## main463

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    // main463.cc is a part of the PYTHIA event generator.
    // Copyright (C) 2026 Torbjorn Sjostrand.
    // PYTHIA is licenced under the GNU GPL v2 or later, see COPYING for details.
    // Please respect the MCnet Guidelines, see GUIDELINES for details.

    // Authors:
    //            Marius Utheim

    // Keywords:
    //            Low energy

    // Simple illustration how to generate events at low energies.
    // Outputs number of primary hadrons produced in the low energy interaction,
    // as well as cos(theta) distribution of 2 -> 2 processes (if any).

    #include "Pythia8/Pythia.h"
    using namespace Pythia8;

    //==========================================================================

    int main() {

      // Initialize Pythia.
      Pythia pythia;
      pythia.readFile("main463.cmnd");

      // If Pythia fails to initialize, exit with error.
      if (!pythia.init()) return 1;

      // Histograms.
      Hist multPrim("n_primary",   9,  1., 10.);
      Hist thetaEl("cos(theta) for 2 -> 2 processes", 100, -1.,  1.);

      // Generate events and print statistics.
      int nEvent = pythia.mode("Main:numberOfEvents");
      int nSuccess = 0;
      for (int iEvent = 0; iEvent < nEvent; ++iEvent) {

        if (!pythia.next())
          continue;

        Event& ev = pythia.event;
        nSuccess += 1;

        // Fill number of primary hadrons.
        int nPrimary = 0;
        for (auto& particle : ev)
          if (particle.isHadron() && particle.statusAbs() / 10 == 15)
            nPrimary += 1;
        multPrim.fill(nPrimary);

        // Fill theta if scattering is elastic.
        if (ev.nFinal() == 2) {
          int in1 = ev[1].id(), in2 = ev[2].id();
          int out1 = ev[ev.size() - 2].id(), out2 = ev[ev.size() - 1].id();

          if ( (in1 == out1 && in2 == out2) || (in1 == out2 && in2 == out1) )
            thetaEl.fill(cos(ev[ev.size() - 1].theta()));
        }
      }

      // Plot histograms and statistics.
      multPrim /= nSuccess;
      cout << multPrim;

      if (thetaEl.getEntries() > 0) {
        thetaEl *= 50. / thetaEl.getEntries();
        cout << thetaEl;
      }

      pythia.stat();

      // Done.
      return 0;
    }