lecture Les Houches 2005 (SM: EW, QCD and Higgs)
Date/Time: from Monday, 2 May 2005 (08:00) to Friday, 20 May 2005 (18:00) (Europe/Zurich)
Location: Les Houches
Chairperson: Fawzi Boudjema
Tuesday, 3 May 2005 14:00 ->15:00 Status Report of the Higgs and Standard Model Working Group    
Wednesday, 4 May 2005 14:00 ->16:00 Electroweak corrections for LHC and LC (multi-parton, EW gauge-boson and Higgs production, etc.)    
Wednesday, 4 May 2005 16:00 ->18:00 SM benchmarks and PDF uncertainties    
Thursday, 5 May 2005 08:30 ->15:30 Top quark studies    
Thursday, 5 May 2005 14:00 ->16:30 Underlying events    
Friday, 6 May 2005 09:00 ->12:00 MC@NLO: discussion and tutorial    
Friday, 6 May 2005 14:30 ->17:00 Small x    
Saturday, 7 May 2005 09:00 ->12:15 Higher-order (NLO & NNLO) QCD corrections    
Saturday, 7 May 2005 14:00 ->15:00 Electroweak correction for LHC and LC (multi-parton, EW gauge-boson and Higgs production, etc.)    
Monday, 9 May 2005 14:00->Tuesday, 10 May 2005 04:30 EW and QCD corrections to many-particle processes    
Tuesday, 10 May 2005 10:00 ->12:00 Reweighting the results of standard MC's    
Wednesday, 11 May 2005 09:00 ->12:00 Mid-report of the SMH working group    
Thursday, 12 May 2005 08:00->Friday, 13 May 2005 00:00 Status Report of SMH and BSM Working Groups    
Thursday, 12 May 2005 09:00->Friday, 13 May 2005 08:30 Higgs plus Bottom    
Friday, 13 May 2005 09:00 ->12:00 gg->H->WW->2l    
Friday, 13 May 2005 11:00 ->12:30 Higgs plus top    
Friday, 13 May 2005 16:00 ->17:00 Higgs via vector Boson Fusion    
Saturday, 14 May 2005 09:30 ->16:00 SM Benchmarks and PDF Uncertainties    
Saturday, 14 May 2005 16:00 ->17:00 Higgs via vector Boson Fusion    
Tuesday, 17 May 2005 09:30 ->12:00 Discussion on Monte Carlos    
Wednesday, 18 May 2005 15:00 ->17:00 Higgs plus top    
Thursday, 19 May 2005 10:00 ->11:30 SM Benchmarks and PDF Uncertainties    
Thursday, 19 May 2005 15:00 ->17:00 Higgs plus top    
Friday, 20 May 2005 08:45 ->11:05 Summary Session    

 
 Tuesday, 3 May 2005
Status Report of the Higgs and Standard Model Working Group (14:00 ->15:00 )
Chairperson: F. Boudjema
 14:00
Theory part (30')   more information pdf file   S. Frixione  
 14:30
Experiment (30')   more information pdf file   V. Drollinger  


 
 Wednesday, 4 May 2005
Electroweak corrections for LHC and LC (multi-parton, EW gauge-boson and Higgs production, etc.) (14:00 ->16:00 )
Chairperson: S.Dittmaier
 14:00
Introduction: "Precision calculations for LHC (& ILC?): electroweak corrections and related issues" (30')   transparencies pdf file   S.Dittmaier  
* Issues for the workshop
* Predictions for SM Higgs-boson production at the LHC
* Electroweak corrections and PDFs
* Electroweak corrections to processes at Tevatron and the LHC
 14:30
One-loop corrections to many-particle production (30')   transparencies pdf file   G.Heinrich  
 15:00
Progress toward pp->tt+jet in NLO QCD (30')   transparencies pdf file   P.Uwer  

SM benchmarks and PDF uncertainties (16:00 ->18:00 )
Chairperson: J. Huston
 16:00
Discovering the SM at the LHC (20')   more information pdf file   J. Huston  
 16:30
The transverse momentum of the Higgs boson at the LHC (30')   more information pdf file   M. Grazzini  
 17:00
Bottom fragmentation in Higgs and top decay (30')   more information unknown type file   G. Corcella  


