Speakers
Dr
Andy Buckley
(Durham University)
Andy Buckley
(University of Cambridge)
Description
Accurate modelling of hadron interactions is essential for the precision analysis of
data from the LHC. It is therefore imperative that the predictions of Monte Carlos
used to model this physics are tested against relevant existing and future
measurements. These measurements cover a wide variety of reactions, experimental
observables and kinematic regions. To make this process more reliable and easily
verifiable, the CEDAR collaboration is developing a set of tools for tuning and
validating models of such interactions based on the existing JetWeb automatic event
generation system and the HepData data archive.
We describe the work that has been done on the migration to a MySQL relational
database of the already long established Durham HepData database, which contains an
extensive archive of data cross sections. The new user web-based front end is
described. We also discuss plans for direct experiment data entry and verification,
and the status of the JetWeb system and its direct interface to HepData allowing
concurrent validation over as wide a range of measurements as possible.
Primary authors
Dr
Andy Buckley
(Durham University)
Dr
Ben Waugh
(University College London)
Dr
Emily Nurse
(University College London)
Prof.
James Stirling
(Durham University)
Prof.
Jonathan Butterworth
(University College London)
Dr
Mike Whalley
(Durham University)
