running simulations

The revised DELPHI production scheme has been run mostly on Linux, but it has been set up to be as much platform independent as possible. The central script is runsim. This script is centraly available to all DELPHI users, and can be used for private productions.

The purpose of this document is to provide some information on how to run it:

Examples:

These commands will process 10 events QQPS or 10 events from lund file myfile.dat through delsim, process them with delana in version a0e and run the corresponding xshortdst (currently a0e1) on it. Output files will be stored in the execution directory,

Notes:

mandatory options:

currently supported versions (VERSION option):

LEP2
va0u:
year 2000, TPC S6 dead
va0e:
year 2000, TPC S6 ok
v99e:
year 1999
v98e:
year 1998
v97g:
year 1997
v99_4:
year 1999-2000, old processing
LEP1
v94c: year 1994, other versions are in preparation

currently supported internal generators (IGEN option):

qqps:
(igener 15), e+e- -> Z/gamma ->qqbar, using LUND lueevt JETSET 7.3 DELPHI
bbps:
(igener 15), e+e- -> Z/gamma ->bbbar, using LUND lueevt JETSET 7.3 DELPHI
baba:
(igener 14), e+e- -> Z/gamma ->ffbar, using BKJ generator MUSTRAAL
bafo:
(igener 14), e+e- -> Z/gamma ->ffbar, using BKJ generator MUSTRAAL
nunu:
(igener 14), e+e- -> Z/gamma ->ffbar, using BKJ generator MUSTRAAL
mumu:
(igener 14), e+e- -> Z/gamma ->ffbar, using BKJ generator MUSTRAAL
toto:
(igener 14), e+e- -> Z/gamma ->ffbar, using BKJ generator MUSTRAAL

global options:

LABO lab:
laboratory identifier, eg. CERN, RAL, SNAK, KARL ...
NRUN run:
run number, for random seeds
EBEAM ebea:
beam energy in GeV
NEVMAX nevt:
maximum number of events to be processed, default 1000000
GEXT filename:
external file to be processed
SIM:
delsim simulation only
ANA:
delana reconstruction, raw data input file to be provided via GEXT

running options:

SETUP setup:
"liq" or "gas", v93d and v92e only, default is "liq"
VIRT file:
virtual ddb file, default none
XMH mass:
Higgs boson mass, default 10.
TAUB time/1e-12:
(common) B lifetime, default is 1.6
FLIMOU size:
maximal delsim output file size (default 5000). Note that on ext2 partitions on Linux the maximal file size is limited to 2GB.
STITL title:
delsim title file to be used, defaults can be found in /afs/cern.ch/group/xx/delsim/${version}/dat
Note that for 93 and 92 the delsim default title file depends on the SETUP (liq or gas)
ATITL title:
delana title file to be used, defaults can be found in /afs/cern.ch/group/xx/delsim/${version}/dat

dstana processing

LONG:
if given, long dst will be produced instead of short dst, default is short dst. This option is only available for LEP1 versions
XSDST:
run xshort dst only, requires -GEXT fulldstfile
SDST:
run short dst only (LEP1 only), requires -GEXT fulldstfile
LDST:
run long dst only (LEP1 only), requires -GEXT fulldstfile

build options: not recommended

NOTE: Use this only if you really know what you are doing !
ACRA cradle:
delana cradle file to be used. The default is that no new executables are build. The complete code used can be found can be found in the source tree /afs/cern.ch/group/xx/delsim/${version}/src/car
SCRA cradle:
delsim cradle file to be used. The default is that no new executables are build. The complete code used can be found can be found in the source tree /afs/cern.ch/group/xx/delsim/${version}/src/car

runsim was written by J.v.Eldik and is currently maintained by U.Schwickerath
If you have questions or comments send them to delphi-core@cern.ch

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