[Rivet] Plots normalized to cross section

[Peter Skands]

Hi Rivet authors,

To clarify, Stefan is not asking to *replace* the current histograms by ones 
normalized to unity, but it could be a nice additional feature if one could get 
histograms normalized to unity *in addition* to the dimensionful ones. E.g., for 
the Drell-Yan pT spectrum, it feels a bit odd to have to look at the K-factor of 
1.4. Of course, we can modify our plotter so it does that as well - the question 
is only if it does not make sense to make it a capability already on the Rivet 
side - quite often, we are interested in 1/sigma dsigma/dO after all. You may 
well argue that this is trivial for people to do themselves. But then it should 
be trivial to do for you as well, ... ?

Cheers,
Peter

On 2/15/11 6:38 PM, Stefan Prestel wrote:
> Hi all,
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> I wanted to ask if it is possible to generate plots normalized to cross
> section for the standard analysis - without changing these. More
> precisely, rather than plotting d\sigma/dO, I would like to look at
> 1/\sigma d\sigma/dO. That would be quite useful for processes where
> k-factors are rather constant over phasespace and well-known, e.g. for
> Drell-Yan with somewhat large cut on the first jet, when comparing LO
> predictions with data.
>
> Is it possible to tell rivet to produce histograms in 1/\sigma d\sigma/dO
> (or maybe both varieties d\sigma/dO1 and 1/\sigma d\sigma/dO ?)? If not,
> is it likely that such  a feature will be added in a future release?
>
> Thanks a lot in advance,
> Stefan
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