PowhegLesHouchesFileReader.cxx

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/*
  Copyright (C) 2002-2025 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration
*/
// -*- C++ -*-
//
// powhegLesHouchesFileReader.cc - (c) Silvia Ferrario Ravasio and Tomas Jezo
// inspired by LesHouchesFileReader.cc which is a part of ThePEG
//
 
#if __GNUC__ >= 12
// Suppress a gcc12 false positive
#pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wuse-after-free"
#endif
 
#include "Herwig7_i/PowhegLesHouchesFileReader.h"
#include "ThePEG/Interface/ClassDocumentation.h"
#include "ThePEG/Interface/Reference.h"
#include "ThePEG/Interface/Switch.h"
#include "ThePEG/Interface/Parameter.h"
#include "ThePEG/Utilities/Throw.h"
#include "ThePEG/PDT/DecayMode.h"
#include "ThePEG/Persistency/PersistentOStream.h"
#include "ThePEG/Persistency/PersistentIStream.h"
#include "ThePEG/LesHouches/LesHouchesReader.fh"
#include "ThePEG/LesHouches/LesHouchesFileReader.h"
#include "ThePEG/LesHouches/LesHouchesFileReader.fh"
 
#include <sstream>
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <regex>
#include <iterator>
 
using namespace ThePEG;
using namespace std;
 
int maxev;
int numweights;
int radtype;
double upbfact[2] = {1., 1.};   /*Corrective factors in case upper bound violations are computed, they depend on radtype */
 
powhegLesHouchesFileReader::
powhegLesHouchesFileReader(const powhegLesHouchesFileReader & x)
  : LesHouchesReader(x), m_neve(x.m_neve), m_ieve(0),
    m_LHFVersion(x.m_LHFVersion), m_outsideBlock(x.m_outsideBlock),
    m_headerBlock(x.m_headerBlock), m_initComments(x.m_initComments),
    m_initAttributes(x.m_initAttributes), m_eventComments(x.m_eventComments),
    m_eventAttributes(x.m_eventAttributes),
    m_theFileName(x.m_theFileName), m_theQNumbers(x.m_theQNumbers),
    m_theIncludeFxFxTags(x.m_theIncludeFxFxTags),
    m_theIncludeCentral(x.m_theIncludeCentral),
    m_theDecayer(x.m_theDecayer) {}
 
powhegLesHouchesFileReader::~powhegLesHouchesFileReader() {}
 
IBPtr powhegLesHouchesFileReader::clone() const {
  return new_ptr(*this);
}
 
IBPtr powhegLesHouchesFileReader::fullclone() const {
  return new_ptr(*this);
}
 
bool powhegLesHouchesFileReader::preInitialize() const {
  return true;
}
 
void powhegLesHouchesFileReader::doinit() {
  LesHouchesReader::doinit();
 
