Scan Help
Scans
In some models it is useful to scan over a parameter such as the mass of one of the new particles. For example, if there is a new W' gauge boson, it may be desireable to generate events and/or distributions for a range of masses for the W'. This can be done with the "Scan parameter", "Scan begin", "Scan step size" and "Scan n steps" keyphrases. Here is an example:
Scan parameter | : | MWP |
Scan begin | : | 400 |
Scan step size | : | 50 |
Scan n steps | : | 17 |
This will generate the events and/or distributions for the model with the mass of the W' set to 400GeV, 450GeV, 500GeV,...1200GeV. As many scans as desired can be specified (including zero). For each scan, all four keyphrases have to be specified. Furthermore, if there is more than one scan, all four keyphrases have to be specified together. Here is an example with two scans:
Sccan parameter | : | MWP |
Scan begin | : | 400 |
Scan step size | : | 50 |
Scan n steps | : | 17 |
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Scan parameter | : | MF |
Scan begin | : | 2000 |
Scan step size | : | 200 |
Scan n steps | : | 11 |
This example will scan over both parameters MWP and MF.