 
 Thursday, 5 May 2005
Top quark studies (08:30 ->15:30 )
Chairperson: J. Dhondt
 08:30
Introduction and aim (15')   more information powerpoint file   J. D'Hondt  
 08:45
t-tbar cross section calculations (15')   more information pdf file   F. Maltoni  
 09:00
Measurements from t-tbar events at the Tevatron (15')   J. Huston  
 09:15
Measurements from t-tbar events at the LHC (15')   more information powerpoint file pdf file   J. D'Hondt  
 10:15
Overview of single top theory and MC model (15')   more information pdf file   L. Dudko  
 10:30
Single top physics at the LHC (15')   more information powerpoint file pdf file   A. Giammanco  
 10:45
Jet algorightms and jet reconstruction: lessons from the Tevatron (15')   more information powerpoint file pdf file   S. Ellis  
 11:00
Search for anomalous coupling in top decay at hadron colliders (15')   more information pdf file   S. Tsuno  

Underlying events (14:00 ->16:30 )
Chairperson: C. Buttar
 14:00
Total cross-section calculation (15')   transparencies pdf file   R.Godbole  
 14:15
Tuning Models for Minimum Bias and the Underlying Event (15')   transparencies powerpoint file   A.Moraes  
 14:30
effect of UE on isolation in H->ZZ->4mu (15')   transparencies powerpoint file pdf file   A. Drozdetski  
 14:45
Physics News in PYTHIA6.3 (15')   transparencies pdf file   P.Skands  
 15:00
Bottom fragmentation in Higgs and top decay (15')   transparencies pdf file   G.Corcella  


 
 Friday, 6 May 2005
MC@NLO: discussion and tutorial (09:00 ->12:00 )
Chairperson: V. Drollinger
 09:00
MC@NLO vs PYTHIA for H->ZZ->4l (15')   more information powerpoint file   A. Drozdetskiy  
 09:15
Jet veto in gg->H with MC@NLO and other MC's (15')   more information powerpoint file   G. Davatz, A. Nikitenko  
 09:30
Test of WW with spin correlations in MC@NLO (15')   more information unknown type filedown arrow   V. Drollinger  
 09:45
H->WW->ll study with MC@NLO (15')   more information unknown type file   B. Quayle  
 10:00
MC@NLO: tutorial (1h40')   more information pdf file   S. Frixione  

Small x (14:30 ->17:00 )
Chairperson: R. Ball
 14:30
Small-x evolution (30')   R. Ball  
 15:00
Small-x studies at the LHC with ATLAS (30')   more information powerpoint file   A. Cooper-Sarkar  
 15:30
BFKL at colliders (30')   more information pdf file   V. Del Duca  


 
 Saturday, 7 May 2005
Higher-order (NLO & NNLO) QCD corrections (09:00 ->12:15 )
Chairperson: V. Del Duca
 09:00
Introduction (15')   transparencies pdf file   V. Del Duca (INFN Torino)  
* Precision QCD
* NLO: demand and offer
* NNLO: state of the art
 09:15
A complete formalism for one-loop multi-leg amplitudes (30')   transparencies pdf file   G. Heinrich (Uni. Zuerich)  
 09:45
Improved Nagy-Soper method for numerical evaluation of one-loop integrals (30')   transparencies pdf file   Z. Kunszt (ETH Zuerich)  
 10:15
Automatic calculation of NLO-QCD cross sections with GRACE (30')   transparencies pdf file   Y. Kurihara (KEK)  
 10:45
NLO QCD corrections to (pseudo-)scalar Higgs production in association with heavy-quark pairs (30')   transparencies pdf file   S.Dittmaier (MPI Muenich)  
 11:15
Steps towards a subtraction formalism at NNLO (30')   transparencies pdf file   M. Grazzini (INFN Firenze)  
 11:45
Progress on NNLO subtraction (30')   transparencies pdf file   V. Del Duca  

Electroweak correction for LHC and LC (multi-parton, EW gauge-boson and Higgs production, etc.) (14:00 ->15:00 )
Chairperson: S.Dittmaier
 14:00
Weak corrections to hadronic Z production at large transverse momentum (30')   more information pdf file   A.Kulesza  
 14:30
The gg->WW background (30')   more information pdf file   M.Duehrssen  


