Name: The Zurich phenomenology workshop: Higgs search confronts theory
Start: 2012-01-09T08:30:00+01:00
End: 2012-01-11T16:30:00+01:00
Location: ETH Zurich, Main Building

The Zurich phenomenology workshop: Higgs search confronts theory

from Monday 9 January 2012 (08:30) to Wednesday 11 January 2012 (16:30)

Monday 9 January 2012

09:30 Registration and coffee
Registration and coffee
09:30 - 10:10
10:10 Opening address - Ralph Eichler (ETH Zurich)
Opening address
- Ralph Eichler (ETH Zurich)
10:10 - 10:20
10:20 Higgs, more Higgs, less Higgs or Higgsless? - John Ellis (CERN)
Higgs, more Higgs, less Higgs or Higgsless?
- John Ellis (CERN)
10:20 - 10:50
10:50 Higgs Boson Searches in the ATLAS experiment -recent results- - Karl Jakobs (Freiburg)
Higgs Boson Searches in the ATLAS experiment -recent results-
- Karl Jakobs (Freiburg)
10:50 - 11:35
11:35 Recent Results from Higgs Searches with the CMS Detector - Christoph Paus (MIT)
Recent Results from Higgs Searches with the CMS Detector
- Christoph Paus (MIT)
11:35 - 12:20
12:20 Lunch break
Lunch break
12:20 - 14:00
14:00 Higgs results from the Tevatron - Gregorio Bernardi (LPNHE-Paris/IN2P3)
Higgs results from the Tevatron
- Gregorio Bernardi (LPNHE-Paris/IN2P3)
14:00 - 14:45
14:45 Combination techniques for Higgs boson searches at the Tevatron and the LHC - Benjamin Kilminster (Fermilab)
Combination techniques for Higgs boson searches at the Tevatron and the LHC
- Benjamin Kilminster (Fermilab)
14:45 - 15:15
15:15 Searches for new physics at the LHC outside the Higgs sector - Paris Sphicas (Athens)
Searches for new physics at the LHC outside the Higgs sector
- Paris Sphicas (Athens)
15:15 - 16:00
16:00 Coffee break
Coffee break
16:00 - 16:30
16:30 Higgs searches: validation and assessment of the simulation tools - Michelangelo Mangano (CERN)
Higgs searches: validation and assessment of the simulation tools
- Michelangelo Mangano (CERN)
16:30 - 17:15
17:15 EWSB after the first hints of a Higgs - Riccardo Rattazzi (EPF Lausanne)
EWSB after the first hints of a Higgs
- Riccardo Rattazzi (EPF Lausanne)
17:15 - 18:00
Tuesday 10 January 2012
09:00 Modeling and Testing a Composite Higgs - Andrea Wulzer (Padova)
Modeling and Testing a Composite Higgs
- Andrea Wulzer (Padova)
09:00 - 09:30
09:30 New Higgs Production Mechanism in Composite Higgs Models - Jose Santiago (Granada University)
New Higgs Production Mechanism in Composite Higgs Models
- Jose Santiago (Granada University)
09:30 - 10:00
10:00 Electroweak corrections in Higgs boson production & uncertainties in Higgs boson decays - Ansgar Denner (Wuerzburg)
Electroweak corrections in Higgs boson production & uncertainties in Higgs boson decays
- Ansgar Denner (Wuerzburg)
10:00 - 10:30
10:30 Coffee break
Coffee break
10:30 - 11:00
11:00 Parton distributions and their impact on Higgs searches - James Stirling (Cambridge)
Parton distributions and their impact on Higgs searches
- James Stirling (Cambridge)
11:00 - 11:30
11:30 High precision on the total Higgs production rate channel by channel - Robert Harlander (Wuppertal)
High precision on the total Higgs production rate channel by channel
- Robert Harlander (Wuppertal)
11:30 - 12:00
12:00 Resummation methods and Higgs boson production - Thomas Becher (Bern)
Resummation methods and Higgs boson production
- Thomas Becher (Bern)
12:00 - 12:30
12:30 Lunch break
Lunch break
12:30 - 14:00
14:00 Higgs to two-photons : signal and background - Daniel De Florian (Buenos Aires)
Higgs to two-photons : signal and background
- Daniel De Florian (Buenos Aires)
14:00 - 14:30
14:30 Transverse momentum resummation for Higgs production - Giulia Zanderighi (Oxford)
Transverse momentum resummation for Higgs production
- Giulia Zanderighi (Oxford)
14:30 - 15:00
15:00 Fully differential NNLO cross-sections for Higgs boson production - Achilleas Lazopoulos (ETH Zurich)
Fully differential NNLO cross-sections for Higgs boson production
- Achilleas Lazopoulos (ETH Zurich)
15:00 - 15:30
15:30 cofee break
cofee break
15:30 - 16:30
16:30 Parton-showers with matching to fixed order and their impact on Higgs searches - Stefano Frixione (EPFL, CERN)
Parton-showers with matching to fixed order and their impact on Higgs searches
- Stefano Frixione (EPFL, CERN)
16:30 - 17:00
17:00 Higgs searches and their sensitivity on hadronization, underlying event, pile up and Monte-Carlo tunings - Peter Skands (CERN theory)
Higgs searches and their sensitivity on hadronization, underlying event, pile up and Monte-Carlo tunings
- Peter Skands (CERN theory)
17:00 - 17:30
Wednesday 11 January 2012
09:00 Flavour Physics and Recent Results from the LHCb Experiment - Tatsuya Nakada (EPF Lausanne)
Flavour Physics and Recent Results from the LHCb Experiment
- Tatsuya Nakada (EPF Lausanne)
09:00 - 09:30
09:30 The interplay of Higgs and Flavor physics - Uli Haisch (Oxford)
The interplay of Higgs and Flavor physics
- Uli Haisch (Oxford)
09:30 - 10:00
10:00 Direct and indirect bounds on Higgs bosons - Georg Weiglein (DESY Hamburg)
Direct and indirect bounds on Higgs bosons
- Georg Weiglein (DESY Hamburg)
10:00 - 10:30
10:30 Coffee break
Coffee break
10:30 - 11:00
11:00 NLO predictions for signal and background processes in the Higgs search - Keith Ellis (Fermilab)
NLO predictions for signal and background processes in the Higgs search
- Keith Ellis (Fermilab)
11:00 - 11:30
11:30 Beyond Discovery: Exploring Higgs Properties - Sally Dawson (Brookhaven National Laboratory)
Beyond Discovery: Exploring Higgs Properties
- Sally Dawson (Brookhaven National Laboratory)
11:30 - 12:00
12:00 The Higgs and the Terascale: an Outlook - Guido Altarelli (Rome and CERN theory)
The Higgs and the Terascale: an Outlook
- Guido Altarelli (Rome and CERN theory)
12:00 - 12:45

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