Name: MC generators and future challenges, a joint ATLAS/CMS/LPCC workshop
Start: 2012-11-19T09:00:00+01:00
End: 2012-11-21T18:00:00+01:00
Location: CERN

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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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++ - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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. - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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. - 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) - 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

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