MC generators and future challenges, a joint ATLAS/CMS/LPCC workshop
from
Monday, November 19, 2012 (9:00 AM)
to
Wednesday, November 21, 2012 (6:00 PM)
Monday, November 19, 2012
9:00 AM
aMC@NLO Tutorial
aMC@NLO Tutorial
9:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
12:30 PM
Lunch
Lunch
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
2:00 PM
Introduction and goals for the workshop
Introduction and goals for the workshop
2:00 PM - 2:10 PM
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
2:10 PM
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
)
2:10 PM - 2:45 PM
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
2:45 PM
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)
)
2:45 PM - 3:05 PM
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
3:05 PM
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
)
3:05 PM - 3:25 PM
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
3:25 PM
NLO overview and current status of Blackhat
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Daniel Maitre
NLO overview and current status of Blackhat
Daniel Maitre
3:25 PM - 3:45 PM
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
3:45 PM
Discussion
Discussion
3:45 PM - 4:00 PM
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
4:00 PM
Coffee/Tea break
Coffee/Tea break
4:00 PM - 4:15 PM
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
4:15 PM
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)
)
4:15 PM - 4:45 PM
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
4:45 PM
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
)
4:45 PM - 5:05 PM
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
5:05 PM
Status and Future plans for aMC@NLO
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Stefano Frixione
(
CERN
)
Status and Future plans for aMC@NLO
Stefano Frixione
(
CERN
)
5:05 PM - 5:25 PM
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
5:25 PM
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)
)
5:25 PM - 5:45 PM
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
5:45 PM
Discussion on ME + multileg matched generators
Discussion on ME + multileg matched generators
5:45 PM - 6:05 PM
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
9:00 AM
9:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
12:30 PM
Lunch
Lunch
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
2:00 PM
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)
)
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
2:30 PM
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)
)
2:30 PM - 2:55 PM
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
Including CKKW-L, heavy flavour veto in matching, etc
2:55 PM
Status and future plans for Alpgen
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Michelangelo Mangano
(
CERN
)
Status and future plans for Alpgen
Michelangelo Mangano
(
CERN
)
2:55 PM - 3:25 PM
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
3:25 PM
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
)
3:25 PM - 3:55 PM
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
3:55 PM
Discussion
Discussion
3:55 PM - 4:20 PM
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
4:20 PM
Coffee/Tea break
Coffee/Tea break
4:20 PM - 4:45 PM
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
4:45 PM
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
)
4:45 PM - 5:10 PM
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
5:10 PM
Shower systematics in matching generators
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Liza Mijovic
(
CEA-Saclay
)
Shower systematics in matching generators
Liza Mijovic
(
CEA-Saclay
)
5:10 PM - 5:35 PM
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
5:35 PM
Discussion
Discussion
5:35 PM - 6:00 PM
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
Discussion on shower tuning/systematics as well as matching artefacts
Wednesday, November 21, 2012
9:00 AM
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)
)
9:00 AM - 9:25 AM
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
9:25 AM
Discussions on tuning/matching
Discussions on tuning/matching
9:25 AM - 9:50 AM
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
9:50 AM
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
)
9:50 AM - 10:15 AM
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
10:15 AM
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 AM - 10:40 AM
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
10:40 AM
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 AM - 11:05 AM
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
11:05 AM
Coffee/Tea break
Coffee/Tea break
11:05 AM - 11:25 AM
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
11:25 AM
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 AM - 11:45 AM
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
11:45 AM
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 AM - 12:05 PM
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
12:05 PM
Discussion
Discussion
12:05 PM - 12:30 PM
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
12:30 PM
Lunch
Lunch
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
2:00 PM
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)
)
2:00 PM - 2:25 PM
Room: 40/S2-B01 - Salle Bohr
2:25 PM
Rare SM processes (ttbargamma, ttbarW/Z, WWgamma, WWW, WWZ, WZZ, ZZZ) in LO and NLO
-
Pierre Artoisenet
(
Nikhef
)
Rare SM processes (ttbargamma, ttbarW/Z, WWgamma, WWW, WWZ, WZZ, ZZZ) in LO and NLO
Pierre Artoisenet
(
Nikhef
)
2:25 PM - 2:50 PM
Room: 40/S2-B01 - Salle Bohr
2:50 PM
Discussion
Discussion
2:50 PM - 3:10 PM
Room: 40/S2-B01 - Salle Bohr
3:10 PM
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
)
3:10 PM - 3:40 PM
Room: 40/S2-B01 - Salle Bohr
3:40 PM
Coffee/Tea break
Coffee/Tea break
3:40 PM - 4:00 PM
Room: 40/S2-B01 - Salle Bohr
4:00 PM
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)
)
4:00 PM - 4:50 PM
Room: 40/S2-B01 - Salle Bohr