  // are we using QNUMBERS
  if(!m_theQNumbers) return;
  // parse the header block and create 
  // any new particles needed in QNUMBERS blocks
  string block = m_headerBlock;
  string line  = "";
  bool readingSLHA = false;
  int (*pf)(int) = tolower;
  unsigned int newNumber(0);
  do {
    line  = StringUtils::car(block,"\r\n");
    block = StringUtils::cdr(block,"\r\n");
    if(line[0]=='#') continue;
    // are we reading the SLHA block
    if(readingSLHA) {
      // reached the end of slha block 
      if(line.find("</slha") != string::npos) {
    readingSLHA = false;
    break;
      }
      // remove trailing comment from line
      vector<string> split = StringUtils::split(line,"#");
      // check for a qnumbers block
      transform(split[0].begin(), split[0].end(), split[0].begin(), pf);
      // if not contine
      if(split[0].find("block qnumbers")==string::npos)
    continue;
      // get name from comment
      string name;
      if(split.size()>=2) {
    name = StringUtils::stripws(split[1]);
      }
      else {
    ++newNumber;
    ostringstream tname;
    tname << "NP" << newNumber;
    name = tname.str();
      }
      // extract the PDG code
      split = StringUtils::split(split[0]," ");
      istringstream is(split[2]);
      long PDGCode(0);
      is >> PDGCode;
      // get the charge, spin, colour and whether an antiparticle
      int charge(0),spin(0),colour(0),anti(0);
      for(unsigned int ix=0;ix<4;++ix) {
    line = StringUtils::car(block,"\r\n");
    block = StringUtils::cdr(block,"\r\n");
    int dummy[2];
    istringstream is(line);
    is >> dummy[0] >> dummy[1];
    switch (dummy[0]) {
    case 1:
      charge = dummy[1];
      break;
    case 2:
      spin   = dummy[1];
      break;
    case 3:
      colour = dummy[1];
      break;
    case 4:
      anti   = dummy[1];
      break;
    default:
      assert(false);
    }
      }
      // check if particles already exist
      PDPair newParticle;
      newParticle.first = getParticleData(PDGCode);
      if(newParticle.first) Throw<SetupException>()
                  << "Particle with PDG code " << PDGCode 
                  << " whose creation was requested in a QNUMBERS Block"
                  << " already exists. Retaining the original particle" 
                  << Exception::warning;
      if(anti) {
    newParticle.second = getParticleData(-PDGCode);
    if(newParticle.second) Throw<SetupException>()
                 << "Anti-particle with PDG code " << -PDGCode 
                 << " whose creation was requested in a QNUMBERS Block"
                 << " already exists. Retaining the original particle" 
                 << Exception::warning;
    if(( newParticle.first  && !newParticle.second ) ||
       ( newParticle.second && !newParticle.first  ) )
      Throw<SetupException>()
        << "Either particle or anti-particle with PDG code " << PDGCode 
        << " whose creation was requested in a QNUMBERS Block"
        << " already exists, but not both the particle and antiparticle. "
        << " Something dodgy here stopping" 
        << Exception::runerror;
      }
      // already exists continue
      if(newParticle.first) continue;
      // create the particles
      // particle with no anti particle
      if( anti == 0 ) {
    // construct the name
    if(name=="") {
      ostringstream temp;
      temp << PDGCode;
      name = temp.str(); 
    }
    // create the ParticleData object
    newParticle.first = ParticleData::Create(PDGCode,name);
      }
      // particle anti-particle pair
      else {
    // construct the names
    string nameAnti;
    if(name=="") {
      ostringstream temp;
      temp << PDGCode;
      name = temp.str(); 
      ostringstream temp2;
      temp << -PDGCode;
      nameAnti = temp2.str(); 
    }
    else {
      nameAnti=name;
          auto swapSign=[](char & t){
            if (t=='-') t= '+';
            else if (t=='+') t= '-';
          };
          std::for_each(nameAnti.begin(),nameAnti.end(), swapSign);
      if(nameAnti==name) nameAnti += "bar";
    }
    // create the ParticleData objects
    newParticle = ParticleData::Create(PDGCode,name,nameAnti);
      }
      // set the particle properties
      if(colour==1) colour = 0;
      newParticle.first->iColour(PDT::Colour(colour));
      newParticle.first->iSpin  (PDT::Spin  (spin  ));
      newParticle.first->iCharge(PDT::Charge(charge));
      // register it
      generator()->preinitRegister(newParticle.first,
                   "/Herwig/Particles/"+newParticle.first->PDGName());
      // set the antiparticle properties
      if(newParticle.second) {
    if(colour==3||colour==6) colour *= -1;
    charge = -charge;
    newParticle.second->iColour(PDT::Colour(colour));
    newParticle.second->iSpin  (PDT::Spin  (spin  ));
    newParticle.second->iCharge(PDT::Charge(charge));
    // register it
    generator()->preinitRegister(newParticle.second,
                     "/Herwig/Particles/"+newParticle.second->PDGName());
      }
    }
    // start of SLHA block ?
    else if(line.find("<slha") != string::npos) {
      readingSLHA = true;
    }
  }
  while(line!="");
  // now set any masses/decay modes
  block = m_headerBlock;
  line="";
  readingSLHA=false;
  bool ok=true;
  do {
    line = StringUtils::car(block,"\r\n");
    block = StringUtils::cdr(block,"\r\n");
    // are we reading the SLHA block
    if(readingSLHA) {
      // reached the end?
      if(line.starts_with("</slha")) {
    readingSLHA = false;
    break;
      }
      // make lower case
      transform(line.begin(),line.end(),line.begin(), pf);
      // found the mass block ?
      if(line.find("block mass")!=string::npos) {
    // read it
    line = StringUtils::car(block,"\r\n");
    // check not at end
    while(line[0] != 'D' && line[0] != 'B' &&
          line[0] != 'd' && line[0] != 'b' &&
          line    != "") {
      // skip comment lines
      if(line[0] == '#') {
        block = StringUtils::cdr(block,"\r\n");
        line = StringUtils::car(block,"\r\n");
        continue;
      }
      // get the mass and PGD code
      istringstream temp(line);
      long id;
      double mass;
      temp >> id >> mass;
      // skip resetting masses on SM particles
      // as it can cause problems later on in event generation
      if(std::abs(id) <= 6 || (std::abs(id) >= 11 && std::abs(id) <= 16) ||
         std::abs(id) == 23 || std::abs(id) == 24) {
        block = StringUtils::cdr(block,"\r\n");
        line = StringUtils::car(block,"\r\n");
        continue;
      }
      // magnitude of mass for susy models
      mass = abs(mass);
      // set the mass
      tPDPtr particle = getParticleData(id);
      if(!particle) throw SetupException() 
              << "powhegLesHouchesFileReader::doinit() - Particle with PDG code not"
              << id << " not found." << Exception::runerror;
      const InterfaceBase * ifb = BaseRepository::FindInterface(particle,
                                    "NominalMass");
      ostringstream os;
      os << mass;
      ifb->exec(*particle, "set", os.str());
      // read the next line
      block = StringUtils::cdr(block,"\r\n");
