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Pythia AlphaStrong setting in datacard
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Description
Pythia has two entries for alphaStrong:
ParticleData:alphaSmZ
SigmaProcess:alphaSvalue
since alphaS enters only at NLO and in the shower, is it correct/sufficient to set only alphaSmZ?
If not revisit the dictionary scheme in Pythia,py .....
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Research direction
Start in Pythia,py and inspect how alphaSmZ and alphaSvalue are represented in the datacard dictionary. Check whether setting only alphaSmZ is sufficient for the NLO and shower uses described in the issue; done means resolving that question and updating the dictionary scheme if needed.
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- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- tooling
- Issue type
- Refactor
- Difficulty
- 5/5
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- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100