QCD@LHC2017

27 Aug 2017, 09:00 → 1 Sept 2017, 14:00 Europe/Zurich

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Gabriella Pasztor (Eötvös University, Budapest), Zoltan Laszlo Trocsanyi (University of Debrecen (HU)), Zoltan Laszlo Trocsanyi (University of Debrecen (HU))

QCD@LHC 2017 and Debrecen University Symposium 2017

(web page: http://qcdatlhc2017.phys.unideb.hu/home)

28th August -- 1st September 2017

This workshop aims at fostering discussions and collaboration between experimenters and theorists, working on strong interactions at the LHC.

Topics to be discussed include

Results from the LHC on
* Higgs and electroweak physics
* Soft and Hard QCD
* heavy flavours
* heavy ions

Theory of
* Higgs physics
* jets and jet substructure
* fixed-order and resummed computations in QCD and electroweak sector (including SCET)
* heavy quarks

Parton density functions, event simulations QCD for searches for new physics

Important dates:
Abstract submission deadline: extended to June 10th
Abstract acceptance: June 15th
Deadline for early registration: June 30th
Deadline for registration: August 25th

Sunday 27 August

18:00 → 20:00 Registration

20:00 → 22:00 Welcome reception

Monday 28 August

09:00 → 10:30 Plenary

09:00 Higgs physics results from a QCD perspective

Speaker: Dezso Horvath (Wigner RCP, Budapest (HU))

higgs-qcd_2017.pdf

09:45 Higgs physics from the theory perspective

Speaker: Marius Wiesemann (CERN)

Wiesemann_Higgs_overview_QCD@LHC_Debrecen.pdf

10:30 → 11:00 Coffee break

11:00 → 12:30 Heavy ions

11:00 PHENIX results on Bose-Einstein correlation functions using a Levy analysis in Au+Au collisions at RHIC

The RHIC beam energy scan program allows for the investigation of the phase diagram of QCD matter by varying the beam energy in the region where the change from crossover to first order phase transition is expected to occur. The nature of the quark-hadron transition can be studied through analyzing the space-time structure of the hadron emission source. One of the best tools to gain information about the source is the measurement of Bose-Einstein or HBT correlations of identical bosons. In recent measurements, we utilize Levy-type sources to describe the measured correlation functions. In this presentation we report the detailed measurement of the Levy source parameters as a function of transverse mass in Au+Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}$ = 39, 62 and 200 GeV. In particular we discuss the observation of a new scaling parameter, Rhat, as well as the shape of the correlation strength versus transverse mass (lambda(mT)) and its relation to the eta' mass.

Speakers: Sándor Lökös, TBA

11:30 PHENIX results on three particle Bose-Einstein correlations in $\sqrt{s_{\rm NN}}$ = 200 GeV Au+Au collisions

Bose-Einstein correlations of identical hadrons reveal information about hadron creation from the sQGP formed in ultrarelativistic heavy ion collisions. The measurement of three particle correlations may in particular shed light on hadron creation mechanisms beyond thermal/chaotic emission. In this talk we show the status of PHENIX measurements of three pion correlations as a function of momentum differences within the triplets. We analyze their shape through the assumption of Levy sources and a proper treatment of the Coulomb interaction within the triplets.We determine Levy parameters $R$, $\alpha$ and $\lambda_3$, which give source size, shape and correlation strength, respectively. The $\lambda_3$ encodes information about hadron creation mechanism, together with two particle correlation strength $\lambda_2$. From a consistent analysis of two- and three-particle correlation strength we may be able to establish an experimental measure of thermalization and coherence in the source.

Speakers: Daniel Kincses (Eötvös Loránd University), TBA

12:00 Non-extensive Stastistics Motivated Fragmentation for Hadron Production in High-Energy Collsisons

A global theoretical description of hadron's transverse momentum spectra in high-energy particle collisions is still an open question today. However, identified hadron spectra measured in the experiments can be described well with non-extensive statistical approach. This method is motivated by the fact that, negative binomial (NBD) multiplicity of the particle number distribution results the measured Tsallis–Pareto particle energy distribution [1; 2].

Theoretical analysis of the identified hadron spectra led us to understand the micro- and macroscopical processes by comparing parameters of the hadronization models. The Tsallis–Pareto distribution describes perfectly the hadron spectra for all particle- and collision-energies Ref. [3; 4]. The values of the
parameters of the fitted distributions correspond to the expected properties of the colliding systems, like particle multiplicities and finite size effects.

We investigated the calculated and simulated hadron spectra in proton-proton collisions and we determined the parameters of the Tsallis–Pareto distributions. We
have shown also, that these results correspond with the experimental data.
Investigating the values and energy dependence of the parameters, motivated us to make a new parametrization of the fragmentation functions, which idea fit nicely to the non-extensive phenomena of a possible novel hadronization model Ref. [5].

