CMS Topical Workshop on Off-shell Higgs Boson Production at the LPC

25 Mar 2024, 09:00 → 29 Mar 2024, 17:00 America/Chicago

Sunrise (WH11NE) (Fermilab, Wilson Hall)

Christopher Madrid (Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (US)), David Yu (University of Nebraska Lincoln (US)), Gabriele Benelli (Brown University (US)), Li Yuan (Beihang University (CN)), Pedro Fernandez Manteca (Rice University (US)), Ulascan Sarica (Univ. of California Santa Barbara (US))

This is a full-week intensive workshop that examines the current CMS off-shell Higgs production analyses. It aims to formulate coherent analysis strategies and identify development needs for off-shell analyses in Run 3, address any remaining Run 2 needs, and share the current available tools.

A large part of this workshop is dedicated to in-person tutorial sessions on (1) the different available tools for simulation and data analysis relevant to off-shell analyses, (2) advanced programming and scientific computing concepts, including the utilization of heterogeneous computing resources, and (3) machine learning. All tutorials are going to feature hands-on exercises.

 

The event will be held in-person at the Fermilab LPC. Please note that in-person attendance requires on-site access:
- If you are a CMS member, please follow the 'RENEW' or 'NEW' links on the Quick Links tab at the LPC homepage.
- If you are not a CMS member, you need a Business Visitor access. Please follow the instructions here and let the organizers know as soon as you open your Service Desk ticket.

Please note that registration closes on March 18th.

 

Mattermost channel:
https://mattermost.web.cern.ch/cmsoffshellhiggsatlpc

 

Organizing Committee:
Pedro Fernandez Manteca (Rice University)
Ulascan Sarica (University of California Santa Barbara)
David Yu (University of Nebraska Lincoln)
Li Yuan (Beihang University)

LPC Events Committee:
Gabriele Benelli (Brown University, Co-Chair)
Chris Madrid (Fermilab, Co-Chair)

LPC Coordinators:
Kevin Black (University of Wisconsin Madison)
Bo Jayatilaka (Fermilab)

Monday 25 March

09:00 → 10:10 Registration and introductions

Welcome.pdf

10:10 → 10:15 Intermission - preparation for tutorials

10:15 → 12:20 Tutorials: Monday morning sessions

10:15 MC generators - 1: POWHEG

Speaker: Meng Lu (Northeastern University (US))

Link to tutorial

MC_POWHEG_Recording_Mar25_2024.mp4

Powhg part on Off-shell Higgs @LPC.pdf

11:15 Stretch break

11:20 Statistics overview

Speaker: Susan J Dittmer (Northwestern University (US))

StatisticsOverview_Recording_Mar25_2024.mp4

StatsOffshell.pdf

12:20 → 13:35 Lunch

15:20 → 15:35 Coffee break

15:35 → 16:35 Tutorials: Monday afternoon session

15:35 MC generators - 2: MELA tools

Speakers: Mohit Vir Srivastav (Johns Hopkins University (US)), Ulascan Sarica (Univ. of California Santa Barbara (US))

Link to tutorial

offshell_workshop_mela-1.pdf

offshell_workshop_mela.pptx

video4929134427.mp4

Tuesday 26 March

09:00 → 12:15 Tutorials: Tuesday morning sessions

09:00 Higgs Combine tool

Speaker: Susan J Dittmer (Northwestern University (US))

CombineTutorial.pdf

10:00 Coffee break

10:10 MC generators - 1: Sherpa

Speaker: Meng Lu (Northeastern University (US))

GMT20240326-163046_RecordingnewChat.txt

Link to tutorial

Shared recording for Susan Dittmer and Meng Lu.mp4

Sherpa part on Off-shell Higgs @LPC.pdf

11:10 Stretch break

11:15 MC generators - 1: HERWIG

Speakers: Dominic Stafford (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY), Dominic William Stafford (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DE)), Meng Lu (Northeastern University (US))

