Software and Computing : PYTHIA: Understanding the event record
Example event record: only first 13 lines are showing here
Column 1: I -> Particle ID
Column 2: Particle -> Particle Name
Column 3: KS -> Particle state code
Ground rule: codes 1-10: Currently existing partons/particles
codes >10 : No longer existing particles/partons or other kind of event information
eg: 1 - An undecayed particle or unfragmened parton
11 - A decayed particle or fragmened parton
Column 4: KF -> Particle code
eg: 2212 -> P+
-1 ->dbar
Column 5: orig -> Particle ID of the Particle which originated from
Column 6,7,8 : Px,Py,Pz -> Paricle momentum in X,Y,and Z directions in GeV/c.
Column 9: E -> Energy of the particle in GeV.
Column 10: m -> Mass of the particle in GeV/c2
More details and description : Pythia manual 6.4: Chapter 5
How the event record works,
A few examples may help clarify the picture. For a single diffractive event ppbar -> pdiffrpbar,
the event record will start with
I K(I,1) (KF) K(I,2)(KS) K(I,3) (orig) comment
1 21 2212 0 incoming p
2 21 -2212 0 incoming p
========================= not part of record; appears in listings
3 21 9902210 1 outgoing pdiffr
4 21 -2212 2 outgoing p
========================= again not part of record
The typical QCD 2 ! 2 process would be
I K(I,1) (KF) K(I,2)(KS) K(I,3)(orig) comment
1 21 2212 0 incoming p
2 21 -2212 0 incoming p
=========================
3 21 2 1 u picked from incoming p
4 21 -1 2 d picked from incoming p
5 21 21 3 u evolved to g at hard scattering
6 21 -1 4 still d at hard scattering
7 21 21 0 outgoing g from hard scattering
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