      line = StringUtils::car(block,"\r\n");
    }; 
      }
      // found a decay block
      else if(line.starts_with("decay")) {
    // get PGD code and width
    istringstream iss(line);
    string dummy;
    long parent(0);
    Energy width(ZERO);
    iss >> dummy >> parent >> iunit(width, GeV);
    // get the ParticleData object
    PDPtr inpart = getParticleData(parent);
    if(!inpart)  {
      throw SetupException() 
        << "powhegLesHouchesFileReader::doinit() - A ParticleData object with the PDG code "
        << parent << " does not exist. " << Exception::runerror;
      return;
    }
    if ( std::abs(inpart->id()) == 6 || 
         std::abs(inpart->id()) == 15 || 
         std::abs(inpart->id()) == 23 || 
         std::abs(inpart->id()) == 24 || 
         std::abs(inpart->id()) == 25 ) {
      Throw<SetupException>() << "\n"
        "************************************************************************\n"
        "* Your LHE file changes the width of " << inpart->PDGName() << ".\n"
        "* This can cause serious problems in the event generation!\n"
        "************************************************************************\n"
        "\n" << Exception::warning;
    }
    else if (inpart->width() > ZERO && width <= ZERO) {
      Throw<SetupException>() << "\n"
        "************************************************************************\n"
        "* Your LHE file zeroes the non-zero width of " << inpart->PDGName() << ".\n"
        "* If " << inpart->PDGName() << " is a decaying SM particle,\n"
        "*     this can cause serious problems in the event generation!\n"
        "************************************************************************\n"
                  "\n" << Exception::warning;
    }
    // set the width
    inpart->width(width);
    if( width > ZERO ) {
      inpart->cTau(hbarc/width);
      inpart->widthCut(5.*width);
      inpart->stable(false);
    }
    // construct prefix for DecayModes
    string prefix(inpart->name() + "->"), tag(prefix),line("");
    unsigned int nmode(0);
    // read any decay modes
    line = StringUtils::car(block,"\r\n");
    while(line[0] != 'D' && line[0] != 'B' &&
          line[0] != 'd' && line[0] != 'b' && 
          line[0] != '<' && line    != "") {
      // skip comments
      if(line[0] == '#') {
        block = StringUtils::cdr(block,"\r\n");
        line = StringUtils::car(block,"\r\n");
        continue;
      }
      // read decay mode and construct the tag
      istringstream is(line);
      double brat(0.);
      unsigned int nda(0),npr(0);
      is >> brat >> nda;
      while( true ) {
        long t;
        is >> t;
        if( is.fail() ) break; 
        if( t == std::abs(parent) )
          throw SetupException() 
        << "An error occurred while read a decay of the " 
        << inpart->PDGName() << ". One of its products has the same PDG code "
        << "as the parent particle in powhegLesHouchesFileReader::doinit()."
        << " Please check the Les Houches file.\n"
        << Exception::runerror;
        tcPDPtr p = getParticleData(t);
        if( !p )
          throw SetupException()
        << "powhegLesHouchesFileReader::doinit() -"
        << " An unknown PDG code has been encounterd "
        << "while reading a decay mode. ID: " << t
        << Exception::runerror;
        ++npr;
        tag += p->name() + ",";
      }
      if( npr != nda )
        throw SetupException()
          << "powhegLesHouchesFileReader::doinit() - While reading a decay of the " 
          << inpart->PDGName() << " from an SLHA file, an inconsistency "
          << "between the number of decay products and the value in "
          << "the 'NDA' column was found. Please check if the spectrum "
          << "file is correct.\n"
          << Exception::warning;
      // create the DecayMode
      if( npr > 1 ) {
        if( nmode==0 ) {
          generator()->preinitInterface(inpart, "VariableRatio" , "set","false");
          if(inpart->massGenerator()) {
        ok = false;
        Throw<SetupException>()
          << inpart->PDGName() << " already has a MassGenerator set"
          << " this is incompatible with using QNUMBERS "
          << "Use\n"
          << "set " << inpart->fullName() << ":Mass_generator NULL\n"
          << "to fix this." << Exception::warning;
          }
          if(inpart->widthGenerator()) {
        ok = false;
        Throw<SetupException>()
          << inpart->PDGName() << " already has a WidthGenerator set"
          << " this is incompatible with using QNUMBERS "
          << "Use\n"
          << "set " << inpart->fullName() << ":Width_generator NULL\n"
          << "to fix this." << Exception::warning;
          }
          unsigned int ntemp=0;
          for(DecaySet::const_iterator dit = inpart->decayModes().begin();
          dit != inpart->decayModes().end(); ++dit ) {
        if((**dit).on()) ++ntemp;
          }
          if(ntemp!=0) {
        ok = false;
        Throw<SetupException>()
          << inpart->PDGName() << " already has DecayModes"
          << " this is incompatible with using QNUMBERS "
          << "Use\n"
          << "do " << inpart->fullName() << ":SelectDecayModes none\n" 
          << " to fix this." << Exception::warning;
          }
        }
        inpart->stable(false);
        tag.replace(tag.size() - 1, 1, ";");
        DMPtr dm = generator()->findDecayMode(tag);
        if(!m_theDecayer) Throw<SetupException>()
                  << "powhegLesHouchesFileReader::doinit() Decayer must be set using the "
                  << "powhegLesHouchesFileReader:Decayer"
                  << " must be set to allow the creation of new"
                  << " decay modes."
                  << Exception::runerror;
        if(!dm) {
          dm = generator()->preinitCreateDecayMode(tag);
          if(!dm)
        Throw<SetupException>()  
          << "powhegLesHouchesFileReader::doinit() - Needed to create "
          << "new decaymode but one could not be created for the tag " 
          << tag << Exception::warning;
        }
        generator()->preinitInterface(dm, "Decayer", "set",
                      m_theDecayer->fullName());
        ostringstream br;
        br << setprecision(13) << brat;
        generator()->preinitInterface(dm, "BranchingRatio", "set", br.str());
        generator()->preinitInterface(dm, "Active", "set", "Yes");
        if(dm->CC()) {
          generator()->preinitInterface(dm->CC(), "BranchingRatio", "set", br.str());
          generator()->preinitInterface(dm->CC(), "Active", "set", "Yes");
        }
        ++nmode;
      }
      tag=prefix;
      // read the next line
      block = StringUtils::cdr(block,"\r\n");
      line = StringUtils::car(block,"\r\n");
    };
    if(nmode>0) {
      inpart->update();
      if(inpart->CC())
        inpart->CC()->update();
    }
      }
    }
    // start of SLHA block ?
    else if(line.find("<slha") != string::npos) {
      readingSLHA = true;
    }
  }
  while(line!="");
  if(!ok)
    throw SetupException() << "Problem reading QNUMBERS blocks in powhegLesHouchesFileReader::doinit()"
               << Exception::runerror;
}
 
