---
name: "lhapdf-query"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "python-lhapdf"
version: "5.9.1-5"
release: "Debian 9 (Stretch)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/lhapdf-query"
---

# lhapdf-query(1)

Query PDF values from LHAPDF

## NAME

lhapdf-query - Query PDF values from LHAPDF

## SYNOPSIS

**lhapdf-query** \[cmd\] \[setname\|num\] \[memnum\] x Q \[flavourID\]

## DESCRIPTION

Retrieve PDF values from LHAPDF, given a set name, member number and values for x and Q. This will return a list of xf(x,Q2) values for each parton; specifying a parton name on the command line will return the single appropriate xf(x,Q2) value for that flavour.

## OPTIONS

- **-h**, **--help**

  Show this help message and exit

- **-Q**, **--quiet**

  Suppress normal messages

- **-V**, **--verbose**

  Add extra debug messages

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Lifeng Sun \<lifongsun@gmail.com\> for the Debian system (but may be used by others).