Testing this non-extensive-based fragmentation, we included it to a perturbative QCD calculation and compares the results to other fragmentation parametrization and experimental data. Our results are pointed out that our theoretical model corresponds to the experimental data, confirming the non-extensive, Tsallis-like fragmentation parametrization.

References:
[1] T. S. Biró, G. G. Barnaföldi and K. Ürmössy, Statistical Power Law due to Reservoir Fluctuations and the Universal Thermostat Independence
Principle, Entropy, vol. 16, pp. 6497–6514, 2014.

[2] T. S. Biró, G. G. Barnaföldi and P. Ván, New Entropy Formula with Fluctuating Reservoir, Physica, vol. 417, pp. 215, 2015.

[3] G. Bı́ró, G. G. Barnaföldi, T. S. Biró and K. Ürmössy, Application of the Non-extensive Statistical Approach to High Energy Particle Collisions,
arXiv:1608.01643 [hep-ph], 2016.

[4] G. Bı́ró, G. G. Barnaföldi, T. S. Biró, K. Ürmössy and Á. Takács, “Systematic Analysis of the Non-extensive Statistical Approach in High
Energy Particle Collisions - Experiment vs. Theory,” Entropy 19, 88 (2017)

[5] T. S. Biró, G. Purcsel and K. Ürmössy, Non-Extensive Approach to Quark Matter, Eur. Phys. J. A vol. 40, pp. 325, 2009.

Speaker: Ádám Takács (Wigner RCP of th H.A.S. & Eötvös Univeristy)

Takacs_Adam_QCD@LHC_2017 (1).pdf

11:00 → 12:30 Higgs physics and searches

11:00 H->tautau analyses at ATLAS and CMS

This talk will describe analysis using Higgs boson decays to two taus at the ATLAS and CMS experiments, presenting the analysis methods and results. Emphasis will also be put on the QCD aspects that are relevant for the analyses.

Speaker: Peter Wagner (University of Bonn (DE))

talk.pdf

11:30 H->bbbar analyses at ATLAS and CMS

This talk will describe searches for Higgs bosons decaying into two b-quarks at the ATLAS and CMS experiments, presenting the analysis methods and results. Emphasis will also be put on the QCD aspects that are relevant for the analyses.

Speaker: Rostyslav Shevchenko (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DE))

shevchenko_rostyslav_QCD@LHC_shared_v4.pdf

12:00 A light 0++ and other hadronic resonance from a new strongly interacting sector exhibiting large scale separation

Many theories describing physics beyond the Standard Model rely on a large separation of scales. Large scale separation arises in
models with mass-split flavors if the system is conformal in the
ultraviolet but chirally broken in the infrared. Because of the
conformal fixed point, these systems exhibit hyperscaling and a highly
constrained resonance spectrum.

In numerical simulations we investigate the light-light and heavy-heavy spectrum, confirm our expectation on hyperscaling, and find, moreover, that the iso-singlet scalar ($0^{++}$) is "light" and lies below the vector resonance. The spectrum is qualitatively different from QCD and exhibits e.g. quarkonia with masses not proportional to the constituent quark mass. We expect these resonances to be within reach of the LHC.

Speaker: Oliver Witzel (University of Edinburgh)

witzel_oliver.pdf

11:00 → 12:30 Parton Distribution Functions and Soft QCD

11:00 Measurements of low energy observables in proton-proton collisions with the ATLAS Detector

Low energy phenomena have been studied in detail at the LHC, providing important input for improving models of non-perturbative QCD effects. The ATLAS collaboration has performed several new measurements in this sector:

We present charged-particle distributions sensitive to the underlying event, measured by the ATLAS detector in proton--proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 13 TeV. The results are corrected for detector effects and compared to predictions from various Monte Carlo generators.

ATLAS has also studied the correlated hadron production. In particular, an analysis of the momentum difference between charged hadrons in high–energy proton–proton collisions is performed and the results are compared to the predictions of a helical QCD string fragmenting model.

We also present studies of the production of neutral strange particles inside and outside light and heavy-flavoured jets. The results are compared with various Monte-Carlo models.

New results in forward physics are expected to be available soon. We close this presentation with the measurement of the exclusive γγ→μ+μ− production in proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV.

Speaker: Miroslav Myska (Czech Technical University (CZ))

Myska-QCD@LHC2017.pdf

11:30 Exclusive physics results at CMS

In high energy physics, exclusive processes are special type of collisions, where both colliding particles remain intact and we observe all of the produced particles. These can be either electroweak (two-photon fusion), strong (double pomeron exchange) or mixed electromagnetic and strong (photoproduction) processes. One of the greatest advantage of these collisions is that there are constraints on quantum numbers of final state. This property is useful in a wide variety of high energy researches, such as search for glueballs or the measurement of anomalous quartic gauge couplings. This talk introduces three results from CMS experiment: 1. Search for W-boson pairs produced via two-photon fusion in pp collisions and limits on anomalous quartic gauge coupligs. 2. Rho and Upsilon photoproduction in ultraperipherial pPb collisions. 3. Di-pion production via double pomeron exchange and photoproduction in pp collisions at 5, 7 and 13 TeV.

