Top2012 provisional timetable

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  • Monday, 17 September 2012
    • 09:00 - 09:10 Welcome and organization 10'
    • 09:10 - 09:40 Keynote address 30'
    • 09:40 - 10:10 ATLAS status 30'
      Top specific, Impact of pileup, Top Triggers, Luminosity, 14TeV running, etc.
    • 10:10 - 10:40 CMS status 30'
      Top specific, Impact of pileup, Top Triggers, Luminosity, 14TeV running, etc.
    • 10:40 - 11:10 Coffee break
    • 11:10 - 11:50 Object & ID definition & performance at CMS 40'
      include evolution from 7TeV to 8TeV to 14TeV, Impact of pileup
    • 11:50 - 12:30 Object & ID definition &performance at ATLAS 40'
      include evolution from 7TeV to 8TeV to 14TeV, Impact of pileup
    • 12:30 - 14:30 Lunch
    • 14:30 - 15:10 V+jets physics (theo) 40'
    • 15:10 - 15:50 W/Z+jets bkg at Tevatron and LHC 40'
      include W/Z+jets MC validation and W/Z+jets exp results
    • 15:50 - 16:30 Instrumental Backgrounds at Tevatron and LHC 40'
    • 16:30 - 17:00 Coffee break
    • 17:00 - 17:40 Top pair production at hadron colliders (theory) 40'
      include status of  NNLO calculation, and NLO WWbb
    • 17:40 - 18:10 Recent Pair production cross‐section results from Tevatron 30'
    • 18:10 - 18:50 Precision inclusive cross‐section at LHC 40'
    • 18:50 - 19:30 Inclusive cross‐section from complementary channels at LHC 40'
    • 20:00 - 22:00 Dinner ( The Barn )
  • Tuesday, 18 September 2012
    • 09:00 - 09:30 Theory talk on Differential cross-section and tt+jets 30'
    • 09:30 - 10:10 Differential cross-section at Tevatron & LHC 40'
      also tt+jets and tt+Z/W 
    • 10:10 - 10:40 Theory perspective on signal modeling uncertainties 30'
      brief overview of SM generators, address ways to quantify systematic uncertainties
    • 10:40 - 11:10 Coffee break
    • 11:10 - 11:40 Signal modeling systematics at CMS 30'
    • 11:40 - 12:10 Signal modeling systematics at ATLAS 30'
    • 12:10 - 12:40 Signal modeling systematics at Tevatron 30'
    • 12:40 - 13:30 Discussion on signal modeling uncertainties 50'
    • 13:30 - 15:30 Lunch
    • 15:30 - 16:10 Recent Top mass at Tevatron 40'
    • 16:10 - 16:50 Top mass measurements at LHC 40'
    • 16:50 - 17:30 Experimental & Theoretical uncertainties in top mass measurements at Tev and LHC 40'
    • 17:30 - 18:00 Coffee Break
    • 18:00 - 18:30 Top mass combination techniques & classification of uncertainties and correlations (TeV, LHC) 30'
    • 18:30 - 19:10 Interpreting top mass measurements (th) 40'
    • 19:20 - 20:20 Summer school Q&A part I
    • 20:30 - 22:30 Dinner in Norton Suite
  • Wednesday, 19 September 2012
    • 09:00 - 09:40 Theory of SM single top 40'
    • 09:40 - 10:20 Recent single top measurements at Tevatron 40'
      only SM single top
    • 10:20 - 11:00 Single top measurements at LHC 40'
      only SM single top
    • 11:00 - 11:30 Coffee break
    • 11:30 - 12:10 Theory talk on Top properties inc. charge A/A_FB 40'
    • 12:10 - 12:40 Recent SM top properties from Tevatron 30'
      - ttgamma, top charge, width, branching ratios, color flow
    • 12:40 - 13:20 SM top properties at LHC 40'
      - ttgamma, top charge, width, branching ratios, color flow
    • 13:20 - 14:20 Lunch
    • 14:20 - 20:10 Excursion
      Winchester cathedral guided tour
      Winchester city visit
      Drink reception and Poster session at Winchester Great Hall
    • 20:10 - 22:10 Dinner in Norton Suite
  • Thursday, 20 September 2012
    • 09:00 - 09:30 Angular Distributions at Tevatron 30'
      W helicity, spin correlation, top polarisation, etc.
    • 09:30 - 10:10 Angular Distributions at LHC 40'
      W helicity, spin correlation, top polarisation, etc.
    • 10:10 - 10:50 AFB measurement at Tevatron 40'
    • 10:50 - 11:20 Coffee break
    • 11:20 - 12:00 Charge A(FB) measurement at LHC 40'
    • 12:00 - 12:40 Boosted techniques and measurements at LHC (exp) 40'
      include ttbar resonance searches, include theoretical aspects
    • 12:40 - 14:40 Lunch
    • 14:40 - 15:20 Theory talk on New Physics in Top Production 40'
      include the possibility for LHCb to look for top quarks
    • 15:20 - 16:00 Recent Searches for New Physics in Top at Tevatron 40'
      resonance searches, t' search, b' search, FCNC (production & decay), top+MET, single top NP, etc. 
    • 16:00 - 16:40 Searches for New Physics in Top production at LHC 40'
      down-type fourth generation, QQ->Wq, W', FCNC (production)
    • 16:40 - 17:10 Coffee break
    • 17:10 - 17:50 Theory talk on New Physics in Top Decay 40'
    • 17:50 - 18:30 Searches for New Physics in Top decay at LHC 40'
      same sign top, top +MET, FCNC in decay
    • 18:45 - 19:45 Summer School Q&A part II
    • 20:00 - 22:00 Conference dinner in Barn
  • Friday, 21 September 2012
    • 09:00 - 09:30 Top and the Higgs (theo) 30'
      include ttH, H+
    • 09:30 - 10:00 Top and the Higgs (expt) 30'
      top as background, ttH measurement, H+
    • 10:00 - 10:30 Top and SUSY (theo) 30'
    • 10:30 - 11:00 Top and SUSY (exp) 30'
      stop searches, Top as background, etc.
    • 11:00 - 11:30 Coffee break
    • 11:30 - 12:00 Top physics at future lepton colliders (theo) 30'
    • 12:00 - 12:30 What I learned from TOP 2012 and prospects (exp) 30'
    • 12:30 - 13:00 What I learned at TOP2012 and Recommendations from theory with large datasets and 14TeV (theo) 30'
    • 13:00 - 13:10 Good bye & organization 10'