\begin{longtable}{p{1.5cm}p{12cm}} \toprule \multicolumn{1}{c}{{\textbf{Section} \texttt{general}}} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{{\textbf{Description}}} \\ \midrule \texttt{nproc} & The process to be studied is given by choosing a process number, according to Table~\ref{nproctable} in Appendix~\ref{MCFMprocs}. $f(p_i)$ denotes a generic partonic jet. Processes denoted as ``LO'' may only be calculated in the Born approximation. For photon processes, ``NLO+F'' signifies that the calculation may be performed both at NLO and also including the effects of photon fragmentation and experimental isolation. In contrast, ``NLO'' for a process involving photons means that no fragmentation contributions are included and isolation is performed according to the procedure of Frixione~\cite{Frixione:1998jh}. \\ \texttt{part} & This parameter has 5 possible values, described below: \begin{itemize} \item {\tt lo} (or {\tt lord}). The calculation is performed at leading order only. \item {\tt virt}. Virtual (loop) contributions to the next-to-leading order result are calculated (+counterterms to make them finite), including also the lowest order contribution. \item {\tt real}. In addition to the loop diagrams calculated by {\tt virt}, the full next-to-leading order results must include contributions from diagrams involving real gluon emission (-counterterms to make them finite). Note that only the sum of the {\tt real} and the {\tt virt} contributions is physical. \item {\tt nlo} (or {\tt tota}). For simplicity, the {\tt nlo} option simply runs the {\tt virt} and {\tt real} real pieces in series before performing a sum to obtain the full next-to-leading order result. For photon processes that include fragmentation, {\tt nlo} also includes the calculation of the fragmentation ({\tt frag}) contributions. \item {\tt nlocoeff}. This computes only the contribution of the NLO coefficient; it is equivalent to running {\tt nlo} and then subtracting the result of {\tt lo}. \item {\tt nlodk} (or {\tt todk}). Processes 114, 161, 166, 171, 176, 181, 186, 141, 146, 149, 233, 238, 501, 511 only, see sections~\ref{subsec:stop} and \ref{subsec:wt} below. \item {\tt frag}. Processes 280, 285, 290, 295, 300-302, 305-307, 820-823 only, see sections~\ref{subsec:gamgam}, \ref{subsec:wgamma} and \ref{subsec:zgamma} below. \item {\tt nnlo} (and {\tt nnlocoeff}). The computation of the NNLO prediction (or the NNLO coefficient in the expansion) is described separately below. \end{itemize} \\ \texttt{runstring} & When \MCFM{} is run, it will write output to several files. The label {\tt runstring} will be included in the names of these files. \\ \texttt{rundir} & Directory for output and snapshot files \\ \texttt{sqrts} & Center of mass energy in GeV. \\ \texttt{ih1}, \texttt{ih2} & The identities of the incoming hadrons may be set with these parameters, allowing simulations for both $p{\bar p}$ (such as the Tevatron) and $pp$ (such as the LHC). Setting {\tt ih1} equal to ${\tt +1}$ corresponds to a proton, whilst ${\tt -1}$ corresponds to an anti-proton. \\ % Values greater than {\tt 1000d0} represent a nuclear collision, % as described in Section~\ref{sec:nucleus}. \\ \texttt{zerowidth} & When set to {\tt .true.} then all vector bosons are produced on-shell. This is appropriate for calculations of {\it total} cross-sections (such as when using {\tt removebr} equal to {\tt .true.}, below). When interested in decay products of the bosons this should be set to {\tt .false.}. \\ \texttt{removebr} & When set to {\tt .true.} the branching ratios are removed for unstable particles such as vector bosons or top quarks. See the process notes in Section~\ref{sec:specific} below for further details. \\ \texttt{ewcorr} & Specifies whether or not to compute EW corrections for the process. Default is {\tt none}. May be set to {\tt exact} or {\tt sudakov} for processes {\tt 31} (neutral-current DY), {\tt 157} (top-pair production) and {\tt 190} (di-jet production). For more details see section~\ref{subsec:EW}. \\ {\texttt{vdecayid}}, {\texttt{v34id}}, {\texttt{v56id}} & Flags to manually set the decays of vector bosons (34) and (56) (experimental, not for general use). \\ \bottomrule \end{longtable}