Speaker: Oliver Suranyi (Eötvös Loránd University)

OliverSuranyi_ExclusivePhysicsFromCMS.pdf

12:00 Damping the energy-rise of the proton-proton cross section: interplay of perturbative and nonperturbative effects

The impact of nonlinear interaction effects on the total proton-proton cross section is studied. In particular, the relative roles of the perturbative and nonperturbative parton splitting mechanisms are investigated. Additionally, the importance of dynamical higher twist corrections to parton production processes is demonstrated.

Speaker: Sergey Ostapchenko (Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies (FIAS))

qcd_ostapchenko.pdf

12:30 → 14:00 Lunch: ragout soup with ragweed, lentil goulash with smoked meat and mustard, pasta with Milano sauce, vegetables in spinach pancake and garlic sauce, chicken nuggets with croquet and stewed vegetables, pickles, chocolate cake with cherry

14:00 → 16:00 Hard QCD and EW

14:00 Measurements of Vector boson fusion with the ATLAS detector

The most recent results on the production of single W and Z bosons with two jets at high invariant mass at centre-of-mass energies of 7, 8 and 13 TeV are presented. Integrated and differential cross sections are measured in many different phase space regions with varying degree of sensitivity to the electroweak production in vector boson fusion. The cross section for the electroweak W boson production has been extracted for both integrated and for the first time differential distributions. The results are compared to state-of-the-art theory predictions and are used to constrain anomalous gauge couplings.

Speaker: Ismet Siral (University of Michigan (US))

QCDLHC_VectorBosonFusion.pdf

14:30 Measurements of the production of jets in association with a W or Z boson with the ATLAS detector

The production of jets in association with vector bosons is an important process to study QCD in a multi-scale environment. The ATLAS collaboration has performed measurements of vector boson+jets cross sections, differential in several kinematic variables, in proton-proton collision data taken at center-of-mass energies of 8TeV and 13TeV. The measurements are compared to state-of-the art theory predictions and can be used to constrain the proton structure.

We have also studied the jet production rates at different resolution scales. In particular, we present a measurement of the splitting scales in the kt jet-clustering algorithm for final states containing a Z-boson candidate at a centre-of-mass energy of 8 TeV. The data are corrected for detector effects and are compared to state-of-the-art Monte Carlo predictions.

Speaker: Dr Josh McFayden (CERN)

2017-08-28_ATLASVjets_mcfayden.pdf

15:00 Study of photon production also in association with jets with the ATLAS detector

The production of prompt isolated photons at hadron colliders provides a stringent test of perturbative QCD and can be used to probe the gluon density function of the proton.

The ATLAS collaboration has performed precise measurements of the inclusive production of isolated prompt photons at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV, differential in both rapidity and the photon transverse momentum. In addition, the integrated and differential cross sections for isolated photon pair production and for triple-photon production at 8 TeV have been measured. The results are compared with state-of-the-art theory predictions at NLO in QCD and with predictions of several MC generators.

The production of prompt photons in association with jets in proton–proton collisions provides a further testing ground for perturbative QCD (pQCD) with a hard colourless probe less affected by hadronisation effects than jet production alone. We present cross-section measurements performed at cms energies of 8TeV and 13TeV, using final states with hadronic jets in addition to an isolated photon, differential in several kinematic variables describing the photon+jet production dynamic. The results are compared to recent theoretical predictions. We have also measured the cross section for the production of heavy-flavoured jets in association with a photon and studied the impact on the proton structure.

Speaker: Robert Aidan Keyes (McGill University, (CA))

QCD@LHCAug27.pdf

15:30 Measurement of jet production with the ATLAS detector and extraction of the strong coupling constant

The production of jets at hadron colliders provides a stringent test of perturbative QCD at the highest energies. The process can also be used to probe the gluon density function of the proton. Specific topologies can be used to extract the strong coupling constant.

The ATLAS collaboration has recently measured the inclusive jet production cross section in data collected at a center-of-mass energy of 8TeV and 13TeV. The measurements have been performed differentially in jet rapidity and transverse momentum. The collaboration also presents a first measurement of the di-jet cross section at a center-of-mass energy of 13TeV as a function of the di-jet mass and rapidity. The results have been compared with state-of-the-art theory predictions at NLO in pQCD, interfaced with different parton distribution functions and can be used to constrain the proton structure.

We also present new measurements of transverse energy-energy correlations (TEEC) and their associated asymmetries (ATEEC) in multi-jet events at a center-of-mass energy of 8TeV. The data is unfolded to the particle level and compared to the expectations from parton shower Monte Carlo programs as well as from next-to-leading order perturbative QCD calculations. The same data is used to measure the combined rapidity and pT dependence of dijet azimuthal decorrelations. Both measurements are used to extract the strong coupling constant and test the renormalization group equations.

