is due to the 2.06.05 hepmc file not having a heavy-ion line
>> where it is expected. Could you tell me if there is a way to make rivet run
>> over the 2.06.05 hepmc files?
>>
>> My setup is as follows:
>>
>> Rivet 1.8.0 setup from:
>> /afs/cern.ch/sw/lcg/external/MCGenerators/rivet/1.8.0/x86_64-slc5-gcc43-opt/rivetenv.sh
>> Agile 1.2.0 setup from:
>> /afs/cern.ch/sw/lcg/external/MCGenerators/agile/1.2.0/x86_64-slc5-gcc43-opt/agileenv.sh
>> Sherpa 1.4.0.2 from:
>> /afs/cern.ch/sw/lcg/external/MCGenerators/Sherpa/1.4.0.2/x86_64-slc5-gcc43-opt/
>> - used to create hepmc files
>> HepMC 2.03.11 setup from both the rivetenv and agileenv scripts.
>>
>> Thank you for your time,
>>
>> James Henderson
>>
>>
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