[Rivet-svn] r3843 - schools/2012-CERN/handouts/day1

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Author: hoeth
Date: Mon Jul 23 15:40:41 2012
New Revision: 3843

Log:
day 1 handouts for Sherpa and Pythia, plus VBox instructions

Added:
   schools/2012-CERN/handouts/day1/Py-day1_8160.pdf   (contents, props changed)
   schools/2012-CERN/handouts/day1/Sh-day1.tex
      - copied, changed from r3842, schools/2011-Kyoto/handouts/day1/Sh-day1.tex
   schools/2012-CERN/handouts/day1/ipppcompcourse.cls
      - copied, changed from r3842, schools/2011-Kyoto/handouts/day1/ipppcompcourse.cls
   schools/2012-CERN/handouts/day1/ipppcompcourse.sty
      - copied unchanged from r3842, schools/2011-Kyoto/handouts/day1/ipppcompcourse.sty
Modified:
   schools/2012-CERN/handouts/day1/VBoxStartInstructions.tex

Added: schools/2012-CERN/handouts/day1/Py-day1_8160.pdf
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Copied and modified: schools/2012-CERN/handouts/day1/Sh-day1.tex (from r3842, schools/2011-Kyoto/handouts/day1/Sh-day1.tex)
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--- schools/2011-Kyoto/handouts/day1/Sh-day1.tex	Wed Jul 18 14:40:46 2012	(r3842, copy source)
+++ schools/2012-CERN/handouts/day1/Sh-day1.tex	Mon Jul 23 15:40:41 2012	(r3843)
@@ -6,12 +6,9 @@
 \usepackage{url}
 
 \setlength{\parindent}{0in}
-\newcommand{\done}{{\rm d}}
-\newcommand{\nnb}{\nonumber}
-
 
 %opening
-\title{IPMU-YITP School 2011 Tutorials: \\ Day 1 Sherpa -- W+Jets}
+\title{MCnet-LPCC School 2012 Tutorials: \\ Day 1 Sherpa -- W+Jets}
 \date{}
 
 \begin{document}
@@ -52,7 +49,7 @@
 desired simulation.
 Instructions for properly constructing these files are given in
 the Sherpa manual
-(\url{http://projects.hepforge.org/sherpa/doc/SHERPA-MC-1.3.0.html}),
+(\url{http://sherpa.hepforge.org/doc/SHERPA-MC-1.4.0.html}),
 but for now we will discuss a couple of the most important features.
 
 In the ``processes'' section of the Run.dat file, the hard scattering processes
@@ -91,12 +88,11 @@
 When you run Sherpa for the first time, it will integrate the cross sections.
 Depending on the hard processes specified in the run card this may take a
 rather long time. The integration results can be saved and re-used in later
-runs, for this the directory {\tt Results} has to be created before running
-Sherpa. If you want to use a different directory, you can define it in the run
-card by setting the parameter {\tt RESULT\_DIRECTORY}. \textbf{Warning:} When
-you change relevant parameters in
-{\tt Run.dat} these integration results will have to be deleted such that they
-get re-generated.
+runs; by default a directory {\tt Results} is created. If you want to
+use a different directory, you can define it in the run card by setting
+the parameter {\tt RESULT\_DIRECTORY}. \textbf{Warning:} When you change
+relevant parameters in {\tt Run.dat} these integration results will have
+to be deleted such that they get re-generated.
 
 Now it is time to run Sherpa. This is as easy as typing
 
@@ -191,10 +187,9 @@
 \subsection{Change the PDF}
 
 As Sherpa is using the {\tt LHAPDF} package as an interface to PDFs, it is
-simple to switch to a different PDF than the default {\tt cteq6.6m}. The
-parameter
-to modify is called PDF\_SET and the available PDF sets can be seen in the
-directory {\tt /opt/share/lhapdf/PDFsets}. Such a change
+simple to switch to a different PDF than the default {\tt CT10}. The
+parameter to modify is called PDF\_SET and the available PDF sets can be
+seen in the directory {\tt /opt/MCnet/lhapdf-pdfsets}. Such a change
 will also have an effect on the cross section.
 
 \subsection{Turn on underlying event}
@@ -205,7 +200,7 @@
 \subsection{Changing more parameters}
 
 Take a look at the Sherpa manual
-(\url{http://projects.hepforge.org/sherpa/doc/SHERPA-MC-1.3.0.html}) to find
+(\url{http://sherpa.hepforge.org/doc/SHERPA-MC-1.4.0.html}) to find
 more
 information about the different options in event generation. 
 