void powhegLesHouchesFileReader::initialize(LesHouchesEventHandler & eh) {
  LesHouchesReader::initialize(eh);
  if ( m_LHFVersion.empty() )
    Throw<powhegLesHouchesFileError>()
      << "The file associated with '" << name() << "' does not contain a "
      << "proper formatted Les Houches event file. The events may not be "
      << "properly sampled." << Exception::warning;
}
 
vector<string> powhegLesHouchesFileReader::optWeightsNamesFunc() { return optionalWeightsNames; }
 
void powhegLesHouchesFileReader::open() {
  if ( filename().empty() )
    throw powhegLesHouchesFileError()
      << "No Les Houches file name. "
      << "Use 'set " << name() << ":FileName'."
      << Exception::runerror;
  m_cfile.open(filename());
  if ( !m_cfile )
    throw powhegLesHouchesFileError()
      << "The powhegLesHouchesFileReader '" << name() << "' could not open the "
      << "event file called '" << m_theFileName << "'."
      << Exception::runerror;
 
  
  m_cfile.readline();
  if ( !m_cfile.find("<LesHouchesEvents") ) return;
  map<string,string> attributes =
    StringUtils::xmlAttributes("LesHouchesEvents", m_cfile.getline());
  m_LHFVersion = attributes["version"];
  if ( m_LHFVersion.empty() ) return;
 
  bool readingHeader = false;
  bool readingInit = false;
  m_headerBlock = "";
  string hs;
 
