<chapter name="Resources for New Users"> 
 
<h2>Resources for New Users</h2> 
 
<p>For a new user, getting started using an event generator can be a 
daunting task. PYTHIA attempts to describe all parts of high-energy 
collisions between several species of fundamental and composite 
particles, and must by definition contain many settings and 
possibilities, which are not neccesarily interesting or useful to a 
new user.</p> 
 
<p>PYTHIA therefore ships with several example programs, each 
highlighting one, or a few, aspects of the framework. All example 
programs are located in the <code>examples/</code> subdirectory, along 
with instructions on how to be run.</p> 
 
<p>A new user who is already familar with other event generators, 
might want to start reading through the description of the 
<aloc href="ProgramFlow">Program Flow</aloc>, and then proceed to browse 
through the <aloc href="ExampleKeywords">Example Main Programs</aloc>, 
to find the physics aspects the user desires to study.</p> 
 
<p>For completely new users, the separate 
<a href="../pdfdoc/worksheet8312.pdf" target="page"> 
PYTHIA 8.3 Worksheet</a>, offers a more suitable practical introduction.</p> 
 
</chapter> 
 
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