LHAPDF C++ wrapper  5.4
/examples/CCTest2.cc

An example of a program using the C++ interface to LHAPDF to calculate PDF errors.

// Program to demonstrate usage of the MRST 2006 NNLO PDFs. //
// to calculate errors. //
#include "LHAPDF/LHAPDF.h"
#include <iostream>
#include <cmath>
#include <cstdio>
#include <cstdlib>
using namespace std;
using namespace LHAPDF;
double logdist_x(double xmin, double xmax, size_t ix, size_t nx) {
const double log10xmin = log10(xmin);
const double log10xmax = log10(xmax);
const double log10x = log10xmin + (ix/static_cast<double>(nx-1))*(log10xmax-log10xmin);
const double x = pow(10.0, log10x);
return x;
}
int main() {
// Show initialisation banner only once
setVerbosity(LOWKEY); // or SILENT, for no banner at all
// You could explicitly set the path to the PDFsets directory
// setPDFPath("/home/whalley/local/share/lhapdf/PDFsets");
// Initialize PDF sets
const string NAME = "MRST2006nnlo";
initPDFSetM(1, NAME, LHGRID);
initPDFSetM(2, NAME, LHGRID);
initPDFSetM(3, NAME, LHGRID);
// Find the number of eigensets from numberPDF()
const int neigen = numberPDFM(1)/2;
cout << "Number of eigensets in this fit = " << neigen << endl;
// Find the min and max values of x and Q2
const double xmin = getXmin(0);
const double xmax = getXmax(0);
cout << "Valid x-range = [" << xmin << ", " << xmax << "]" << endl;
// Number of x values to sample
const int nx = 10;
// Set the Q scale and flavour
double q = 10;
int flav = 4;
// Get x's and central PDF values
initPDFM(1, 0);
vector<double> fc(nx), x(nx);
for (int ix = 0; ix < nx; ++ix) {
x[ix] = logdist_x(xmin, 0.9*xmax, ix, nx);
fc[ix] = xfxM(1, x[ix], q, flav);
}
// Sum over error contributions (two ways, depending on how LHDPAF was compiled)
vector<double> summax(nx), summin(nx), sum(nx);
#ifndef LHAPDF_LOWMEM
// This is the normal, efficient, way to do this, with the error
// sets being initialised the minimum number of times
cout << "Using efficient set looping" << endl;
for (int ieigen = 1; ieigen <= neigen; ++ieigen) {
initPDFM(2, 2*ieigen-1);
initPDFM(3, 2*ieigen);
for (int ix = 0; ix < nx; ++ix) {
// Find central and plus/minus values
const double fp = xfxM(2, x[ix], q, flav);
const double fm = xfxM(3, x[ix], q, flav);
// Construct shifts
const double plus = max(max(fp-fc[ix], fm-fc[ix]),0.0);
const double minus = min(min(fp-fc[ix], fm-fc[ix]),0.0);
const double diff = fp-fm;
// Add it together
summax[ix] += plus*plus;
summin[ix] += minus*minus;
sum[ix] += diff*diff;
}
}
#else
// In low memory mode, the sets need to be re-initialised with every
// change of member. Using the approach above gives wrong answers, and
// reinitialising in all the nested loops is sloooooow! The best way is
// to calculate the values, plus and minus errors separately.
cout << "Using low-mem mode set looping" << endl;
for (int ieigen = 1; ieigen <= neigen; ++ieigen) {
vector<double> fp(nx), fm(nx);
initPDFM(2, 2*ieigen-1);
for (int ix = 0; ix < nx; ++ix) {
fp[ix] = xfxM(2, x[ix], q, flav);
}
initPDFM(3, 2*ieigen);
for (int ix = 0; ix < nx; ++ix) {
fm[ix] = xfxM(3, x[ix], q, flav);
}
for (int ix = 0; ix < nx; ++ix) {
// Construct shifts
const double plus = max(max(fp[ix]-fc[ix], fm[ix]-fc[ix]), 0.0);
const double minus = min(min(fp[ix]-fc[ix], fm[ix]-fc[ix]), 0.0);
const double diff = fp[ix]-fm[ix];
// Add it together
summax[ix] += plus*plus;
summin[ix] += minus*minus;
sum[ix] += diff*diff;
}
}
#endif
// Print out results
cout << "flavour = " << flav << " Asymmetric (%) Symmetric (%)" << endl;
cout << " x Q**2 xf(x) plus minus +- " << endl;
for (int ix = 0; ix < nx; ++ix) {
printf("%0.7f %.0f %10.2E %8.2f %8.2f %8.2f \n",
x[ix], q*q, fc[ix],
sqrt(summax[ix])*100/fc[ix],
sqrt(summin[ix])*100/fc[ix],
0.5*sqrt(sum[ix])*100/fc[ix]);
}
return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}
#include "FortranWrappers.h"
#ifdef FC_DUMMY_MAIN
int FC_DUMMY_MAIN() { return 1; }
#endif