Magellan: MCMC setup and diagnostics

2HDMC setup

2HDMC SM parameters
Variable Value
\( m_{t} \) 172.6 GeV
\( m_{b} \) 4.6 GeV
\( m_{\tau} \) 1.7771 GeV
\( \alpha_{EM} \) 1.0/127.934
\( \alpha_{s} \) 0.118
\( m_{Z} \) 91.183 GeV
\( m_{W} \) 80.41 GeV
\( \Gamma_{Z} \) 2.49 GeV
\( \Gamma_{W} \) 2.08 GeV
\( G_{F} \) 1.16639 10\(^{-5}\) GeV\(^{-2}\)

Scan setup

Proposal function, \( q(\theta^{(i+1)}, \theta^{(i)}) \): Gaussian centered at zero, with a standard deviation corresponding to stepsize.

MCMC scan parameter ranges and stepsizes
Variable Range Stepsize
\(\cos(\beta-\alpha)\) [ -1.0, 1.0] 0.03
\(\tan \beta \) [ 0.5, 30.0] 0.5
\(m_{A} \) [GeV] [100.0, 1000.0] 20.0
\(m_{H} \) [GeV] [150.0, 1000.0] 20.0
\(m_{H^{\pm}} \) [GeV] [500.0, 1000.0] 20.0
\(Z_{7} \) [-10.0, 10.0] 0.2


Trace plots

\( \chi^{2}_{\text{HS}} + \chi^{2}_{\text{GFitter}} \) burn in.


Input parameter traceplots