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

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