  // Loop over all lines until we hit the </init> tag.
  bool readingInitWeights = false, readingInitWeights_sc = false;
  string weightinfo;
  while ( m_cfile.readline() ) {
    // found the init block for multiple weights
    if(m_cfile.find("<initrwgt")) readingInitWeights = true;
    
    // found end of init block for multiple weights: end the while loop
    if(m_cfile.find("</initrwgt")) {
      readingInitWeights = false;
      readingInitWeights_sc = false;
      continue;
    }
 
    // found the end of init block
    if(m_cfile.find("</init")) {
      readingInit = false;
      break;
    } 
 
    /* read the weight information block 
     * optionalWeightNames will contain information about the weights
     * this will be appended to the weight information
     */ 
    if(readingInitWeights) {
      string scalename = "";
      if(m_cfile.find("<weightgroup")) {
    /* we found a weight group
     * start reading the information 
     * within it
     */
    readingInitWeights_sc = true;
    weightinfo = m_cfile.getline();
    /* to make it shorter, erase some stuff
     */
    string str_weightgroup = "<weightgroup";
    string str_arrow = ">";
    string str_newline = "\n";
    erase_substr(weightinfo, str_weightgroup);
    erase_substr(weightinfo, str_arrow);
    erase_substr(weightinfo, str_newline);
    continue;
      }
      /* if we are reading a new weightgroup, go on 
       * until we find the end of it
       */
      /* BEGIN MOD*/
      if(readingInitWeights_sc && !m_cfile.find("</weightgroup")) {
    hs = m_cfile.getline();
    hs.erase(std::remove(hs.begin(), hs.end(), ' '), hs.end());
    std::string IdLabel = hs.substr(0, hs.find(">", 0));
    IdLabel = std::regex_replace(IdLabel, std::regex(R"([\D])"), "");
    std::string name = hs;
    erase_substr(name, "<weightid='"+IdLabel+"'>");
    name.erase(name.find('<'));
    m_optionalWeightsLabel[IdLabel]=name; 
    optionalWeightsNames.push_back(std::move(name));
      }
      /*END MOD*/
    }
   
    if ( m_cfile.find("<header") ) {
      // We have hit the header block, so we should dump this and all
      // following lines to m_headerBlock until we hit the end of it.
      readingHeader = true;
      m_headerBlock = m_cfile.getline() + "\n";
    }
    if ( (m_cfile.find("<init ") && !m_cfile.find("<initrwgt")) || m_cfile.find("<init>") ) {
      // We have hit the init block, so we should expect to find the
      // standard information in the following. But first check for
      // attributes.
      m_initAttributes = StringUtils::xmlAttributes("init", m_cfile.getline());
      readingInit = true;
      m_cfile.readline();
      if ( !( m_cfile >> heprup.IDBMUP.first >> heprup.IDBMUP.second
            >> heprup.EBMUP.first >> heprup.EBMUP.second
                >> heprup.PDFGUP.first >> heprup.PDFGUP.second
                >> heprup.PDFSUP.first >> heprup.PDFSUP.second
            >> heprup.IDWTUP >> heprup.NPRUP ) ) {
    heprup.NPRUP = -42;
    m_LHFVersion = "";
    return;
      }
      heprup.resize();
      for ( int i = 0; i < heprup.NPRUP; ++i ) {
    m_cfile.readline();
    if ( !( m_cfile >> heprup.XSECUP[i] >> heprup.XERRUP[i]
                  >> heprup.XMAXUP[i] >> heprup.LPRUP[i] ) ) {
      heprup.NPRUP = -42;
      m_LHFVersion = "";
      return;
    }
      }
    }
    if ( m_cfile.find("</header") ) {
      readingHeader = false;
      m_headerBlock += m_cfile.getline() + "\n";
    }
    if ( readingHeader ) {
      /* We are in the process of reading the header block. Dump the
     line to m_headerBlock.*/
      m_headerBlock += m_cfile.getline() + "\n";
    }
    if ( readingInit ) {
      // Here we found a comment line. Dump it to m_initComments.
      m_initComments += m_cfile.getline() + "\n";
    }
  }
  
