# Week 1
**ttALPs meeting**
<p style='text-align: left;'>1️⃣ Fork the repository from https://github.com/kerstinlovisa/ttalps to my account
🔗 GitLab repository [here](https://gitlab.cern.ch/rsotorey/ttalps)
🔗 Progress notes [here](https://codimd.web.cern.ch/BbXuG17IR-mZiyQEKJBQCA?view)
<p style='text-align: left;'>2️⃣ Set up the virtual environment (<code>ttalps</code>)
<p style='text-align: left;'>3️⃣ Download MadGraph (version <code>MG5_aMC_v3_4_2</code>)
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### Week 1
**ttALPs meeting**
<p style='text-align: left;'>4️⃣ Update <code>run_production.sh</code> to use paths on my account
<p style='text-align: left;'>5️⃣ Compile <code>hepmc2root.cpp</code>
<p style='text-align: left;'>6️⃣ Install HEPtools in Madgraph
<p style='text-align: left;'>7️⃣ Create a folder <code>MG5_aMC_v3_4_2/models/ttalps</code> with the <code>ttalps/UFO</code> contents
✅ Now I can run `run_production.sh`!
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### Week 1
**ttALPs meeting**
<p style='text-align: left;'>📋 I have prepared a script to produce samples: <code>tta</code>, <code>ttj</code>, <code>ttmumu</code>
m~a~ = {0.3, 0.35, 0.5, 0.9, 1.25, 2, 2.5,
2.75, 3, 4, 8, 8.25, 8.5, 9, 10} GeV
<p style='text-align: left;'>❓What lifetimes?
<p style='text-align: justify;'>❓How many signal and background events should I generate?
<p style='text-align: left;'>❓ What should I do next?