Commands to run:

clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/JeffersonLab/aao_gen.git

Example usage to generate 1000 events with minimum xB 0.1 and minimum W2 of 3:

python3 aao_gen.py --xBmin 0.1 --w2min 3 --trig 1000

output datafile is in aao_gen.dat

To get command line options: ./aao_gen.py -h

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  --rad                 Uses radiative generator instead of nonradiative one,
                        CURRENTLY NOT WORKING (default: False)
  --physics_model PHYSICS_MODEL
                        Physics model: 1=A0, 4=MAID98, 5=MAID2000 (default: 5)
  --flag_ehel FLAG_EHEL
                        0= no polarized electron, 1=polarized electron
                        (default: 1)
  --npart NPART         number of particles in BOS banks: 2=(e-,h+),
                        3=(e-,h+,h0) (default: 3)
  --epirea EPIREA       final state hadron: 1=pi0, 3=pi+ (default: 1)
  --ebeam EBEAM         incident electron beam energy in GeV (default: 10.6)
  --q2min Q2MIN         minimum Q^2 limit in GeV^2 (default: 0.2)
  --q2max Q2MAX         maximum Q^2 limit in GeV^2 (default: 10.6)
  --epmin EPMIN         minimum scattered electron energy limits in GeV
                        (default: 0.2)
  --epmax EPMAX         maximum scattered electron energy limits in GeV
                        (default: 10.6)
  --fmcall FMCALL       factor to adjust the maximum cross section, used in
                        M.C. selection (default: 1.0)
  --boso BOSO           1=bos output, 0=no bos output (default: 1)
  --seed SEED           0= use unix timestamp from machine time to generate
                        seed, otherwise use given value as seed (default: 0)
  --trig TRIG           number of generated events (default: 10000)
  --precision PRECISION
                        Enter how close, in percent, you want the number of
                        filtered events to be relative to desired events
                        (default: 5)
  --maxloops MAXLOOPS   Enter the number of generation iteration loops
                        permitted to converge to desired number of events
                        (default: 10)
  --input_filename INPUT_FILENAME
                        filename for aao_norad (default: aao_norad_input.inp)
  --generator_exe_path GENERATOR_EXE_PATH
                        Path to generator executable (default: <path>/aao_norad/build/aao_norad.exe
                        )
  --xBmin XBMIN         minimum Bjorken X value (default: -1)
  --xBmax XBMAX         maximum Bjorken X value (default: 10)
  --w2min W2MIN         minimum w2 value, in GeV^2 (default: -1)
  --w2max W2MAX         maximum w2 value, in GeV^2 (default: 100)
  --tmin TMIN           minimum t value, in GeV^2 (default: -1)
  --tmax TMAX           maximum t value, in GeV^2 (default: 100)
  --filter_infile FILTER_INFILE
                        specify input lund file name. Currently only works for
                        4-particle final state DVPiP (default: aao_norad.lund)
  --filter_outfile FILTER_OUTFILE
                        specify processed lund output file name (default:
                        aao_gen.dat)
  --outdir OUTDIR       Specify full or relative path to output directory
                        final lund file (default: <path>/aao_gen/output/)
  -r                    Removes all files from output directory, if any
                        existed (default: False)
  --docker              this arguement is ignored, but needed for inclusion in
                        clas12-mcgen (default: False)

Instructions to build

##Move into the generator repository cd aao_gen/aao_norad/

Build the aao_norad generator executable

scons-2.7

cd into head of repository

cd ..

See all options for wrapper:

python3 aao_gen.py -h