Speaker: Gino Marceca (Universidad de Buenos Aires (AR))

Jet_measurement_and_alphaS_extraction_v4.pdf

14:00 → 16:00 Higgs physics and searches

14:00 H->gamgam measurements at ATLAS and CMS

This talk will describe measurements and searches using Higgs boson decays to two photons at the ATLAS and CMS experiments, presenting the analysis methods and results. Emphasis will also be put on the QCD aspects that are relevant for the analyses.

Speaker: Hongtao Yang (Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (US))

hgamgam_hongtao_yang.pdf

14:30 H->4l measurements at ATLAS and CMS

This talk will describe measurements using Higgs boson decays to 4 leptons at the ATLAS and CMS experiments, presenting the analysis methods and results. Emphasis will also be put on the QCD aspects that are relevant for the analyses.

Speaker: Guenakh Mitselmakher (University of Florida (US))

Mitselmakher_Higgs-_4l ATLASandCMS-Aug-2017 QCD@LHC Debrecen-v14-1.pdf

Mitselmakher_Higgs-_4l ATLASandCMS-Aug-2017 QCD@LHC Debrecen-v14-1.pptx

15:00 Differential distributions for Higgs production at higher orders in QCD

I will present a computation of the cross section for Higgs production via gluon fusion that is differential in the Higgs momentum and inclusive with respect to associated QCD radiation.
This calculation is carried out through NNLO in perturbative QCD and includes the O(d-4) pieces which are necessary for UV renormalisation and mass factorisation at N3LO.
First, I will discuss the restriction to observables that only depend on the Higgs kinematics. This choice renders the subtraction of infrared singularities straightforward and makes our strategy well suited to be generalised to higher orders.
I will then show some predictions for differential cross sections for Higgs production in the fiducial volume, which can be directly obtained including the decay of the Higgs on top of the discussed computation.

Speaker: Simone Lionetti (ETH Zürich)

QCDatLHC17Lionetti.pdf

15:30 Higgs transverse-momentum resummation at N3LL

We discuss a formalism for the resummation of the Higgs transverse momentum, and more in general of inclusive transverse observables, in direct space up to N3LL accuracy. The talk is based on 1604.02191 and 1705.09127.

Speaker: Paolo Torrielli (Universita e INFN Torino (IT))

Torrielli_ptH_N3LL.pdf

14:00 → 16:00 Top, heavy quarks and searches

14:00 Top quark production cross-section measurements

Measurements of the inclusive and differential cross-sections for top-quark pair and single top production cross sections in proton-proton collisions with the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider are presented at center-of-mass energies of 8 TeV and 13 TeV. The inclusive measurements reach high precision and are compared to the best available theoretical calculations. These measurements, including results using boosted tops, probe our understanding of top-pair production in the TeV regime. The results are compared to Monte Carlo generators implementing LO and NLO matrix elements matched with parton showers and NLO QCD calculations.

For the t-channel single top measurement, the single top-quark and anti-top-quark total production cross-sections, their ratio, as well as differential cross sections are also presented. A measurement of the production cross-section of a single top quark in association with a W boson, the second largest single-top production mode, is also presented. Finally, measurements of the properties of the Wtb vertex allow to set limits on anomalous couplings. All measurements are compared to state-of-the-art theoretical calculations.

Speaker: Shota Suzuki (High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (JP))

QCDatLHC2017ShotaSuzuki.pdf

14:30 CMS measurements of top quark pair production

Measurements of the inclusive and differential top quark pair production cross section in proton-proton collisions at 5.02 TeV, 7 TeV, 8 TeV and 13 TeV are presented using the CMS detector. The total cross section is measured using the lepton+jets, dilepton and fully hadronic channels, including the tau-dilepton and tau+jets modes. Indirect constraints on both the top quark mass and ɑS are obtained through their relation to the inclusive cross section. Measurements of top quark pair production in addition with jets, including heavy-flavoured jets are also presented. In addition, differential cross sections are measured and are given as functions of various kinematic observables, including the transverse momentum and rapidity of the (anti)top quark and the top-antitop system and the jets and leptons of the event final state. The measurements are extended to the TeV range using jet substructure techniques to exploit the boosted regime. The multiplicity and kinematic distributions of the jets produced in addition to the top pair are also investigated. The results are combined and confronted with precise theory calculations.

Speaker: Otto Heinz Hindrichs (University of Rochester (US))

CMS_TT_OttoHindrichs.pdf

15:00 Soft and Coulomb effects in top-quark pair production beyond NNLO

Current predictions for the total top-quark pair production cross section are based on NNLO QCD corrections with NNLL soft-gluon resummation. I will discuss the perspectives to go beyond this approximation by using known ingredients for N3LL soft-gluon resummation and Coulomb corrections.

