## main233

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    // main233.cc is a part of the PYTHIA event generator.
    // Copyright (C) 2026 Torbjorn Sjostrand.
    // PYTHIA is licenced under the GNU GPL v2 or later, see COPYING for details.
    // Please respect the MCnet Guidelines, see GUIDELINES for details.

    // Authors:
    //            Steve Mrenna

    // Keywords:
    //            Event record
    //            Pythia 6
    //            Analysis
    //            Supersymmetry

    // Example how to create a copy of the event record, where the original one
    // is translated to another format, to meet various analysis needs.
    // In this specific case the idea is to set up the history information
    // of the underlying hard process to be close to the PYTHIA 6 structure.

    #include "Pythia8/Pythia.h"
    using namespace Pythia8;

    //==========================================================================

    void translate(Event&, Event&);

    //==========================================================================

    int main() {

      // Generator.
      Pythia pythia;

      // Shorthand for the event record in pythia.
      Event& event = pythia.event;

      // Read in commands from external file.
      pythia.readFile("main233.cmnd");

      // Extract settings to be used in the main program.
      int nEvent = pythia.mode("Main:numberOfEvents");
      int nAbort = pythia.mode("Main:timesAllowErrors");
      int nShow  = pythia.mode("Next:numberShowEvent");

      // If Pythia fails to initialize, exit with error.
      if (!pythia.init()) return 1;

      // Event record for hard interaction and resonance decays.
      Event hard;
      hard.init("(Pythia 6 conventions)", &pythia.particleData);

      // Begin event loop.
      int iAbort = 0;
      for (int iEvent = 0; iEvent < nEvent; ++iEvent) {

        // Generate events. Quit if many failures.
        if (!pythia.next()) {
          if (++iAbort < nAbort) continue;
          cout << " Event generation aborted prematurely, owing to error!\n";
          break;
        }

        // Reset record for this event. List first few.
        translate( event, hard );
        if (iEvent < nShow) hard.list();

      // End of event loop.
      }

      // Final statistics.
      pythia.stat();

      // Done.
      return 0;
    }

    //==========================================================================

    // Routine to identify the hard process of the event after
    // accounting for the affects of ISR and resonance decay.

    void translate(Event& event, Event& hard) {

        // Reset translated event record.
        hard.reset();

        // Identify primordial partons with kT smearing.
        int iL1 = event[1].daughter1();
        int iL2 = event[2].daughter1();
        int iLast = min(iL1,iL2);

        // Identify initial hard partons.
        int iP1 = 3;
        int iP2 = 4;
        int iEv=-1;

        // Counters to identify ISR radiator, recoil, and radiation.
        int i41 = 0, i42 = 0, i43 = 0;
        while ( iEv < iLast ) {
          iEv++;

          // Identify hard process by status in the 20s.
          int iStatus = event[iEv].status();
          if ( abs(iStatus) > 20 && abs(iStatus) < 30 ) {
            hard.append(event[iEv]);
            if ( iStatus==-21 ) {
              hard[hard.size()-1].mothers(0,0);
            } else {
              hard[hard.size()-1].mothers(1,2);
            }
            continue;
          }

          // Follow the flow of the hard event.
          int iDa1 = event[iEv].daughter2();
          // Test to determine origin of this shower.
          bool hardTest = (iDa1 == iP1) || (iDa1 == iP2);
          // Status -41 is the ISR radiator
          // Status -42 is the ISR recoil
          // Status -61 is the primordial parton with kT smearing
          // Status -53 is a recoil in initial-final dipole radiation
          if ( iStatus == -41 && hardTest ) {
            i41 = iEv;
          } else if ( iStatus == -42 && hardTest ) {
            i42 = iEv;
          } else if ( iStatus == -61 && hardTest ) {
            if ( i41 == 0 ) {
              i41 = iEv;
            } else {
              i42 = iEv;
            }
          } else if ( iStatus == -53 ) {
            if ( iDa1 == iP1 ) {
              iP1 = iEv;
            } else if ( iDa1 == iP2 ) {
              iP2 = iEv;
            }
          }

          if ( !(i41 > 0 && i42 > 0) ) continue;
          int ik2 = event[i41].daughter2();
          int ik1 = event[i42].daughter2();

          if ( event[ik2].pz() > 0 ) {
            int iTemp=ik1;
            ik1=ik2;
            ik2=iTemp;
          }