GMT20240326-163046_Recording_1920x1050.mp4

Link to tutorial

Offshell_Higgs_Herwig-2.pdf

12:15 → 13:30 Lunch

14:00 → 15:05 Tutorials: Tuesday afternoon session

14:00 Stretch break

14:05 Machine learning

Speaker: John Rotter (Rice University (US))

GMT20240326-192130_Recording_1760x932.mp4

Link to tutorial

Mar26_ClassifierNN_Tutorial1.pdf

15:05 → 15:20 Coffee break

Wednesday 27 March

09:00 → 12:15 Theory perspectives: Talks and discussions

09:00 N3LO and resummed cross sections for on-shell gluon fusion Higgs boson production

Speaker: Marco Bonvini (INFN, Rome 1 Unit)

bonvini_CMSoffshellHiggs.pdf

Shared recording for Marco Bonvini and Simone Alioli.mp4

09:30 gg->4l with POWHEG and color singlet production through gluon fusion in GENEVA

Speaker: Simone Alioli (Universita & INFN, Milano-Bicocca (IT))

Alioli-CMS-Fermilab.pdf

10:00 Coffee break

10:15 SMEFT and diboson production

Speaker: Alejo Nahuel Rossia (University of Manchester)

Alejo_Rossia_CMS_WS_Mar24.pdf

GMT20240327-153939_Recording_3840x2160.mp4

10:45 Theory overview of off-shell Higgs physics

Speaker: Raoul Horst Rontsch

GMT20240327-161648_Recording_1920x1200.mp4

roentsch_theory_overview.pdf

11:30 Higher-order corrections in diboson processes

Speaker: John Campbell

GMT20240327-171132_Recording_1920x1080.mp4

OffshellTopical.pdf

12:15 → 13:30 Lunch

13:30 → 16:00 Tutorials: Wednesday afternoon sessions

13:30 Advanced programming and scientific computing

Speaker: Ulascan Sarica (Univ. of California Santa Barbara (US))

GMT20240327-190930_Recording_1920x1080.mp4

Link to Day 1 of tutorials (coding)

14:45 Coffee break

15:00 Machine learning

Speaker: John Rotter (Rice University (US))

GMT20240327-214223_Recording_1760x900.mp4

GMT20240327-214223_RecordingnewChat.txt

Link to tutorial

Mar27_RegressorNN_Tutorial2.pdf

Thursday 28 March

09:45 → 10:00 Coffee break

10:00 → 12:05 Tutorials: Thursday morning sessions

10:00 Off-shell modeling with Higgs Combine

Speakers: Susan J Dittmer (Northwestern University (US)), Ulascan Sarica (Univ. of California Santa Barbara (US))

CombineTutorial2.pdf

GMT20240328-154806_Recording_1920x1080.mp4

GMT20240328-211530_Recording_1760x900.mp4

Link to Combine tutorial for off-shell Higgs

11:00 Stretch break

11:05 MC generators - 2: JHUGen & MCFM off-shell processes

Speakers: Jeffrey Davis (Johns Hopkins University (US)), Ulascan Sarica (Univ. of California Santa Barbara (US))

GMT20240328-162205_Recording_1920x1080.mp4

JHUGen Tutorial.pdf

JHUGen Tutorial.pptx

Link to tutorial material

12:05 → 13:00 Lunch

13:00 → 14:00 Joint session with the LPC Topic of the Week seminar

Joint session with the LPC Topic of the Week seminar series

LPC Topic of the Week seminar: ATLAS off-shell measurements

14:00 → 14:30 Intermission after the Topic of the Week seminar

16:00 → 20:00 Informal dinner and related arrangements

Friday 29 March

09:00 → 11:25 Tutorials: Friday morning sessions

09:00 Advanced programming and scientific computing

Speaker: Ulascan Sarica (Univ. of California Santa Barbara (US))

GMT20240329-140705_Recording_1920x1080.mp4

Link to Day 2 of tutorials (auto. diff., CUDA)

10:15 Coffee break

10:25 Machine learning

Speaker: John Rotter (Rice University (US))

GMT20240329-163625_Recording_1920x1050.mp4

Mar29_RegressorBDT_Tutorial3.pdf

11:25 → 11:30 Intermission - stretch break