  optionalWeightsNames.emplace_back("central");
 
  if ( !m_cfile ) {
    heprup.NPRUP = -42;
    m_LHFVersion = "";
    return;
  }
}
 
bool powhegLesHouchesFileReader::doReadEvent() {
  if ( !m_cfile ) return false;
  if ( m_LHFVersion.empty() ) return false;
  if ( heprup.NPRUP < 0 ) return false;
  m_eventComments = "";
  m_outsideBlock = "";
  hepeup.NUP = 0;
  hepeup.XPDWUP.first = hepeup.XPDWUP.second = 0.0;
  optionalWeights.clear();
  m_optionalWeightsTemp.clear();
  // Keep reading lines until we hit the next event or the end of
  // the event block. Save any inbetween lines. Exit if we didn't
  // find an event.
  while ( m_cfile.readline() && !m_cfile.find("<event") )
    m_outsideBlock += m_cfile.getline() + "\n";
 
  // We found an event. First scan for attributes.
  m_eventAttributes = StringUtils::xmlAttributes("event", m_cfile.getline());
 
  /* information necessary for FxFx merging:
   * the npLO and npNLO tags
   */
  istringstream ievat(m_cfile.getline());
  int we(0), npLO(-99), npNLO(-99);
  do {
    string sub; ievat >> sub;
    if(we==2) { npLO = atoi(sub.c_str()); }
    if(we==5) { npNLO = atoi(sub.c_str()); }
    ++we;
  } while (ievat);
  optionalnpLO = npLO;
  optionalnpNLO = npNLO;
  std::stringstream npstringstream;
  npstringstream << "np " << npLO << " " << npNLO;
  std::string npstrings = npstringstream.str();
  /* the FxFx merging information 
   * becomes part of the optionalWeights, labelled -999 
   * for future reference
   */
 
  if(m_theIncludeFxFxTags) optionalWeights[npstrings.c_str()] = -999;
 
  if ( !m_cfile.readline()  ) return false;
 
  // The first line determines how many subsequent particle lines we
  // have.
  if ( !( m_cfile >> hepeup.NUP >> hepeup.IDPRUP >> hepeup.XWGTUP
            >> hepeup.SCALUP >> hepeup.AQEDUP >> hepeup.AQCDUP ) )
    return false;
  hepeup.resize();
  // Read all particle lines.
  for ( int i = 0; i < hepeup.NUP; ++i ) {
    if ( !m_cfile.readline() ) return false;
    if ( !( m_cfile >> hepeup.IDUP[i] >> hepeup.ISTUP[i]
              >> hepeup.MOTHUP[i].first >> hepeup.MOTHUP[i].second
              >> hepeup.ICOLUP[i].first >> hepeup.ICOLUP[i].second
              >> hepeup.PUP[i][0] >> hepeup.PUP[i][1] >> hepeup.PUP[i][2]
              >> hepeup.PUP[i][3] >> hepeup.PUP[i][4]
              >> hepeup.VTIMUP[i] >> hepeup.SPINUP[i] ) )
      return false;
    //print momenta for debugging
    if(std::isnan(hepeup.PUP[i][0])||std::isnan(hepeup.PUP[i][1])||
       std::isnan(hepeup.PUP[i][2])||std::isnan(hepeup.PUP[i][3])||
       std::isnan(hepeup.PUP[i][4])) 
      throw Exception() 
    << "nan's as momenta in Les Houches file "
    << Exception::eventerror;
    if(hepeup.MOTHUP[i].first -1==i || 
       hepeup.MOTHUP[i].second-1==i) {
      throw Exception()
    << "Particle has itself as a mother in Les Houches "
    << "file, this is not allowed\n"
    << Exception::eventerror;
    } 
  }
 
  // Now read any additional comments and named weights.
  // read until the end of rwgt is found
  bool readingWeights = false, readingaMCFast = false, readingMG5ClusInfo = false;
  while ( m_cfile.readline() && !m_cfile.find("</event>")) {
    
    if(m_cfile.find("</applgrid")) { readingaMCFast=false; } //aMCFast weights end
    if(m_cfile.find("</rwgt")) { readingWeights=false; } //optional weights end
    if(m_cfile.find("</clustering")) { readingMG5ClusInfo=false; } // mg5 mclustering scale info end
    
