NLO and parton showers miniWorkshop

from Monday, 27 February 2012 (09:00) to Tuesday, 28 February 2012 (18:00)
CERN (TH Theory Conference Room)

        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
27 Feb 2012
28 Feb 2012
AM
09:30 MC@NLO vs. POWHEG, opportunities and limitations - Stefan Hoeche (University of Zurich)   (TH Theory Conference Room)
Slides
10:10 Improving MC@NLO simulations with Catani-Seymour subtraction - Marek Schoenherr (Technische Universitaet Dresden (DE)) Marek Schoenherr (Technische Universitaet Dresden (DE))   (TH Theory Conference Room)
Slides
10:50 NLO developments in Herwig++ - Mr Simon Plaetzer (ITP, Universitaet Karlsruhe)   (TH Theory Conference Room)
Slides
11:30 --- Coffee break ---
11:50 Matrix elements merging in Pythia8 - Stefan Prestel   (TH Theory Conference Room)
Slides
09:00 Photons with POWHEG in Herwig++ - Peter Richardson Dr Peter Richardson (Durham University)   (TH Theory Conference Room)
Slides
09:40 W production and decay including EW corrections in the POWHEG BOX - Fulvio Piccinini   (TH Theory Conference Room)
Slides
10:20 Merging NLO+PS with ME+PS - Keith Hamilton   (TH Theory Conference Room)
Slides
11:00 --- Coffee break ---
11:20 CKKW at NLO - Leif Lonnblad Leif Ingvar Lonnblad (Lund University (SE))   (TH Theory Conference Room)
Slides
PM
12:30 aMC@NLO - Rikkert Frederix Rikkert Frederix (Universitaet Zuerich (CH))   (TH Theory Conference Room)
Slides
13:10 --- Lunch break ---
14:30 A common view on MC@NLO and POWHEG generators - Paolo Nason (Univ. degli Studi Milano-Bicocca (IT))   (TH Theory Conference Room)
Slides
15:10
Discussion Session (until 18:30) (TH Theory Conference Room)
12:00 On the alternative to POWHEG and MC@NLO method of introducing NLO corrections to hard process -- the KRKMC methodology - Staszek Jadach (Polish Academy of Sciences (PL))   (TH Theory Conference Room)
Slides
12:40 Interplay of IR-Improved DGLAP-CS Theory and NLO Parton Shower MC Precision - Bennie Ward (Baylor University (US))   (TH Theory Conference Room)
Slides
13:00 --- Lunch break ---
14:00
Discussion (no EVO connection) (until 18:00) (4/2-011 - TH common room)