LHC detector simulations: status, needs and prospects

from Thursday 6 October 2011 (08:00) to Friday 7 October 2011 (18:00)
CERN (TH Theory Conference Room)

        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
6 Oct 2011
7 Oct 2011
AM
08:30
Physics issues (until 18:30) (TH Theory Conference Room)
09:00 Introduction  
09:10 ATLAS: Data and MC comparisons for inner detector tracking and vertexing - Markus Juengst (Universitaet Bonn)  
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09:35 CMS: Models and approximations used in full simulation - Sunanda Banerjee (Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics (IN))  
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10:05 ALICE: Geant4 validation - Eva Sicking (Westfaelische Wilhelms-Universitaet Muenster (DE))  
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10:35 Discussion  
10:50 --- Coffee break ---
11:20 LHCb: Multiple scattering and EM physics - Matthew Michael Reid (University of Warwick (GB))  
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11:45 ATLAS: Data and MC comparisons for EM calorimeter, electrons and photons - Olivier Arnaez (Johannes-Gutenberg-Universitaet Mainz (DE))  
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12:10 CMS: validation results for calorimeters - Sunanda Banerjee (Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics (IN))  
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12:40 Discussion  
13:00 --- Lunch break ---
14:00 ATLAS: Data and MC comparisons for hadronic calorimeters, jets and ETmiss - Zachary Louis Marshall (CERN)  
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14:25 LHCb: Hadronic interactions issues - Nigel Watson (University of Birmingham (GB))  
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14:45 ALICE: Transport of low momentum hadrons - Marco Van Leeuwen (University of Utrecht (NL))  
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15:15 Discussion  
15:30 --- Coffee break ---
16:00 CMS: validation results for tracking detectors - Mike Hildreth (University of Notre Dame (US)) Mike Hildreth (Department of Physics-College of Science-University of Notre Da)  
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16:30 ATLAS: Data and MC comparisons for muon spectrometer, including cavern background - Laura Jeanty (Harvard University (US))  
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16:55 LHCb: Simulation of RICHes - Sajan Easo (STFC - Science & Technology Facilities Council (GB))  
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17:20 Discussion  
08:00
Technical issues (until 14:00)
09:00 LHCb: Geant4 in the LHCb simulation application - Gloria Corti (CERN)  
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09:30 ALICE: Geant4 integration - Dr Ivana Hrivnacova (Universite de Paris-Sud 11 (FR))  
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10:00 ATLAS: Fast simulation, current status and plans - Andreas Salzburger (CERN)  
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10:30 CMS: Fast simulation - Andrea Giammanco (Universite Catholique de Louvain (BE))  
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11:00 Discussion  
11:20 --- Coffee break ---
11:40 ATLAS: Overall simulation performance, including pile-up - John Derek Chapman (University of Cambridge (GB))  
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12:10 CMS: pileup issues - Mike Hildreth (Department of Physics-College of Science-University of Notre Da) Mike Hildreth (University of Notre Dame (US))  
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12:40 Discussion  
13:00 --- Lunch break ---
PM
14:00
Developers' outlook and feedback (until 16:50)
14:00 Geant4 kernel: status & perspectives - Makoto Asai (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory)  
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14:30 Geant4 physics: status & perspectives - Dr Alberto Ribon (CERN)  
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15:15 Discussion  
15:30 --- Coffee break ---
15:50 Detector Simulation R&D - Dr Rene Brun (CERN)  
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16:20 Physics Validation - Andrea Dotti (CERN)  
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16:50
Final discussion (until 18:00)
16:50 Introduction - Dr Pere Mato Vila (CERN)  
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