 
 Monday, 9 May 2005
EW and QCD corrections to many-particle processes (14:00 ->04:30 )
Chairperson: S.Dittmaier
 14:00
Electroweak corrections to four-fermion production (14h30')   transparencies pdf file   S.Dittmaier  


 
 Tuesday, 10 May 2005
Reweighting the results of standard MC's (10:00 ->12:00 )
Chairperson: V. Drollinger
 10:00
Minutes of the session (15')   more information unknown type file   M. Dittmar  
 10:15
A note on reweighting (15')   more information unknown type file   S. Frixione  
 10:30
On reweighting (15')   more information unknown type file   V. Drollinger  
 10:45
Reweighting gg->H->WW (15')   more information powerpoint file pdf file   G. Davatz  


 
 Wednesday, 11 May 2005
Mid-report of the SMH working group (09:00 ->12:00 )
Chairperson:
 09:00
Theory part (15')   transparencies pdf file   S.Dittmaier  


 
 Thursday, 12 May 2005
Status Report of SMH and BSM Working Groups (08:00 ->00:00 )
Chairperson:
 09:00
Standard Model and Higgs Working Group (Theory) (9h30')   more information pdf file   Willenbrock, S.  
 09:30
Standard Model and Higgs Working Group (Experiment) (10h0')   more information powerpoint file pdf file   Nikitenko, S.  
 10:00
Beyond the Standard Model Working Group (Theory) (10h30')   transparencies unknown type file   Allanach, B.  
 10:30
Beyond the Standard Model Working Group (Experiment) (11h0')   Ferrag, S.  
 11:30
LHC x ILC (12h30')   more information unknown type file   Weiglein, G.  

Higgs plus Bottom (09:00 ->08:30 )
Chairperson: Willenbrock, Scott
 09:00
Higgs Boson Production: Application of Bottom PDF's (1h0')   more information unknown type file   Spira, M.  
 10:00
PDF's, Heavy Quarks, and Factorization (11h0')   Collins, J.  
 11:00
Discussion of Heavy Quarks in DIS (12h0')   Smith, J.  
 12:00
Comparison between Pythia "NLO" for Higgs + Bottom (12h30')   more information pdf file   Kalinowski, A.  
 12:30
Zbb as a Benchmark for Higgs (Hbb) (13h0')   more information pdf file   Lehti, S.  
 13:00
Charged Higgs (13h30')   more information pdf file   Perries, S.  
 13:30
W+H- Production at the LHC (14h0')   more information pdf file   Hesselbach, S.  
 14:00
Bottom PDF's (15h0')   more information pdf file   Olness, F.  
 15:00
bbH at NNLO (15h30')   more information pdf file   Harlander, R.  
 15:30
Higgs + Bottom (16h0')   more information pdf file   Willenbrock, S.  
 16:00
Update on Comparison of Pythia "NLO" (16h30')   more information pdf file   Kalinowski, A.  


 
 Friday, 13 May 2005
gg->H->WW->2l (09:00 ->12:00 )
Chairperson: A. Nikitenko
 09:00
gg->WW background to gg->H->WW (15')   more information pdf file   Nikolas Kauer  
 09:15
Generation of WbWb background (15')   more information pdf file   Anne-Sylvie Giolo  
 09:30
Effect of spin correlation in WbWb (15')   more information pdf file   Anne-Sylvie Giolo  
 09:45
Top background to gg->H->WW (I) (15')   more information pdf file   Fabio Maltoni  
 10:00
Top background to gg->H->WW (II) (15')   more information pdf file   Fabio Maltoni  
 10:15
tt bkg evaluation from the data (15')   more information powerpoint file pdf file   Marco Zanetti  
 10:30
isolation and jet veto for gg->WW bkg. (15')   more information powerpoint file   Giovanna Davatz  
 10:45
jet veto in gg->H with different MC's (15')   more information powerpoint file pdf file   Giovanna Davatz  

Higgs plus top (11:00 ->12:30 )
Chairperson: S. Gascon-Shotkin
Material: more information pdf file
 11:00
Hard jet rates in PYTHIA 6.3 vs 6.2 as observed in ttbar + jets (20')   more information pdf file   Peter Skands (FNAL)  