          // Boost to CM frame of hard partons.
          RotBstMatrix toCMS;
          toCMS.toCMframe(event[ik1].p(),event[ik2].p());

          // Momentum of off-shell incoming parton.
          i43 = event[i41].daughter1();
          Vec4 pBoost = event[i41].p()-event[i43].p();
          RotBstMatrix toHard;
          if ( event[i41].pz() > 0 ) {
            toHard.fromCMframe(pBoost,event[i42].p());
          } else {
            toHard.fromCMframe(event[i42].p(),pBoost);
          }

          // Boost to CM frame of old initiators,
          // then boost from frame of new initiators.
          for( int i = 0; i< hard.size(); ++i ) {
            hard[i].rotbst(toCMS);
            hard[i].rotbst(toHard);
          }

          // Update counter to location of new parton.
          iEv = i43;
          // Update event history.
          iDa1 = event[i41].daughter2();
          if ( iDa1 == iP1 ) {
            iP1 = i41;
            iP2 = i42;
          } else {
            iP2 = i41;
            iP1 = i42;
          }
          i41=0; i42=0;

        }

        // Handle kT smearing of initial partons.
        RotBstMatrix ref0, ref1;
        if ( event[iP1].pz() > 0 ) {
          ref0.toCMframe(event[iP1].p(),event[iP2].p());
        } else {
          ref0.toCMframe(event[iP2].p(),event[iP1].p());
        }
        if ( event[iL1].pz() > 0 ) {
          ref1.fromCMframe(event[iL1].p(),event[iL2].p());
        } else {
          ref1.fromCMframe(event[iL2].p(),event[iL1].p());
        }
        for( int i=0; i< hard.size(); ++i ) {
          hard[i].rotbst(ref0);
          hard[i].rotbst(ref1);
        }

        hard[1].daughters(3,hard.size()-1);
        hard[2].daughters(3,hard.size()-1);
        int iMax = hard.size();

        // Add resonance decays; start here.
        for( int i = 3; i < iMax && i < event.size(); ++i ) {
          int ilast = -1;
          int ida1, ida2 = -1;
          if ( hard[i].status()!=-22 ) {
            hard[i].statusPos();
            continue;
          }
          if ( hard[i].mother1()==3 ) {
            ilast = hard[i].daughter1();
            ida1 = event[ilast].daughter1();
            ida2 = event[ilast].daughter2();
          } else {
            ilast = i;
            ida1 = hard[ilast].daughter1();
            ida2 = hard[ilast].daughter2();
          }

          // Resonance decays occur when there are multiple daughters and
          // it is NOT FSR.
          while( ilast > 0 && ilast < event.size() ) {
            if ( ida1 != ida2 && event[ida1].status() != -51 ) break;
            ilast = ida1;
            ida1 = event[ilast].daughter1();
            ida2 = event[ilast].daughter2();
          }

          // Add daughters to the event record, boosting to the frame
          // of the mother.
          if ( ilast > 0 ) {
            Vec4 pall = Vec4(0,0,0,0);
            for(int ida = ida1; ida <= ida2; ++ida) {
              pall += event[ida].p();
            }
            RotBstMatrix toResonance;
            toResonance.bst( pall, hard[i].p() );
            int nDau = 0;
            for(int ida = ida1; ida <= ida2; ++ida) {
              Particle tmp = Particle(event[ida]);
              tmp.rotbst(toResonance);
              hard.append( tmp );
              hard[hard.size()-1].mothers(i,i);
              iMax++;
              nDau++;
            }
            int ip1 = hard.size() - nDau;
            hard[i].daughters(ip1,ip1+nDau-1);
          }
        }
    }