Name: LHC TOP WG meeting
Start: 2016-11-21T14:00:00+01:00
End: 2016-11-23T13:30:00+01:00
Location: CERN

LHC TOP WG meeting

from Monday, 21 November 2016 (14:00) to Wednesday, 23 November 2016 (13:30)

Monday, 21 November 2016
14:00 Introduction - Martijn Mulders (CERN) Alison Lister (University of British Columbia (CA))
Introduction
- Martijn Mulders (CERN)
- Alison Lister (University of British Columbia (CA))
14:00 - 14:20
Room: 60/6-015 - Room Georges Charpak (Room F)
14:20 Differential Distributions: new ATLAS and CMS results - Veronique Boisvert (Royal Holloway, University of London)
Differential Distributions: new ATLAS and CMS results
- Veronique Boisvert (Royal Holloway, University of London)
14:20 - 14:55
Room: 60/6-015 - Room Georges Charpak (Room F)
14:55 Differential Distributions: comparison to MCs and interpretation - Efe Yazgan (Ghent University (BE))
Differential Distributions: comparison to MCs and interpretation
- Efe Yazgan (Ghent University (BE))
14:55 - 15:30
Room: 60/6-015 - Room Georges Charpak (Room F)
15:30 Tea Break
Tea Break
15:30 - 16:00
16:00 Latest Developments in POWHEG - Tomas Jezo (Milano Bicocca)
Latest Developments in POWHEG
- Tomas Jezo (Milano Bicocca)
16:00 - 16:30
Room: 60/6-015 - Room Georges Charpak (Room F)
16:30 User experiences with latest MC NLO codes - Ben Nachman (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (US)) Markus Seidel (CERN) Alexander Josef Grohsjean (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DE))
User experiences with latest MC NLO codes
- Ben Nachman (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (US))
- Markus Seidel (CERN)
- Alexander Josef Grohsjean (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DE))
16:30 - 17:00
Room: 60/6-015 - Room Georges Charpak (Room F) A few slides from ATLAS and CMS to scaffold a discussion
17:00 PDF from differential top pair data at NNLO - Juan Rojo (INFN) Alexander Mitov (University of Cambridge (GB))
PDF from differential top pair data at NNLO
- Juan Rojo (INFN)
- Alexander Mitov (University of Cambridge (GB))
17:00 - 17:30
Room: 60/6-015 - Room Georges Charpak (Room F)
Tuesday, 22 November 2016
09:00 Top mass from threshold in di-photon invariant mass - Hiroshi Yokoya (KIAS, QUC)
Top mass from threshold in di-photon invariant mass
- Hiroshi Yokoya (KIAS, QUC)
09:00 - 09:30
Room: 60/6-015 - Room Georges Charpak (Room F)
09:30 Update on LHC top quark mass results - Steve Wimpenny (University of California Riverside (US))
Update on LHC top quark mass results
- Steve Wimpenny (University of California Riverside (US))
09:30 - 10:00
Room: 60/6-015 - Room Georges Charpak (Room F)
10:00 Update on Jet Energy Scale systematics at 13 TeV - Steven Randolph Schramm (Universite de Geneve (CH))
Update on Jet Energy Scale systematics at 13 TeV
- Steven Randolph Schramm (Universite de Geneve (CH))
10:00 - 10:30
Room: 60/6-015 - Room Georges Charpak (Room F)
10:30 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:30 - 11:00
Room: Restaurant 1
11:00 Fragmentation Uncertainties in Hadron Observables for Top Quark Mass Measurements - Doojin Kim (CERN)
Fragmentation Uncertainties in Hadron Observables for Top Quark Mass Measurements
- Doojin Kim (CERN)
11:00 - 11:20
Room: 60/6-015 - Room Georges Charpak (Room F)
11:20 Top quark mass definition in POWHEG - Silvia Ferrario Ravasio
Top quark mass definition in POWHEG
- Silvia Ferrario Ravasio
11:20 - 11:50
Room: 60/6-015 - Room Georges Charpak (Room F)
11:50 Top quark mass definition and calibration - Andre Hoang (University of Vienna)
