Polarised cross-sections at fixed-order NLO (me_frame), and a live LO bug it uncovered - #65

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claude/nlo-polarised-boost-assessment-d97794

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NLO polarisation M0: me_frame plumbing for the FKS output

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NLO polarisation M1: boost the Born for [LOonly=QCD]

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NLO polarisation M2 step 0: carry the ISR emission azimuth covariantly

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NLO polarisation M2 step 0: same for FSR, and resolve B4

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NLO polarisation M2 step 1: route every ME call through a frame wrapper

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NLO polarisation: skip the identity boost, and refuse initial-state frames

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NLO polarisation M2 step 2: azimuthal wiring, gate not yet passing

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NLO polarisation: record p p > z z as the next diagnostic

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NLO polarisation M2: fix the rest-frame quantisation axis; enable [real=QCD]

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NLO polarisation M3: boost the virtual, gate not yet passing

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NLO polarisation M3: evaluate the virtual in the me_frame in check_poles

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keep the polarization when expanding multiparticles for MadLoop

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allow a polarised massive particle at NLO where a frame is defined

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NLO polarisation: record M3 as done, with the diagnosis and the gate results

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keep the polarization of a ProcessDefinition when building a single process

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fix FD-gauge routine naming for cross-base amplitudes, restate the flavor-grouped check counts

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NLO polarisation M4: document the NLO frame, add the acceptance test

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tests: record frame_info.inc in the FKS/EW IO reference files

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NLO polarisation M4: state the QCD-only limit, put the test in CI

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tests: frame_info.inc references for the FKS IO tests CI runs but we skip

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