Speaker: Christian Schwinn (RWTH Aachen University)

n3lo_qcdatlhc17.pdf

15:30 Measurement of single top quark production with CMS

Several measurements of single top quark production in proton-proton collisions at the LHC at centre-of-mass energies of 7, 8 and 13 TeV, using data collected with the CMS experiment, are presented. The analyses investigate separately the productions of top via t-channel exchange, in association with a W boson (tW) or via the s-channel. Final states with at least one charged lepton and one b-jet are explored to measure inclusive production cross sections. Fiducial and differential cross section measurements in the t-channel are also reported. The measurements can be used to constrain directly the Vtb CKM matrix element by comparing with the most precise standard model theory predictions. Measurements of rare processes involving a top quark and a neutral EWK boson (Z or photon) are also discussed.

Speaker: Duncan Alexander Leggat (IHEP, China)

2017-08-28_qcdlhc17_singleTop_v2.pdf

16:00 → 16:30 Coffee break

16:30 → 18:30 Hard QCD and EW

16:30 High Precision Measurement of the differential W and Z boson cross-sections

Measurements of the Drell-Yan production of W and Z/gamma bosons at the LHC provide a benchmark of our understanding of perturbative QCD and probe the proton structure in a unique way. The ATLAS collaboration has performed new high precision measurements at center-of-mass energies of 7. The measurements are performed for W+, W- and Z/gamma bosons integrated and as a function of the boson or lepton rapidity and the Z/gamma* mass. Unprecedented precision is reached and strong constraints on Parton Distribution functions, in particular the strange density are found.

Z cross sections are also measured at a center-of-mass energies of 8TeV and 13TeV, and cross-section ratios to the top-quark pair production have been derived. This ratio measurement leads to a cancellation of several systematic effects and allows therefore for a high precision comparison to the theory predictions.

Speaker: Ksenia Gasnikova (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DE))

Gasnikova.pdf

17:00 Precision measurements of electroweak observables with the ATLAS Detector

Measurements of the Drell-Yan production of W and Z/gamma bosons at the LHC provide a benchmark of our understanding of perturbative QCD and probe the proton structure in a unique way. The ATLAS collaboration measured the di-lepton mass range up to the TeV scale as well as the triple differential cross-section measurement as a function of Mll, dilepton rapidity and cosθ defined in the Collins-Soper frame. This measurement provides sensitivity to the PDFs and the weak mixing angle. The latest results of the ATLAS collaboration will be presented.

A second important observable in the electroweak sector is the W boson mass in order to test the overall consistency of the Standard Model. Since the discovery of a Higgs Boson, the the W boson mass is predicted to 7 MeV precision, while the world average of all measurements is 15 MeV, making the improved measurement an important goal. Large samples of leptonic decays of W and Z bosons were collected with efficient single lepton triggers in the 7 TeV data set corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 4.6/fb. With these samples the detector and physics modelling has been studied in great detail and enabled a W boson mass measurement with a precision of 19 MeV, which will be presented in this talk.

Speaker: Camilla Vittori (Universita e INFN, Bologna (IT))

QCD@LHC2017_28-8-2017.pdf

17:30 Multidimensional observables and Mustraal frame

To define precision observables in a way which is most suitable for interpretation
it is convenient to separate electroweak and QCD effects for pp collision processes@LHC. We argue, that for that purpose, choice of orientation of coordinates (in the rest frame of lepton pair) for Drell Yan processes can be beneficial to reduce entanglement of QCD and electroweak effects.
Numerical results for single W and Z production processes will be provided. The event re-weighting tool, TauSpinner, for electroweak and New Physice effects will be presented.

Speaker: Zbigniew Andrzej Was (Polish Academy of Sciences (PL))

Debrecen.pdf

18:00 Analysis of QED/EW effects in hadronic processes beyond LO

In this talk, we describe the computation of higher-order QED effects relevant in hadronic collisions. We start with a brief discussion about the calculation of mixed QCD-QED one-loop contributions to the Altarelli-Parisi splittings functions. Then, we explain how to extend the DGLAP equations to deal with new parton distributions, emphasizing the consequences of the novel corrections in the determination (and evolution) of the photon distributions. Finally, we present an estimation of the effects in some physical processes studied at the LHC.

Speaker: German Sborlini (Università di Milano, INFN Milano and IFIC-Valencia)

20170828_Analysis of QED-EW effects in hadronic processes beyond LO.pdf

16:30 → 18:30 Higgs physics and searches

16:30 Di-Higgs searches at ATLAS and CMS

This talk will describe the searches for di-Higgs production at the ATLAS and CMS experiments, presenting the analysis methods and results. Emphasis will also be put on the QCD aspects that are relevant for the analyses.

