Characterization of new physics at the LHC, II

Nov 5, 2010, 8:00 AM → Nov 6, 2010, 6:30 PM Europe/Zurich

TH Theory Conference Room (CERN)

Cigdem Issever (University of Oxford), Joseph Incandela (Physics Department-University of California-Unknown), Michelangelo Mangano (CERN), Paul de Jong (Nikhef)

LHC physics day dedicated to the exploration by ATLAS and CMS of the issues and tools that will enable the characterization of new physics at the LHC. This is the follow-up of the previous event, http://indico.cern.ch/conferenceOtherViews.py?view=standard&confId=94910. See also http://www-conf.slac.stanford.edu/topologies10/ .

A hands-on tutorial on OSET techniques, coordinated by Philip Schuster and Natalia Toro, will take place the day before the meeting. To register, and provide input on the choice of topics, see http://indico.cern.ch/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=109965

The meeting will be broadcast via EVO (detailed info will appear at the time of the meeting in the "Video Services" item on the left menu bar)

For those attending, information on accommodation, access to CERN and laptop registration is available from http://lpcc.web.cern.ch/LPCC/index.php?page=visit

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Fri, November 5

9:00 AM → 9:10 AM Introduction

Speaker: Michelangelo Mangano (CERN)

Slides deniedaccess.pdf MLM-CharacterNP.pdf

9:10 AM → 9:40 AM ATLAS: overview of ongoing efforts

Speaker: Amir Farbin (University of Texas at Arlington)

Slides Farbin.pdf

9:40 AM → 10:10 AM CMS: overview of ongoing efforts

Speaker: Dr Fedor Ratnikov (KIT, Karlsruhe)

Slides CharacterizationNeyPhysicsCMS_101105_2.pdf

10:10 AM → 10:40 AM The "LHC New Physics Project" and Topologies Workshop at SLAC

Speakers: Jacob Wacker, Prof. Jacob Wacker (SLAC)

Slides CERNWorkshopOnSignaturesNov2010.pdf

10:40 AM → 11:00 AM Coffee break

11:00 AM → 11:40 AM An Illustration of Simplified Models in Searches

Speakers: NATALIA TORO (Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics), Natalia Toro

Slides Toro_CNP2

11:40 AM → 12:20 PM Simplified Models for 50 pb-1

Speaker: Ms Mariangela Lisanti (Princeton University)

Slides Lisanti_talk.pdf

12:20 PM → 12:40 PM Implementing simplified models in PYTHIA, and parameter space sampling

Speakers: Dr Stephen Mrenna (FERMILAB), Steve Mrenna (Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (Fermilab))

Slides Generating Simplified Events with Pythia and Scanning Parameter Space Local PDF, not from website.

12:40 PM → 2:00 PM Lunch break

2:00 PM → 2:40 PM Characterizing a new signal:Initial thoughts on how to go about it

Speaker: Sue Ann Koay (University of California, Santa Barbara)

Slides sak_20101031_NewPhysicsII_smsthoughts.pdf sak_20101031_NewPhysicsII_smsthoughts.pptx

2:40 PM → 3:10 PM Simplified models for early SUSY searches in CMS

Speaker: Dr Sanjay Padhi (UCSD)

Slides spadhi_susyworkshop051110.pdf

3:10 PM → 3:40 PM The Mapping from Collider Data to Theory Through Production and Decay Topologies

Speaker: Scott Thomas (Dept. of Physics and Astronomy-Rutgers, State Univ. of New Jerse)

Slides CERN-Topo-Scott.pdf

3:40 PM → 4:00 PM Coffee break

4:00 PM → 4:30 PM Signals of new particle resonant production with early LHC data

Speaker: Riccardo Torre (Dipartimento di Fisica and INFN, Pisa)

Slides torre.pdf

4:30 PM → 5:00 PM ATLAS: setting limits on dijet signatures

Speaker: Dr Georgios Choudalakis (University of Chicago, Enrico Fermi Institute)

Slides 101105_CharacterizeNewPhysics_CERN.pdf

5:00 PM → 5:30 PM CMS: setting limits on dijets signatures

Speaker: Jim Hirschauer (Fermilab)

Slides hirschauer_cms_dijets.pdf

Sat, November 6

9:00 AM → 9:30 AM Managing Multilepton Topologies: The Tau Trouble

Speaker: Sunil Somalwar (Dept. of Physics and Astronomy-Rutgers, State Univ. of New Jerse)

Slides 1011-NewPhyChar-Somalwar.pdf 1011-NewPhyChar-Somalwar.pptx

9:30 AM → 10:00 AM Setting limits with simplified model spectra

Speaker: Mariarosaria D'Alfonso (UCSB)

Slides dalfonso_limit_6Nov.pdf dalfonso_limit_6Nov.pptx

10:00 AM → 10:30 AM Same-sign and Multi-lepton signatures

Speaker: Xin Chen (University of Wisconsin)

Slides chen.pdf

10:30 AM → 10:50 AM Simplified SUSY Model with MadGraph ~For Same-Sign Dilepton Search

Speaker: Hideki Okawa (University of California, Irvine)

Slides okawa_SimplifiedSUSY_20101106.pdf

10:50 AM → 11:10 AM Coffee break

11:10 AM → 11:40 AM Optimizing the separation of supersymmetry from background

Speaker: Jonathan R. Ellis (CERN)

Slides Characterization.ppt

11:40 AM → 12:10 PM SUSY parameters fits with LHC data

Speaker: Michael Kraemer (Particle Physics)

Slides mkraemer_LPCC_BSM.pdf

12:10 PM → 1:30 PM Lunch break

1:30 PM → 2:10 PM Bringing it all together: statistical interpretation of new physics

Speaker: Kyle Cranmer (NYU)

Slides Statistical_Intepretation_New_Physics_CERN_11-6-10.pdf

2:10 PM → 2:40 PM Exploring the SUSY param space with a new Bayesian approach

Speaker: Harrison Prosper (Particle Physics)

Slides ProsperCharacterizationWorkshop-11-06-2010.pptx

2:40 PM → 3:10 PM Publishing non-interpreted (model-independent) experimental results

Speaker: David Cote (CERN)

Slides CoteCharcterizationNewPhysV2.pdf

3:10 PM → 3:40 PM RECAST - Extending the impact of existing analyses

Speaker: Dr itay Yavin (New-York University)

Slides Yavin-CERN.ppt

3:40 PM → 4:40 PM Discussion and plans

Slides Discussion-EarlyReferenceSMS.pdf Discussion-EarlyReferenceSMS.pptx