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+### beams
+Beams:idA 1000080160		# Pb
+Beams:idB 1000080160		# Pb
+Beams:eCM 6800. 		# GeV
+
+### heavy-ion settings (valid for O-O 6800 only)
+HeavyIon:SigFitNGen 0
+HeavyIon:SigFitDefPar = 2.24,17.39,0.32
+HeavyIon:bWidth	6.		# oxygen in TGlauberMC: R 2.608, A 0.513
+
+### processes (apparently not to be defined)
+
+### decays
+ParticleDecays:limitTau0 on	
+ParticleDecays:tau0Max 10.