Speaker: Magdalena Slawinska (Polish Academy of Sciences (PL))

Slawinska_diHiggs.pdf

17:00 Top-bottom interference effects in Higgs boson production

"The study of Higgs boson properties form an important part of the LHC program. These studies are not only important for a better understanding of electroweak symmetry breaking mechanism but also for BSM searches. For example, most recently a strategy has been proposed to use LHC measurements of the Higgs transverse momentum distribution to constrain the Yukawa couplings of light-generation quarks to the Higgs boson. In this talk I will present the calculation of NLO QCD corrections of the top-bottom interference contribution to Higgs plus jet production at the LHC. The calculation involved computing two-loop Feynman integrals expanded in a small bottom mass, which we performed with the differential equation method and that I will elaborate upon. I will also show our results for the NLO top-bottom interference contribution to the Higgs transverse momentum distribution.”

Speaker: Chris Wever (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)

Chris_QCDatLHC_2017.pdf

17:30 Parton shower and finite-top mass effects in Higgs pair production

Studying the pair production of Higgs bosons at the LHC is important as it is sensitive to the Higgs trilinear coupling. It therefore allows for a direct test of the Higgs potential and the mechanism of electroweak symmetry breaking. Since the heavy top limit provides only a poor description of Higgs boson pair production, a precise theoretical description of this process requires the evaluation of massive top loops at leading order, and massive two-loop diagrams at NLO. In this talk we will present a calculation of the NLO cross section for Higgs boson pairs, retaining the full dependence on the top-quark mass, and supplementing it with a parton shower. We further investigate the finite top-quark mass effects and the impact of the parton shower on several differential observables.

Speaker: Matthias Kerner (MPP Munich)

QCDatLHC_Kerner.pdf

18:00 Double Higgs Production in the Vector Boson Fusion Channel

The LHC experiments have, so far, measured many of the Higgs couplings and found excellent agreement with the minimally-realized electroweak symmetry breaking (EWSB) mechanism in the Standard Model. Nevertheless, there are important couplings that are currently out of reach which test the nature of EWSB and fermion mass generation. This talk will focus on one such coupling: the hhVV coupling. This is important because deviations of the hhVV coupling from the SM would signal non-linearities in the Higgs interactions and herald new physics at higher energies. As I will show, double Higgs production in VBF at the LHC can provide such a test at the 20% level by the end of the high luminosity run while a percent level constraint can be obtained at a future circular collider.

Speaker: Fady Bishara (University of Oxford)

bishara-qcdlhc.pdf

16:30 → 18:30 Top, heavy quarks and searches

17:00 Top quark mass measurements at CMS

Measurements of the top quark mass and width using proton-proton collisions at the LHC at centre-of-mass energies of 7, 8 and 13 TeV are presented. The analyses used different decay channels and production modes of the top quark. Several techniques are investigated based on the reconstruction of the top kinematics from final state products, using leptonic decays with a J/psi, the shapes of top quark decay distributions, or comparing the production rates to the theory expectations, among others. The results are employed to determine the top quark mass and the results furthermore combined and compared to the world average. The dependence of the mass measurement on the kinematic phase space is furthermore investigated, including measuring the difference between the masses of top and antitop quarks.

Speaker: Dr Fred Stober (Hamburg University (DE))

topmass_qcdatlhc.pdf

17:30 Off-shell ttj production and top quark mass measurement

We present a NLO QCD calculation of ttj production at the LHC in the dilepton channel, where
all non-resonant diagrams, interferences and off-shell effects of the top quark are included. We investigate different choice of dynamical scales in order to stabilize the perturbative convergence of the differential distributions
far away from the threshold. We will also discuss the application of our calculation to the top quark mass measurement study
and compare them with different theoretical predictions.

Speaker: Heribertus Bayu Hartanto (Durham University)

Bayu_QCDatLHC2017.pdf

18:00 The top-quark mass: uncertainties due to bottom-quark fragmentation

I will discuss the theoretical uncertainties on the top-quark mass
determination, due to bottom-quark fragmentation in top decays.
In particular, the fragmentation parameters in both HERWIG and PYTHIA, the two main parton shower generators, will be taken into account and their impact on several
observables, relevant form the top-mass extraction, will be investigated.
Furthermore, I will also comment on the role played by fragmentation uncertainties on the identification of the measured mass with the top-quark pole mass.

Speaker: Gennaro Corcella (INFN - LNF)

top_corcella.pdf

18:30 → 20:00 wine and cheese

Tuesday 29 August

09:00 → 10:30 Plenary

09:00 Generators

Speaker: Christian Walter Bauer (Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (US))

Bauer_Generators.pdf

09:45 Measurements in heavy ion collisions

Speaker: Christine Nattrass (University of Tennessee (US))

NattrassDebrecen2017.v4.4pdf.pdf

10:30 → 11:00 Coffee break

11:00 → 12:30 Heavy ions

11:00 HIJING++ a New Generation of Hadron Interaction Generator for the Future's Nucleus-Nucleus Collisions at High-energies

In the high-energy heavy-ion physics community the FORTRAN based HIJING Heavy Ion Jet Interaction Generator code is commonly used, originally developed by Xin-Nian Wang and Miklos Gyulassy [1] -- more than 2 decades ago. Although it was intended to describe the heavy-ion collisions occurring at RHIC energies, it has still many applications with todays higher collision energies. However, the technological advancement nowadays makes it clear that the upgrade of the code is getting more and more important. The Budapest--Berkeley--Wuhan collaboration has already started this key development task.