    /* reading of optional weights
     */
 
    /* BEGIN MOD*/
    if(readingWeights) { 
      if(!m_cfile.find("<wgt")) { continue; }
      istringstream iss(m_cfile.getline());
      double weightValue(0);
      std::string hs=m_cfile.getline();
      hs.erase(std::remove(hs.begin(), hs.end(), ' '), hs.end());
      std::string IdLabel = hs.substr(0, hs.find(">", 0));
      IdLabel = std::regex_replace(IdLabel, std::regex(R"([\D])"), "");
      std::string weightName = m_optionalWeightsLabel[IdLabel];
      std::string value=std::move(hs);
      erase_substr(value, "<wgtid='"+IdLabel+"'>");
      erase_substr(value, "<wgtid=\""+IdLabel+"\">");
      erase_substr(value, "</wgt>");
      erase_substr(value, "\n");
      weightValue=std::stod(value);
      m_optionalWeightsTemp[weightName] = weightValue; 
      optionalWeights[weightName] = weightValue; 
    }
    /* END MOD */
    
    /* reading of aMCFast weights
     */
    if(readingaMCFast) {
      std::stringstream amcfstringstream;
      amcfstringstream << "aMCFast " << m_cfile.getline();
      std::string amcfstrings = amcfstringstream.str();
      string str_newline = "\n";
      erase_substr(amcfstrings,str_newline);
      optionalWeights[amcfstrings.c_str()] = -111; //for the aMCFast we give them a weight -111 for future identification
    }
 
    /* read additional MG5 Clustering information 
     * used in LO merging
     */
    if(readingMG5ClusInfo) {
      string hs = m_cfile.getline();
      string startDEL = "<clus scale="; //starting delimiter
      string stopDEL = "</clus>"; //end delimiter
      unsigned firstLim = hs.find(startDEL); //find start of delimiter
      string mg5clusinfo = hs.substr(firstLim); //define the information for the scale
      erase_substr(mg5clusinfo,stopDEL);
      erase_substr(mg5clusinfo,startDEL);
      string str_arrow = ">";
      erase_substr(mg5clusinfo,str_arrow);
      string str_quotation = "\"";
      erase_substr(mg5clusinfo,str_quotation);
      optionalWeights[mg5clusinfo.c_str()] = -222; //for the mg5 scale info weights we give them a weight -222 for future identification
    }
    
    //store MG5 clustering information 
    if(m_cfile.find("<scales")) {
      string hs = m_cfile.getline();
      string startDEL = "<scales"; //starting delimiter
      string stopDEL = "</scales>"; //end delimiter
      unsigned firstLim = hs.find(startDEL); //find start of delimiter
      string mg5scinfo = hs.substr(firstLim); //define the information for the scale
      erase_substr(mg5scinfo,stopDEL);
      erase_substr(mg5scinfo,startDEL);
      string str_arrow = ">";
      erase_substr(mg5scinfo,str_arrow);
      optionalWeights[mg5scinfo.c_str()] = -333; //for the mg5 scale info weights we give them a weight -333 for future identification
    }
 
    //determine start of aMCFast weights
    if(m_cfile.find("<applgrid")) { readingaMCFast = true;}
    //determine start of optional weights
    if(m_cfile.find("<rwgt")) { readingWeights = true; }
    //determine start of MG5 clustering scale information
    if(m_cfile.find("<clustering")) { readingMG5ClusInfo = true;}
  }
  string str_quote = "'";
  string str_doublequote = "\"";
  // loop over the optional weights and add the extra information as found in the init
  for (map<string,double>::const_iterator it=m_optionalWeightsTemp.begin(); it!=m_optionalWeightsTemp.end(); ++it){
    //to avoid issues with inconsistencies of defining the weight ids, remove "" and ''
    string id_1 = it->first;
    erase_substr(id_1, str_quote);
    erase_substr(id_1, str_doublequote);
    for (map<string,string>::const_iterator it2=m_scalemap.begin(); it2!=m_scalemap.end(); ++it2){
      //find the scale id in the scale information and add this information
      string id_2 = it2->first;
      erase_substr(id_2, str_quote);
      erase_substr(id_2, str_doublequote);
      if(id_1==id_2) {
        string info = it2->second;
    string str_newline = "\n";
    erase_substr(info, str_newline);
    //set the optional weights
    optionalWeights[info] = it->second;
      }
    }
  }
  /* additionally, we set the "central" scale
   * this is actually the default event weight 
   */
  string central = "central";
  if (m_theIncludeCentral) optionalWeights[central] = hepeup.XWGTUP;
  
  if ( !m_cfile ) return false;
  return true;
  
