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    TH Meeting on Particle Physics Phenomenology

    Recent developments in QCD collider phenomenology

    by Skands, P. (Fermilab)

    → Europe/Zurich
    TH Auditorium (CERN)

    TH Auditorium

    CERN
    Description
    Recent developments in QCD phenomenology have spurred on several improved approaches to the precise calculation of collider observables, relative to the post-LEP state of the art. In this seminar, the emphasis is placed, first, on a new approach to matrix-element / parton-shower matching, relying on QCD antennae, implemented in a new C++ generator, VINCIA. An explicit illustration of the importance of a correct treatment of QCD radiation is then given, focusing on SUSY and top production at the LHC. Finally, some interesting questions on possible non-perturbative effects in hadron-hadron collisions will be touched on, and a few first results presented.