LHC detector simulations: status, needs and prospects

from Thursday, October 6, 2011 (8:00 AM) to Friday, October 7, 2011 (6:00 PM)
CERN (TH Theory Conference Room)

        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
Oct 6, 2011
Oct 7, 2011
AM
8:30 AM
Physics issues (until 6:30 PM) (TH Theory Conference Room)
9:00 AM Introduction   (TH Theory Conference Room)
9:10 AM ATLAS: Data and MC comparisons for inner detector tracking and vertexing - Markus Juengst (Universitaet Bonn)   (TH Theory Conference Room)
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9:35 AM CMS: Models and approximations used in full simulation - Sunanda Banerjee (Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics (IN))   (TH Theory Conference Room)
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10:05 AM ALICE: Geant4 validation - Eva Sicking (Westfaelische Wilhelms-Universitaet Muenster (DE))   (TH Theory Conference Room)
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10:35 AM Discussion   (TH Theory Conference Room)
10:50 AM --- Coffee break ---
11:20 AM LHCb: Multiple scattering and EM physics - Matthew Michael Reid (University of Warwick (GB))   (TH Theory Conference Room)
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11:45 AM ATLAS: Data and MC comparisons for EM calorimeter, electrons and photons - Olivier Arnaez (Johannes-Gutenberg-Universitaet Mainz (DE))   (TH Theory Conference Room)
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12:10 PM CMS: validation results for calorimeters - Sunanda Banerjee (Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics (IN))   (TH Theory Conference Room)
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12:40 PM Discussion   (TH Theory Conference Room)
1:00 PM --- Lunch break ---
2:00 PM ATLAS: Data and MC comparisons for hadronic calorimeters, jets and ETmiss - Zachary Louis Marshall (CERN)   (TH Theory Conference Room)
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2:25 PM LHCb: Hadronic interactions issues - Nigel Watson (University of Birmingham (GB))   (TH Theory Conference Room)
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2:45 PM ALICE: Transport of low momentum hadrons - Marco Van Leeuwen (University of Utrecht (NL))   (TH Theory Conference Room)
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3:15 PM Discussion   (TH Theory Conference Room)
3:30 PM --- Coffee break ---
4:00 PM 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)   (TH Theory Conference Room)
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4:30 PM ATLAS: Data and MC comparisons for muon spectrometer, including cavern background - Laura Jeanty (Harvard University (US))   (TH Theory Conference Room)
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4:55 PM LHCb: Simulation of RICHes - Sajan Easo (STFC - Science & Technology Facilities Council (GB))   (TH Theory Conference Room)
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5:20 PM Discussion   (TH Theory Conference Room)
8:00 AM
Technical issues (until 2:00 PM) (TH Theory Conference Room)
9:00 AM LHCb: Geant4 in the LHCb simulation application - Gloria Corti (CERN)   (TH Theory Conference Room)
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9:30 AM ALICE: Geant4 integration - Dr Ivana Hrivnacova (Universite de Paris-Sud 11 (FR))   (TH Theory Conference Room)
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10:00 AM ATLAS: Fast simulation, current status and plans - Andreas Salzburger (CERN)   (TH Theory Conference Room)
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10:30 AM CMS: Fast simulation - Andrea Giammanco (Universite Catholique de Louvain (BE))   (TH Theory Conference Room)
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11:00 AM Discussion   (TH Theory Conference Room)
11:20 AM --- Coffee break ---
11:40 AM ATLAS: Overall simulation performance, including pile-up - John Derek Chapman (University of Cambridge (GB))   (TH Theory Conference Room)
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12:10 PM CMS: pileup issues - Mike Hildreth (Department of Physics-College of Science-University of Notre Da) Mike Hildreth (University of Notre Dame (US))   (TH Theory Conference Room)
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12:40 PM Discussion   (TH Theory Conference Room)
1:00 PM --- Lunch break ---
PM
2:00 PM
Developers' outlook and feedback (until 4:50 PM) (TH Theory Conference Room)
2:00 PM Geant4 kernel: status & perspectives - Makoto Asai (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory)   (TH Theory Conference Room)
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2:30 PM Geant4 physics: status & perspectives - Dr Alberto Ribon (CERN)   (TH Theory Conference Room)
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3:15 PM Discussion   (TH Theory Conference Room)
3:30 PM --- Coffee break ---
3:50 PM Detector Simulation R&D - Dr Rene Brun (CERN)   (TH Theory Conference Room)
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4:20 PM Physics Validation - Andrea Dotti (CERN)   (TH Theory Conference Room)
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4:50 PM
Final discussion (until 6:00 PM) (TH Theory Conference Room)
4:50 PM Introduction - Dr Pere Mato Vila (CERN)   (TH Theory Conference Room)
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