PDF4LHC with PHYSTAT

Europe/Zurich
4/3-006 - TH Conference Room (CERN)

4/3-006 - TH Conference Room

CERN

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Amanda Sarkar (University of Oxford (GB))
Description

This meeting of the PDF4LHC will include a session jointly with the PHYSTAT forum in addition to the usual contributions from the experiments and PDF providers. Agenda is currently provisional

Participants
  • Monday 6 October
    • 08:45 14:00
      PHYSTAT session: PHYSTAT for PDFs

      PDF4LHC joint with PHYSTAT empasis on uncertainties on PDFs

      • 08:45
        Welcome 10m
        Speakers: Lydia Brenner (Nikhef National institute for subatomic physics (NL)), Olaf Behnke (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DE)), Olaf Behnke (DESY)
      • 09:00
        PDF fitting overview 40m
        Speaker: Dr Lucian Alexander Harland-Lang (University College London)
      • 09:45
        Session 1: Uncertainty quantification in practice, a dialogue between Pavel Nadolsky and Josh Bendavid: perspectives on the PDF tolerance from the vantage points of PDF fitters and experimentalists working on EW precision measurements. 40m
        Speakers: Josh Bendavid (CERN), Prof. Pavel Nadolsky (Michigan State University)
      • 10:30
        Session 1: Uncertainty quantification in practice, response from statisticians and audience 30m
        Speaker: Lydia Brenner (Nikhef National institute for subatomic physics (NL))
      • 11:00
        Coffee 30m
      • 11:30
        Session 2: Detecting an treating inconsistent data, a dialogue between Mark Constantini and Sofia Olhede 40m
        Speakers: Mark Costantini, sofia olhede
      • 12:10
        Session 2: Detecting an treating inconsistent data, response from audience 30m
        Speaker: Robert Samuel Thorne (University College London (UK))
      • 12:40
        Lunch 1h 20m
    • 14:00 18:00
      PDF4LHC meeting: PHYSTAT for PDFs
      • 14:00
        Session 3: PDF parametrisation and model uncertainty, a dialogue between Aurore Courtoy and Chad Schafer 40m
        Speakers: Aurore Courtoy, Aurore Courtoy (Instituto de Física, UNAM), Chad Schafer
      • 14:40
        Session 3: PDF parametrisation and model uncertainty, response from audience 30m
        Speaker: Amanda Sarkar (University of Oxford (GB))
      • 15:10
        Highlight talk: A Theory of almost Everything--- Statistically Speaking 45m
        Speaker: Prof. Xiao-Li Meng (Harvard University)
      • 15:55
        Tea/Coffee 30m
      • 16:25
        Session 4: Fit complexity and nuisance parameters, a dialogue between Bogdan Malaescu and David van Dyk 40m
        Speakers: Bogdan Malaescu (LPNHE-Paris CNRS/IN2P3 (FR)), David van Dyk
      • 17:05
        Session 4: Fit complexity and nuisance parameters, response from audience 30m
        Speaker: Olaf Behnke (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DE))
      • 17:35
        Wrap-up 15m
        Speakers: Prof. Pavel Nadolsky (Michigan State University), Robert Samuel Thorne (University College London (UK))
  • Tuesday 7 October
    • 09:00 09:20
      News from ATLAS 20m
      Speaker: Eimear Isobel Conroy (University of Oxford (GB))
    • 09:20 09:40
      News from LHCb 20m
      Speaker: Jiuzhao Li (Central China Normal University CCNU (CN))
    • 09:40 10:00
      News from CMS 20m
      Speaker: Daniel Savoiu (Hamburg University (DE))
    • 10:05 10:25
      ABMP update 20m
      Speaker: Maria Vittoria Garzelli (DESY)
    • 10:25 10:45
      A linear PDF model for Bayesian Inference 20m
      Speaker: Mark Costantini
    • 10:45 11:15
      Coffee 30m
    • 11:15 11:35
      MSHT update 20m
      Speaker: Dr Lucian Alexander Harland-Lang (University College London)
    • 11:35 11:55
      CT update 20m
      Speaker: Joey Huston (Michigan State University (US))
    • 11:55 12:15
      NNPDF update 20m
      Speaker: Tommaso Giani
    • 12:20 12:40
      Colibri: a general open source tool for Bayesian PDF fits (and more) 20m
      Speaker: Valentina Schutze
    • 12:40 13:00
      PDF Uncertainties: the Markov Chain Monte-Carlo approach 20m
      Speaker: Peter Risse (Southern Methodist University)
    • 13:00 14:00
      Lunch 1h
    • 14:00 14:20
      Precision measurements of the EW mixing angle 20m
      Speaker: Hyon San Seo (University of Rochester (US))
    • 14:20 14:40
      N3LO studies in xFitter 20m
      Speaker: Dr Francesco Giuli (INFN e Universita Roma Tor Vergata (IT))
    • 14:45 15:05
      Hoppet v2: Fast and accurate parton evolution in the LHC precision era 20m
      Speaker: Dr Alexander Karlberg (CERN)
    • 15:05 15:25
      Two mass 3-loop corrections to DIS: structure functions and VFNS 20m
      Speaker: Kay Schönwald
    • 15:25 15:45
      MSHT uncertainties 20m
      Speaker: Robert Samuel Thorne (University College London (UK))
    • 15:45 16:15
      Tea/Coffee 30m
    • 16:15 16:35
      CT uncertainties 20m
      Speaker: Kirtimaan Ajaykant Mohan
    • 16:35 16:55
      Higher Twists 20m
      Speaker: Richard Ball
    • 17:00 17:20
      QED-enhanced PDF implications for the Higgs sector 20m
      Speaker: Max Ponce Chavez
    • 17:20 17:40
      JAM update 20m
      Speaker: Trey Anderson (William and Mary)
    • 17:40 18:00
      nCTEQ25 20m
      Speaker: Michael Klasen