Docker container for MadGraph

MadGraph is a integrated event generator for the high energy phisics and widely used in that field.

This docker image significantly simplifies the process to use MadGraph.

Prerequisite

You need to install docker first. Check here.

Install

docker pull hfukuda/madgraph

Usage

This container uses model files in /var/UFO_models and outputs in /var/MG_outputs.

So you should indicate these folders like this:

docker run -t -i -v $HOME/models:/var/UFO_models -v $HOME/outputs:/var/MG_outputs hfukuda/madgraph

Note that the local path must be an absolute, not a relative one.

Run madevent

To use madevent for a process named PROC_NAME, you can run

docker run -it --rm -v $HOME/outputs:/var/MG_outputs -w /var/MG_outputs/PROC_NAME hfukuda/madgraph bin/madevent

Run as the current user

By default, the madgraph run as root. If you want to run it as the current user, add --user=$(id -u):$(id -g) like this:

docker run -t -i --user=$(id -u):$(id -g) -v $HOME/models:/var/UFO_models -v $HOME/outputs:/var/MG_outputs hfukuda/madgraph

Note that $HOME/outputs must exist beforehand. Otherwise madgraph doesn't work well due to the permission problem.