MC generators and future challenges, a joint ATLAS/CMS/LPCC workshop
from
Monday 19 November 2012 (09:00)
to
Wednesday 21 November 2012 (18:00)
Monday 19 November 2012
09:00
aMC@NLO Tutorial
aMC@NLO Tutorial
09:00 - 12:30
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
12:30
Lunch
Lunch
12:30 - 14:00
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
14:00
Introduction and goals for the workshop
Introduction and goals for the workshop
14:00 - 14:10
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
14:10
Experimental (ATLAS + CMS) overview and results using current MC generators
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Piergiulio Lenzi
(
CERN
)
Experimental (ATLAS + CMS) overview and results using current MC generators
Piergiulio Lenzi
(
CERN
)
14:10 - 14:45
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
14:45
NLO overview and current status of Openloops
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Stefano Augusto Pozzorini
(
Universitaet Zuerich (CH)
)
NLO overview and current status of Openloops
Stefano Augusto Pozzorini
(
Universitaet Zuerich (CH)
)
14:45 - 15:05
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
15:05
NLO overview and current status of GoSam
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Gionata Luisoni
(
Max Planck Institute for Physics
)
NLO overview and current status of GoSam
Gionata Luisoni
(
Max Planck Institute for Physics
)
15:05 - 15:25
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
15:25
NLO overview and current status of Blackhat
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Daniel Maitre
NLO overview and current status of Blackhat
Daniel Maitre
15:25 - 15:45
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
15:45
Discussion
Discussion
15:45 - 16:00
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
16:00
Coffee/Tea break
Coffee/Tea break
16:00 - 16:15
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
16:15
Status and Future plans for Powheg
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Carlo Oleari
(
Univ. degli Studi Milano-Bicocca (IT)
)
Status and Future plans for Powheg
Carlo Oleari
(
Univ. degli Studi Milano-Bicocca (IT)
)
16:15 - 16:45
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
16:45
Status and Future plans for Madgraph
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Johan Alwall
(
Fermilab
)
olivier mattelaer
(
ucl
)
Status and Future plans for Madgraph
Johan Alwall
(
Fermilab
)
olivier mattelaer
(
ucl
)
16:45 - 17:05
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
17:05
Status and Future plans for aMC@NLO
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Stefano Frixione
(
CERN
)
Status and Future plans for aMC@NLO
Stefano Frixione
(
CERN
)
17:05 - 17:25
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
17:25
Status and Future plans for Sherpa+NLO
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Frank Martin Krauss
(
University of Durham (GB)
)
Status and Future plans for Sherpa+NLO
Frank Martin Krauss
(
University of Durham (GB)
)
17:25 - 17:45
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
17:45
Discussion on ME + multileg matched generators
Discussion on ME + multileg matched generators
17:45 - 18:05
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
Tuesday 20 November 2012
09:00
09:00 - 12:30
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
12:30
Lunch
Lunch
12:30 - 14:00
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
14:00
Experimental issues with the current MC generators
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Thorsten Kuhl
(
Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DE)
)
Experimental issues with the current MC generators
Thorsten Kuhl
(
Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DE)
)
14:00 - 14:30
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
14:30
Shower developments and future plans for Pythia including HF treatment
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Leif Ingvar Lonnblad
(
Lund University (SE)
)
Shower developments and future plans for Pythia including HF treatment
Leif Ingvar Lonnblad
(
Lund University (SE)
)
14:30 - 14:55
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
Including CKKW-L, heavy flavour veto in matching, etc
14:55
Status and future plans for Alpgen
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Michelangelo Mangano
(
CERN
)
Status and future plans for Alpgen
Michelangelo Mangano
(
CERN
)
14:55 - 15:25
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
15:25
Shower developments and future plans for Herwig++
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Simon Plaetzer
(
ITP, Universitaet Karlsruhe
)
Shower developments and future plans for Herwig++
Simon Plaetzer
(
ITP, Universitaet Karlsruhe
)
15:25 - 15:55
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
15:55
Discussion
Discussion
15:55 - 16:20
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
16:20
Coffee/Tea break
Coffee/Tea break
16:20 - 16:45
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
16:45
Experimental results on W/Z in association with heavy flavours and systematics
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Simon De Visscher
(
CERN
)
Experimental results on W/Z in association with heavy flavours and systematics
Simon De Visscher
(
CERN
)
16:45 - 17:10
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
17:10
Shower systematics in matching generators
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Liza Mijovic
(
CEA-Saclay
)
Shower systematics in matching generators
Liza Mijovic
(
CEA-Saclay
)
17:10 - 17:35
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
17:35
Discussion
Discussion
17:35 - 18:00
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
Discussion on shower tuning/systematics as well as matching artefacts
Wednesday 21 November 2012
09:00
Underlying event tuning and results - Experimental talk
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Richard Dryden Field
(
University of Florida (US)
)
Underlying event tuning and results - Experimental talk
Richard Dryden Field
(
University of Florida (US)
)
09:00 - 09:25
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
09:25
Discussions on tuning/matching
Discussions on tuning/matching
09:25 - 09:50
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
09:50
Future developments in electroweak radiations in shower.