Higgs via vector Boson Fusion (16:00 ->17:00 )
Chairperson: G.Unal
 16:00
Introduction (15')   transparencies powerpoint file pdf file   G.Unal  
 16:15
Z+2j background and jet veto (25')   transparencies powerpoint file   A.Nikitenko  


 
 Saturday, 14 May 2005
SM Benchmarks and PDF Uncertainties (09:30 ->16:00 )
Chairperson: Stefano Moretti
 09:30
Sudakov Resummation Effects for Parton Distributions (30')   transparencies pdf file   Lorenzo Magnea (Torino)  
 10:00
Weak Corrections to Hadronic Variables (30')   transparencies pdf file   Stefano Moretti (Southampton and RAL)  
 14:00
Dedicated and Generic Searches at the LHC (30')   more information pdf file   transparencies powerpoint file   Mieczyslaw Witold Krasny  
 14:30
Generic Analysis and Optimal Observables (30')   transparencies pdf file   Lev Dudko (Moscow State University)  
 15:00
Precision SM Shapes (30')   transparencies pdf file   Peter Skands (FNAL)  
 15:30
Search for Very Massive Resonances in the Di-E Channel (30')   more information pdf file   Caroline Collard (Ecole Polytechnique - Laboratoire LLR)  

Higgs via vector Boson Fusion (16:00 ->17:00 )
Chairperson: G.Unal
 16:00
Boson Boson scattering at LHC with PHASE (1h0')   transparencies powerpoint file pdf file   E.Maina  


 
 Tuesday, 17 May 2005
Discussion on Monte Carlos (09:30 ->12:00 )
Chairperson: S. Frixione
 09:30
Supporting Monte Carlo Generators in the LHC era (15')   more information powerpoint file pdf file   P. Bartalini  
 09:45
LCG MCDB (15')   more information pdf file   L. Dudko  
 10:00
Shower MC's: where to (15')   more information pdf file   P. Nason  
 10:15
The Les Houches accord: should/could we update it? (15')   more information pdf file   T. Sjostrand  


 
 Wednesday, 18 May 2005
Higgs plus top (15:00 ->17:00 )
Chairperson: S. Gascon-Shotkin
 15:00
Higgs Boson Production: ttbar + A at NLO (20')   more information pdf file   Michael Spira (PSI)  
 15:20
Associated Higgs boson production via gg/qq->ttbar + H(h_0), t-->l + X, H(h_0)->gamma gamma (20')   more information powerpoint file pdf file   Suzanne Gascon-Shotkin (IPN Lyon/Universite Claude Bernard Lyon I)  


 
 Thursday, 19 May 2005
SM Benchmarks and PDF Uncertainties (10:00 ->11:30 )
Chairperson: Stefano Moretti
 10:00
Electroweak Measurements at Dzero (30')   transparencies pdf file   Stefan Soldner-Rembold (Manchester)  

Higgs plus top (15:00 ->17:00 )
Chairperson: S. Gascon-Shotkin
 15:00
Single top plus Higgs (20')   more information pdf file   Fabio Maltoni (CERN)  
 15:20
Simulating ttbar + X (20')   more information pdf file   Steffen Schumann (with Carlo Oleari and John Campbell) (Institute for Theoretical Physics, Dresden University of Technology)  


 
 Friday, 20 May 2005
Summary Session (08:45 ->11:05 )
Chairperson: Fawzi Boudjema
 08:45
SM Benchmarks and PDF uncertainties (10')   more information powerpoint file pdf file   Stefano Moretti (Southampton & RAL)  
 08:55
MC sub-group report (15')   more information powerpoint file pdf file   Peter Richardson  
 09:10
H->WW(*)->2l sub-group report (15')   more information powerpoint file pdf file   A. Nikitenko  
 09:25
VBF Higgs sub-group report (15')   more information powerpoint file pdf file   G. Unal  
 09:40
tth sub-group report (15')   more information powerpoint file pdf file   S. Gascon-Shotkin  
 09:55
Higgs with b quarks sub-group report (15')   more information pdf file   S. Willenbrock  
 10:10
SLHC project (55')   more information unknown type file   Daniel Denegri