The new, C++ based and soon-to-be-published HIJING++ that we introduce will be the successor of the original HIJING[2]. It will be a state-of-the art Monte Carlo code with all of the capabilities of the original event generator and much more. It is designed to be future-proof in the sense of computer hardware and software as well.

In this talk we present the current state of the development and give an outlook of the forthcoming physics and computing features. We also present our first predictions for hadron production at the 8.16 TeV c.m. energy in p+Pb collisions [3].

[1] Wang, X-N.; Gyulassy, M. HIJING 1.0: A Monte Carlo Program for Parton and Particle Production in High Energy Hadronic and Nuclear Collisions. Comput.Phys.Commun. 1994, 83(307).

[2] Barnaföldi, G.G.; Bíró, G.; Gyulassy, M.; Haranozó, Sz.M.; Lévai, P.; Ma G.; Papp, G.; Wang, X-N.; Zhang, B-W. First Results with HIJING++ in High-Energy Heavy-Ion Collisions. 2017, arXiv:1701.08496

[3] Albacete et al, Predicstions for p+Pb Collisions at \sqrt{s_{nn}}=8.16 TeV Submitted to Nucl Phys B.

Speaker: Gergely Gabor Barnafoldi (Wigner RCP Hungarian Academy of Sciences (HU))

BarnafoldiGG_QCDLHC_2017_v0.pdf

11:30 Charmed meson and baryon production in pp collisions with ALICE at the LHC

Heavy charm and beauty quarks are sensitive probes to study the Quark-Gluon Plasma produced in high-energy heavy-ion collisions. Because of their large masses, they are produced in the initial stage of the collision and therefore explore the entire evolution of the produced medium. ALICE, A Large Ion Collider Experiment located at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN, is a dedicated experiment for heavy-ion collisions. Besides Pb-Pb and p-Pb collisions, ALICE also studies heavy-flavour production in pp collisions.

The measurements of heavy-flavour production in pp collisions are an important test for perturbative QCD calculations. At low $p_{\rm T}$, where the theoretical uncertainties are still relatively large, heavy-flavour production is dominated by low-$x$ gluons, so measurements in this region can provide necessary constraints on the pQCD calculations. Measurements in pp collisions are also essential as baseline for heavy-ion analyses. For example the nuclear modification factor $R_{AA}$, which measures the effect of in-medium energy loss, uses the proton-proton reference measurement.

In this talk, the status of open charm meson and baryon production measurements in pp collisions at $\sqrt{s} =$ 5.02, 7, 8 and 13 TeV with the ALICE experiment during LHC Run-1 and Run-2 will be presented. These results will include the production cross section of $\rm D$ mesons at all three energies, multiplicity measurements at $\sqrt{s} =$ 7 TeV and the measurements of the baryons $\Lambda_{c}$ and $\Xi_{c}$ at $\sqrt{s} =$ 7 TeV. Comparisons with theoretical model predictions will be shown.

Speaker: Luuk Vermunt (Utrecht University (NL))

Talk_QCDLHC2017_Vermunt_final.pdf

12:00 Heavy-flavour production in heavy-ion collisions at the ALICE experiment

Heavy-flavour (beauty and charm) quarks are produced almost
exclusively in initial hard processes, and their yields remain largely
unchanged throughout a heavy-ion reaction.
Nevertheless, they interact with the nuclear matter in all the stages of
its evolution. Thus, heavy quarks serve as ideal self-generated
penetrating probes of the strongly interacting Quark-Gluon Plasma (QGP).
Complementary measurements of the nuclear modification factor $R_{AA}$ and
the azimuthal anisotropy parameter $v_2$, compared to different model
calculations, reveal the properties of heavy quark transport, provide
information about energy loss mechanisms and also about the
participation of heavy quarks in the collective motion within the QGP.
Recent $R_{AA}$ and $v_2$ measurements of D mesons and heavy-flavour hadron
decay electrons at mid-rapidity, as well as heavy-flavour hadron decay
muons at forward rapidity, will be overviewed in this talk, including
Pb-Pb collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}$=2.76 TeV and new preliminary results at
$\sqrt{s}$=5.02 TeV from the Run-2 phase.

Speaker: Dr Robert Vertesi (Wigner RC)

QCDatLHC17_vertesi-final.pdf

11:00 → 12:30 Higgs physics and searches

11:00 New physics searches in Higgs final states at ATLAS and CMS

This talk will describe searches for physics beyond the SM in final states with Higgs bosons at the ATLAS and CMS experiments, presenting the analysis methods and results. Emphasis will also be put on the QCD aspects that are relevant for the analyses.