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Marek Schoenherr
(
University of Durham
)
Future developments in electroweak radiations in shower.
Marek Schoenherr
(
University of Durham
)
09:50 - 10:15
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
10:15
Experimental results on internal conversions in association with W/Z
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Dmytro Kovalskyi
(
Univ. of California Santa Barbara (US)
)
Experimental results on internal conversions in association with W/Z
Dmytro Kovalskyi
(
Univ. of California Santa Barbara (US)
)
10:15 - 10:40
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
10:40
Current treatment of internal conversions in association with W/Z
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Scott David Thomas
(
Rutgers, State Univ. of New Jersey (US)
)
Current treatment of internal conversions in association with W/Z
Scott David Thomas
(
Rutgers, State Univ. of New Jersey (US)
)
10:40 - 11:05
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
11:05
Coffee/Tea break
Coffee/Tea break
11:05 - 11:25
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
11:25
Experimental approach to the effects from SM VV processes on Higgs studies
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Sara Bolognesi
(
Johns Hopkins University (US)
)
Experimental approach to the effects from SM VV processes on Higgs studies
Sara Bolognesi
(
Johns Hopkins University (US)
)
11:25 - 11:45
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
11:45
Interference effects from SM processes (WW/ZZ) to the Higgs productions/decays
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Nikolas Kauer
(
University of London (GB)
)
Interference effects from SM processes (WW/ZZ) to the Higgs productions/decays
Nikolas Kauer
(
University of London (GB)
)
11:45 - 12:05
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
12:05
Discussion
Discussion
12:05 - 12:30
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
12:30
Lunch
Lunch
12:30 - 14:00
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
14:00
Experimental results on rare SM processes
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ATLAS Speaker
Paul Bell
(
Universite de Geneve (CH)
)
Experimental results on rare SM processes
ATLAS Speaker
Paul Bell
(
Universite de Geneve (CH)
)
14:00 - 14:25
Room: 40/S2-B01 - Salle Bohr
14:25
Rare SM processes (ttbargamma, ttbarW/Z, WWgamma, WWW, WWZ, WZZ, ZZZ) in LO and NLO
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Pierre Artoisenet
(
Nikhef
)
Rare SM processes (ttbargamma, ttbarW/Z, WWgamma, WWW, WWZ, WZZ, ZZZ) in LO and NLO
Pierre Artoisenet
(
Nikhef
)
14:25 - 14:50
Room: 40/S2-B01 - Salle Bohr
14:50
Discussion
Discussion
14:50 - 15:10
Room: 40/S2-B01 - Salle Bohr
15:10
Summary on generators involving SUSY and Exotica processes.
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Neil Christensen
(
University of Pittsburgh
)
Summary on generators involving SUSY and Exotica processes.
Neil Christensen
(
University of Pittsburgh
)
15:10 - 15:40
Room: 40/S2-B01 - Salle Bohr
15:40
Coffee/Tea break
Coffee/Tea break
15:40 - 16:00
Room: 40/S2-B01 - Salle Bohr
16:00
Outlook/Action items (including discussions)
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Sanjay Padhi
(
Univ. of California San Diego (US)
)
Outlook/Action items (including discussions)
Sanjay Padhi
(
Univ. of California San Diego (US)
)
16:00 - 16:50
Room: 40/S2-B01 - Salle Bohr