}
 
void powhegLesHouchesFileReader::close() {
  m_cfile.close();
}
 
void powhegLesHouchesFileReader::persistentOutput(PersistentOStream & os) const {
  os << m_neve << m_LHFVersion << m_outsideBlock << m_headerBlock << m_initComments
     << m_initAttributes << m_eventComments << m_eventAttributes << m_theFileName
     << m_theQNumbers << m_theIncludeFxFxTags << m_theIncludeCentral << m_theDecayer ;
}
 
void powhegLesHouchesFileReader::persistentInput(PersistentIStream & is, int) {
  is >> m_neve >> m_LHFVersion >> m_outsideBlock >> m_headerBlock >> m_initComments
     >> m_initAttributes >> m_eventComments >> m_eventAttributes >> m_theFileName
     >> m_theQNumbers >> m_theIncludeFxFxTags >> m_theIncludeCentral >> m_theDecayer;
  m_ieve = 0;
}
 
const ClassDescription<powhegLesHouchesFileReader>
powhegLesHouchesFileReader::m_initpowhegLesHouchesFileReader;
// Definition of the static class description member.
 
void powhegLesHouchesFileReader::Init ATLAS_NOT_THREAD_SAFE () {
 
  static ClassDocumentation<powhegLesHouchesFileReader> documentation
    ("ThePEG::powhegLesHouchesFileReader is an base class to be used for objects "
     "which reads event files from matrix element generators. This class is "
     "able to read plain event files conforming to the Les Houches Event File "
     "accord.");
 
  static Parameter<powhegLesHouchesFileReader,string> interfaceFileName
    ("FileName",
     "The name of a file containing events conforming to the Les Houches "
     "protocol to be read into ThePEG. A file name ending in "
     "<code>.gz</code> will be read from a pipe which uses "
     "<code>zcat</code>. If a file name ends in <code>|</code> the "
     "preceeding string is interpreted as a command, the output of which "
     "will be read through a pipe.",
     &powhegLesHouchesFileReader::m_theFileName, "", false, false);
 
  interfaceFileName.fileType();
  interfaceFileName.rank(11);
 
  static Switch<powhegLesHouchesFileReader,bool> interfaceQNumbers
    ("QNumbers",
     "Whether or not to read search for and read a QNUMBERS"
     " block in the header of the file.",
     &powhegLesHouchesFileReader::m_theQNumbers, false, false, false);
  static SwitchOption interfaceQNumbersYes
    (interfaceQNumbers,
     "Yes",
     "Use QNUMBERS",
     true);
  static SwitchOption interfaceQNumbersNo
    (interfaceQNumbers,
     "No",
     "Don't use QNUMBERS",
     false);
 
    static Switch<powhegLesHouchesFileReader,bool> interfaceIncludeFxFxTags
    ("IncludeFxFxTags",
     "Include FxFx tags",
     &powhegLesHouchesFileReader::m_theIncludeFxFxTags, false, true, false);
  static SwitchOption interfaceIncludeFxFxTagsYes
    (interfaceIncludeFxFxTags,
     "Yes",
     "Use the FxFx tags",
     true);
  static SwitchOption interfaceIncludeFxFxTagsNo
    (interfaceIncludeFxFxTags,
     "No",
     "Don't use the FxFx tags",
     false);
 
  static Switch<powhegLesHouchesFileReader,bool> interfaceIncludeCentral
    ("IncludeCentral",
     "Include definition of central weight",
     &powhegLesHouchesFileReader::m_theIncludeCentral, false, true, false);
  static SwitchOption interfaceIncludeCentralYes
    (interfaceIncludeCentral,
     "Yes",
     "include definition of central weight",
     true);
  static SwitchOption interfaceIncludeCentralNo
    (interfaceIncludeCentral,
     "No",
     "Don't include definition of central weight",
     false);
 
 
 
  static Reference<powhegLesHouchesFileReader,Decayer> interfaceDecayer
    ("Decayer",
     "Decayer to use for any decays read from the QNUMBERS Blocks",
     &powhegLesHouchesFileReader::m_theDecayer, false, false, true, true, false);
 
}
 
void powhegLesHouchesFileReader::erase_substr(std::string& subject, const std::string& search) {
    size_t pos = 0;
    while((pos = subject.find(search, pos)) != std::string::npos) {
      subject.erase( pos, search.length() );
    }
}