Top quark mass definition and calibration
- Andre Hoang (University of Vienna)
11:50 - 12:20
Room: 60/6-015 - Room Georges Charpak (Room F)
12:30 Lunch Break
Lunch Break
12:30 - 15:00
15:00 Single Top and Vtb : brief update on combination - Carlos Escobar Ibanez (University of Pittsburgh (US))
Single Top and Vtb : brief update on combination
- Carlos Escobar Ibanez (University of Pittsburgh (US))
15:00 - 15:20
Room: 60/6-015 - Room Georges Charpak (Room F)
15:20 New statistical tool for combinations - Jan Kieseler (CERN)
New statistical tool for combinations
- Jan Kieseler (CERN)
15:20 - 15:40
Room: 60/6-015 - Room Georges Charpak (Room F)
15:40 W helicity: latest LHC results - Maria Moreno Llacer (Georg-August-Universitaet Goettingen (DE))
W helicity: latest LHC results
- Maria Moreno Llacer (Georg-August-Universitaet Goettingen (DE))
15:40 - 16:00
Room: 60/6-015 - Room Georges Charpak (Room F)
16:00 Tea Break
Tea Break
16:00 - 16:30
16:30 Associated top pair and heavy boson production: latest 13 TeV results and combination - Illia Khvastunov (Ghent University (BE))
Associated top pair and heavy boson production: latest 13 TeV results and combination
- Illia Khvastunov (Ghent University (BE))
16:30 - 16:50
Room: 60/6-015 - Room Georges Charpak (Room F)
16:50 Top EFT lessons from the Higgs experience - Francesco Riva (CERN)
Top EFT lessons from the Higgs experience
- Francesco Riva (CERN)
16:50 - 17:20
Room: 60/6-015 - Room Georges Charpak (Room F)
17:20 EFT for Boosted Tops - Liam Moore (University of Glasgow)
EFT for Boosted Tops
- Liam Moore (University of Glasgow)
17:20 - 17:50
Room: 60/6-015 - Room Georges Charpak (Room F)
Wednesday, 23 November 2016
09:00 Top quark EFT introduction - Fabio Maltoni (Universite Catholique de Louvain (UCL) (BE))
Top quark EFT introduction
- Fabio Maltoni (Universite Catholique de Louvain (UCL) (BE))
09:00 - 09:30
Room: 60/6-015 - Room Georges Charpak (Room F)
09:30 EFT in top physics: facts, remarks and proposals - Juan Antonio Aguilar Saavedra (LIP Laboratorio de Instrumentacao e Fisica Experimental de Part)
EFT in top physics: facts, remarks and proposals
- Juan Antonio Aguilar Saavedra (LIP Laboratorio de Instrumentacao e Fisica Experimental de Part)
09:30 - 10:00
Room: 60/6-015 - Room Georges Charpak (Room F)
10:00 LHC results on EFTs from top quark measurements (couplings) - Clement Helsens (CERN)
LHC results on EFTs from top quark measurements (couplings)
- Clement Helsens (CERN)
10:00 - 10:30
Room: 60/6-015 - Room Georges Charpak (Room F)
10:30 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:30 - 11:00
Room: Restaurant 1
11:00 Status of Top EFT in MCs and its applications for top pair production - Celine Degrande (UIUC)
Status of Top EFT in MCs and its applications for top pair production
- Celine Degrande (UIUC)
11:00 - 11:30
Room: 60/6-015 - Room Georges Charpak (Room F)
11:30 Top EFT in MCs: the case of ttV and ttH - Eleni Vryonidou (Nikhef)
Top EFT in MCs: the case of ttV and ttH
- Eleni Vryonidou (Nikhef)
11:30 - 12:00
Room: 60/6-015 - Room Georges Charpak (Room F)
12:00 EFTs for top quark FCNC - Gauthier Durieux (DESY)
EFTs for top quark FCNC
- Gauthier Durieux (DESY)
12:00 - 12:30
Room: 60/6-015 - Room Georges Charpak (Room F)
12:30 LHC results and prospects for EFTs from FCNC - Eric Conte (Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien (FR))
LHC results and prospects for EFTs from FCNC
- Eric Conte (Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien (FR))
12:30 - 13:00
Room: 60/6-015 - Room Georges Charpak (Room F)