## main464

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    // main464.cc is a part of the PYTHIA event generator.
    // Copyright (C) 2025 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:
    //            Rescattering
    //            Low energy
    //            Cross sections

    // Calculate all cross sections for the specified process and plot them.

    #include "Pythia8/Pythia.h"
    #include "Pythia8Plugins/InputParser.h"
    using namespace Pythia8;

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

    int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {

      // Set up command line options.
      InputParser ip("Calculate all cross section for specified process.",
        {"./main464 -a 2212 -b 2212"});
      ip.add("a", "0", "ID for beam A.", {"-idA"});
      ip.add("b", "0", "ID for beam B.", {"-idB"});
      ip.add("n", "300", "Number of bins.", {"-nbins"});

      // Initialize the parser and exit if necessary.
      InputParser::Status status = ip.init(argc, argv);
      if (status != InputParser::Valid) return status;

      // Initialize Pythia.
      Pythia pythia;
      pythia.readFile("main464.cmnd");
      if (!pythia.init()) {
        cout << " Pythia failed to initialize." << endl;
        return 1;
      }

      int idA = ip.get<int>("a");
      int idB = ip.get<int>("b");
      if (idA == 0) idA = pythia.mode("Main:spareMode1");
      if (idB == 0) idB = pythia.mode("Main:spareMode2");
      double eMin = pythia.parm("Main:spareParm1");
      double eMax = pythia.parm("Main:spareParm2");
      if (eMin < pythia.particleData.m0(idA) + pythia.particleData.m0(idB)) {
        eMin = pythia.particleData.m0(idA) + pythia.particleData.m0(idB);
        cout << "Warning, setting eMin to nominal mass sum of " << eMin << ".\n";
      }
      int nBin = ip.get<int>("n");

      ParticleData& particleData = pythia.particleData;

      HistPlot plt("plot464");
      plt.frame("fig464", "Cross section for " + particleData.name(idA)
        + " + " + particleData.name(idB), "$\\sqrt{s}$ (GeV)", "$\\sigma$ (mb)");

      // Basic cross sections: non-diffractive, elastic and diffractive.
      Hist sigND = Hist::plotFunc(
        [&](double eCM) { return pythia.getSigmaPartial(idA, idB, eCM, 1); },
        "Non-diffractive", nBin, eMin, eMax);
      plt.add(sigND, "-");

      Hist sigEla = Hist::plotFunc(
        [&](double eCM) { return pythia.getSigmaPartial(idA, idB, eCM, 2); },
        "Elastic", nBin, eMin, eMax);
      plt.add(sigEla, "-");

      Hist sigSD = Hist::plotFunc(
        [&](double eCM) { return pythia.getSigmaPartial(idA, idB, eCM, 3)
                               + pythia.getSigmaPartial(idA, idB, eCM, 4); },
        "Single diffractive", nBin, eMin, eMax);
      plt.add(sigSD, "-");

      Hist sigDD = Hist::plotFunc(
        [&](double eCM) { return pythia.getSigmaPartial(idA, idB, eCM, 5); },
        "Double diffractive", nBin, eMin, eMax);
      plt.add(sigDD, "-");

      // Add nucleon excitation cross section for NN.
      if ((abs(idA) == 2212 || abs(idA) == 2112)
       && (abs(idB) == 2212 || abs(idB) == 2112)
       && idA * idB > 0) {
        Hist sigEx = Hist::plotFunc(
          [&](double eCM) { return pythia.getSigmaPartial(idA, idB, eCM, 7); },
          "Excitation", nBin, eMin, eMax);
        plt.add(sigEx, "-");
      }

      // Add annihilation cross section of baryon-antibaryon.
      if (idA * idB < 0 && particleData.isBaryon(idA)
                        && particleData.isBaryon(idB)) {
        Hist sigAnn = Hist::plotFunc(
          [&](double eCM) { return pythia.getSigmaPartial(idA, idB, eCM, 8); },
          "Annihilation", nBin, eMin, eMax);
        plt.add(sigAnn, "-");
      }

      // Add resonance cross sections if applicable.
      if (pythia.hadronWidths.hasResonances(idA, idB)) {
        Hist sigRes = Hist::plotFunc(
          [&](double eCM) { return pythia.getSigmaPartial(idA, idB, eCM, 9); },
          "Resonant", nBin, eMin, eMax);
        plt.add(sigRes, "-");
      }

      // Add total cross section at the end.
      Hist sigTot = Hist::plotFunc(
        [&](double eCM) { return pythia.getSigmaTotal(idA, idB, eCM); },
        "Total", nBin, eMin, eMax);
      plt.add(sigTot, "k-");

      // Plot.
      plt.plot();

    }