Modified: schools/2012-CERN/handouts/day1/VBoxStartInstructions.tex
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--- schools/2012-CERN/handouts/day1/VBoxStartInstructions.tex	Wed Jul 18 14:40:46 2012	(r3842)
+++ schools/2012-CERN/handouts/day1/VBoxStartInstructions.tex	Mon Jul 23 15:40:41 2012	(r3843)
@@ -4,18 +4,18 @@
 
 \begin{document}
 \begin{itemize}
-  \item Unzip the disk image (3 GB needed!)
+  \item Unzip the disk image (4 GB needed!)
   \item Start VirtualBox, click ``New'' \\
-        Name: MCTutorials             \\
-        OS Type: Linux - Ubuntu
+        Name: MCnet                     \\
+        OS Type: Linux -- Ubuntu
   \item Memory: $\ge$ 1024 MB
   \item Virtual Hard Disk: Use existing hard disk \\
-        Click folder symbol, choose the disk image ``MCnetTutorial.vdi''
+        Click folder symbol, choose the disk image ``MCnet.vdi''
   \item Check the summary, then ``Create''
-  \item In the ``VirtualBox Manager'', select ``MCTutorials'' and click 
+  \item In the ``VirtualBox Manager'', select ``MCnet'' and click 
         ``Start'' in the top row.
-  \item Once the machine is up, run LXkeymap to choose your 
-        keyboard layout.
+  \item Once the machine is up, run LXkeymap (in the task bar) to choose
+        your keyboard layout.
   \item The setups and instructions for the individual tutorials will
         be distributed at the school.
 \end{itemize}

Copied and modified: schools/2012-CERN/handouts/day1/ipppcompcourse.cls (from r3842, schools/2011-Kyoto/handouts/day1/ipppcompcourse.cls)
==============================================================================
--- schools/2011-Kyoto/handouts/day1/ipppcompcourse.cls	Wed Jul 18 14:40:46 2012	(r3842, copy source)
+++ schools/2012-CERN/handouts/day1/ipppcompcourse.cls	Mon Jul 23 15:40:41 2012	(r3843)
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@
 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
 
 \AtBeginDocument{
-  IPMU-YITP School on Monte Carlo\hfill Tutorial session 1\newline
-  Kyoto 2011 \hfill  %{\footnotesize Luca d'Errico, Stefan
+  MCnet-LPCC School on Monte Carlo\hfill Tutorial session 1\newline
+  CERN 2012 \hfill  %{\footnotesize Luca d'Errico, Stefan
                           %Gieseke, David Grellscheid, Keith
                           %Hamilton,}
 \newline{}

Copied: schools/2012-CERN/handouts/day1/ipppcompcourse.sty (from r3842, schools/2011-Kyoto/handouts/day1/ipppcompcourse.sty)
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--- /dev/null	00:00:00 1970	(empty, because file is newly added)
+++ schools/2012-CERN/handouts/day1/ipppcompcourse.sty	Mon Jul 23 15:40:41 2012	(r3843, copy of r3842, schools/2011-Kyoto/handouts/day1/ipppcompcourse.sty)
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+\ProvidesPackage{ipppcompcourse}
+\RequirePackage{xspace,fancyvrb,url,amsmath,amssymb}
+
+\DeclareRobustCommand{\bsl}{\char`\\}
+\DeclareRobustCommand{\tld}{\char`\~}
+\DeclareRobustCommand{\pipe}{\cmd{|}}
+\DeclareRobustCommand{\ampr}{\cmd{\&}}
+\DeclareRobustCommand{\hash}{\char`\#}
+\DeclareRobustCommand{\spc}{\textvisiblespace}
+\DeclareRobustCommand{\dblpipe}{\cmd{||}\xspace}
+\DeclareRobustCommand{\dblampr}{\cmd{\&\&}\xspace}
+
+\DeclareRobustCommand{\cmd}[1]{\texttt{#1}}
+\DeclareRobustCommand{\kbd}[1]{\texttt{#1}}
+\DeclareRobustCommand{\gen}[1]{\emph{\textless{#1}\textgreater\xspace}}
+\DeclareRobustCommand{\var}[1]{\texttt{\textdollar#1}}
+\DeclareRobustCommand{\escvar}[1]{\texttt{\textdollar\{#1\}}}
+\DeclareRobustCommand{\outp}[1]{\textsf{#1}}
+\DeclareRobustCommand{\inp}[1]{\outp{\textdollar} \cmd{#1}}
+
+\DeclareRobustCommand{\texcmd}[1]{\texttt{\char`\\#1}} 
+\DeclareRobustCommand{\texenv}[1]{\texttt{\char`#1}} 
+\DeclareRobustCommand{\texopt}[1]{\texttt{\char`#1}}
+\DeclareRobustCommand{\texpkg}[1]{\texttt{\char`#1}}
+\DeclareRobustCommand{\texcls}[1]{\texttt{\char`#1}}
+\DeclareRobustCommand{\texarg}[1]{\texttt{\char`#1}}
+\DeclareRobustCommand{\texcommand}[1]{\texcmd{#1}} 
+\DeclareRobustCommand{\texoption}[1]{\texopt{#1}}
+\newenvironment{snippet}{\Verbatim}{\endVerbatim}
+
+\DeclareRobustCommand{\smile}{\cmd{:)}\xspace}
+\DeclareRobustCommand{\frown}{\cmd{:(}\xspace}
+
+%% C++
+\DeclareRobustCommand{\Rplus}{\protect\nolinebreak\hspace{-.01em}\protect\raisebox{.25ex}{\small\textbf{+}}}
+\DeclareRobustCommand{\plusplus}{\Rplus\Rplus}
+%\DeclareRobustCommand{\PP}{\plusplus}
+\DeclareRobustCommand{\PP}{++}
+%\DeclareRobustCommand{\CC}{C\plusplus\xspace}
+\DeclareRobustCommand{\CC}{C\PP\xspace}