Treatment of theory uncertainties

• Some theory uncertainties on the input processes are already baked into the covariance matrices (all uncertainties for Higgs, uncertainties on acceptance only for SM fiducial cross-sections)
• EFT parameterization uncertainties are not considered for the moment
• Computing scale variations on EFT predictions should be possible in the MG setups used to derive the parameterizations.
• Technically EFT uncertainties are easy to add (the machinery for adding them through nuisance parameters is already available), but this would require a recipe on how to treat uncertainty correlations (between coefficients, measurement regions, etc.).

YAML format

• Similar formats from CMS and ATLAS, will try to converge on a common version
• Preference for using dictionaries whenever possible as this is self-documenting and easier to extend if we want to add more information.

Framework

• Need to define a set of tools to use to run the full chain, ideally with proper version numbers, etc.
• In CMS the EFT2Obs package contains all the necessary tools
• ATLAS looking at solutions based on a docker image containing the necessary tools. Not in common use by the theory community, but could at least extract the tool information from the docker config.
• Preference for moving away from ROOT whenever possible
• Preference for not relying on CVMFS (the shared filesystem used by ATLAS/CMS to access common tool repositories for LCG grid computing) as this is not widely usable by theorists

Configurations for EFT generation

• Need to ensure the full generation config is specified through MG cards
• Will try to harmonize ATLAS and CMS options as much as possible
• Will get in touch with Area 2 which is probably the better home for this effort.

Truncation tests

• Tests on pT or angular variables (even less correlated with the q^2) should provide interesting information
• Could also consider interpretations in a particular UV model, comparing the straight-to-UV case (measurement -> UV) with the two step interpretation through SMEFT (measurement -> SMEFT -> UV). For the latter, some truncations could be investigated and compared with the straight-to-UV case.

Action Items

1. Document all the links to the code / inputs on the Area 4 twiki page
2. Converge on a yaml format for parameterisations and measurements
3. Sets of yaml files from each experiment will then be exchanged
4. Perform a quick cross-check of the fit to each parameter from the CMS+ATLAS combination
5. In parallel CMS will improve the Higgs parameterisations (e.g. to include all STXS bins and the decay side)