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LPCC MCWG Tuning Forum online meeting

Monday 9 Mar 2026, 00:20 → 23:20 Europe/Zurich

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Description

The first meeting of the LPCC Monte Carlo subgroup for event generator tuning.

Contact

leif.lonnblad@fysik.lu.se

Registration

Participants

Participants

69763067872

Leif Lönnblad

63947720

- 09:00 → 09:15
  
  Welcome and introduction 15m
  
  Speaker: Leif Lönnblad (Lund University (SE))
- 09:15 → 11:00
  Ongoing and planned tuning efforts
  
  Convener: Leif Lönnblad (Lund University (SE))
  - 09:15
    
    Sherpa 15m
    
    Speaker: Steffen Schumann
    
    SherpaTunining_LPCC26.pdf
  - 09:30
    
    Herwig 15m
    
    Speaker: Aidin Masouminia (IPPP, Durham University)
    
    Tuning_Slides.pdf
  - 09:45
    
    Pythia 15m
    
    Speaker: Ilkka Helenius (Helsinki Institute of Physics (HIP)-Univ. of Helsinki, Fac. of S)
    
    IH-LCPP-tuning-2026-pythia.pdf
  - 10:00
    
    LHCb 15m
    
    Speaker: Riccardo Bonacci (Monash University (AU))
    
    Tuning_forum_Mar9th.pdf
  - 10:15
    
    ALICE 15m
    
    Speaker: Lorenzo Bernardinis (Universita e INFN Trieste (IT))
    
    LB-Tuning_forum-v4.pdf
  - 10:30
    
    CMS 15m
    
    Speaker: Gerrit Van Onsem (Vrije Universiteit Brussel (BE))
    
    CMS-tunes_LPCC-MCWG-Tuning_Mar2026.pdf
  - 10:45
    
    ATLAS 15m
    
    Speaker: Baris Tuncay (University of Oxford (GB))
    
    BarisTuncay_LHCMCWG_TuningMeeting_March2026.pdf
- 11:00 → 11:20
  
  Coffee break 20m
- 11:20 → 12:30
  Observables
  
  Convener: Aidin Masouminia (IPPP, Durham University)
  - 11:30
    
    New HERA analyses 20m
    
    Speaker: Stefan Schmitt (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DE))
    
    260305_LPCC.pdf
  - 11:50
    
    Tuning for cosmic rays 20m
    
    Speaker: Chloé Gaudu (Bergische Universität Wuppertal)
    
    Gaudu_LPCC_MCWG_tuning_09.03.2026.pdf
  - 12:10
    
    e+e- (re-)analyses 20m
    
    Speaker: Cristian Baldenegro (Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (US))
    
    LPCC_MCWG_eea-4.pdf
- 12:30 → 13:30
  
  Lunch break 1h
- 13:30 → 15:10
  Tools and methods
  
  Convener: Baris Tuncay (University of Oxford (GB))
  - 13:30
    
    NLL correct showers and tuning 20m
    
    Speaker: Christian Preuss (University of Goettingen)
    
    ctp_showers_tuning.pdf
  - 13:50
    
    Staged tuning in KVASIR 20m
    
    Speaker: Christian Bierlich (Lund University (SE))
    
    lpcc-tuning.pdf
  - 14:10
    
    Workflow management 20m
    
    Speaker: Maximilian Horzela (Georg August Universitaet Goettingen (DE))
    
    MCRun_MCEventGeneratorWorkflow_LHCMCWG.pdf
  - 14:30
    
    Ranking of observable sensitivity 20m
    
    Speaker: Rikab Gambhir
    
    [LPC] HD Sense.pdf
  - 14:50
    
    Professor 20m
    
    Speaker: Andy Buckley (University of Glasgow (GB))
    
    2026-03 LHC MC Tuning Professor.pdf
- 15:10 → 15:30
  
  Coffee break 20m
- 15:30 → 16:30
  
  Goals for the tuning forum
  
  Convener: Leif Lönnblad (Lund University (SE))