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HERWIG++(1) User Commands HERWIG++(1)

NAME

Herwig++ - Multi-purpose Monte-Carlo event generator for particle physics.

SYNOPSIS

Herwig++ (read|run) [OPTIONS]... [FILE]

DESCRIPTION

Herwig++ is a multi-purpose Monte-Carlo event generator for particle physics. See arXiv:0803.0883 for a detailed manual, or arXiv:1101.2599 for a more general description of the physics behind MC event generation.

One of the commands 'read' or 'run' is required:

read - reads an input file and creates a run file,
run - reads a run file and generates events.
Print help and exit
Print help, including hidden options, and exit
Print version and exit

Event generation options:

Number of events to generate.
The random number generator seed.
A tag to append to the run name. (default=`')
Set the ThePEG debug level.
Enable floating point exceptions. (default=off)
Disable event counter. (default=off)

Plugin library options:

Append a search path for dynamically loaded libraries.
Prepend a search path for dynamically loaded libraries.

AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Lifeng Sun <lifongsun@gmail.com> for the Debian system (but may be used by others).

June 2012 Herwig++