Speaker: Marton Bartok (University of Debrecen (HU))

BSMwithHiggs_QCD@LHC_final.pdf

11:30 H->WW measurements at ATLAS and CMS

This talk will describe measurements and searches using Higgs boson decays to two W bosons at the ATLAS and CMS experiments, presenting the analysis methods and results. Emphasis will also be put on the QCD aspects that are relevant for the analyses.

Speaker: Lorenzo Russo (Universita di Siena e INFN Firenze (IT))

HWW_V2.pdf

12:00 Higgs + jet production with full top mass dependence at two loops

The talk will be about the recent calculation of the planar Feynman integrals needed for the two-loop correction to Higgs-plus-jet production (arXiv:1609.06685) with full top-mass dependence, as well as the on-going work on the non-planar parts. I will discuss motivation, integral families, function classes, elliptic integrals, and more.

Speaker: Hjalte Frellesvig (NCSR Demokritos)

debrecen.pdf

11:00 → 12:30 Resummation and Monte Carlo generators

11:00 What is a parton shower?

We present a formulation for a parton shower at an arbitrary order of perturbation theory, with the aim of indicating how a parton shower can be understood as a systematically improvable approximation, similarly to ordinary perturbative calculations of cross sections. The formalism requires input functions that represent the soft and collinear singularities of QCD at the requisite perturbative order. The structure of the shower is unified with the structure of subtraction terms that remove soft and collinear singularities from a perturbative hard scattering cross section. The formalism is exact in the quantum color and spin variables for the partons.

Speaker: Zoltan Nagy

znagy.pdf

11:30 Analytical and numerical approaches to (N)LL resummation

While large logarithms arising from the IR structure of QCD can be
resummed to higher logarithmic accuracy for specific observables,
numerical calculations based on parton showers are formally correct to
LL only. However, they incorporate additional effects like local
momentum conservation, which are beyond this formal accuracy. As a
first step towards a quantitative study of these effects, a final
state parton shower is constructed which implements the exact NLL
result for certain observables. It is then used to obtain a detailed
comparison of the numerical size of approximations made in analytic
NLL calculations.

Speaker: Daniel Reichelt

Slides_DReichelt.pdf

12:00 Precision QCD simulations for the LHC with Sherpa

The improvements of Monte-Carlo event generators in the last decade enable quantitative predictions for the LHC at an unprecedented accuracy.

Combining matrix elements at next-to-leading order in QCD with parton-shower emissions ("matching") and using (N)LO matrix elements for hard emissions at different final-state multiplicities ("merging") led to considerably reduced theoretical uncertainties. There are also ongoing efforts to integrate NNLO matrix elements within these algorithms, reducing the theory uncertainties even more.

In my talk I will review the state-of-the-art of these methods in the context of the Monte-Carlo event generator Sherpa, along with other recent Sherpa developments. In particular, I will present the newly added reweighting methods that allow to efficiently determine the QCD matrix-element and parton-shower uncertainties without generating additional Monte-Carlo samples.

Speaker: Enrico Bothmann (University of Edinburgh)

qcdatlhc2017.pdf

12:30 → 14:00 Lunch: chicken soup with vegetables and noodles, cauliflower soup with vegetables, stuffed cabbage from Debrecen with sour cream and bread, chicken breast with parmesan cheese with mixed vegetables, breaded mushroom and breaded cauliflower, cake with sour cherry and vanilla custard

14:00 → 16:00 Higgs physics and searches

14:00 Status of QCD corrections for BSM Higgs Physics

In this talk we review the current status of QCD corrections for Higgs production and decay at the LHC in the context of BSM physics. These corrections are important for two reasons. First, to appreciate possible deviations in the properties of the observed SM-like states due to the effect colored-BSM particles, such as stops, from virtual corrections. Second, QCD corrections are important for the correct characterization of the signal of possible, new, BSM Higgs states at the LHC.

Speaker: Emanuele Angelo Bagnaschi (DESY Hamburg)

HiggsBSMQCD_BAGNASCHI_V3.pdf

14:30 Modeling BSM effects on the Higgs transverse-momentum spectrum in an EFT approach

After the Higgs boson discovery, LHC can be used as a precision machine to explore its properties. Indeed, in case new resonances will not be found, the only access to New Physics would be via measuring small deviations from the SM predictions. A consistent approach is provided by a bottom-up Effective Field Theory, with dimension six operators built of Standard Model fields (SMEFT). We discuss how this approach works in case of the transverse momentum spectrum of the Higgs particle. In our calculation we augmented the Standard Model with three additional operators describing modifications of the top and bottom Yukawa couplings, and a point-like Higgs coupling to gluons. We discuss also the impact of the chromomagnetic operator.

Speaker: Agnieszka Janina Ilnicka (University of Zurich / ETH Zurich (CH))

AIlnicka_QCD2017.pdf

15:00 BSM Higgs searches at ATLAS and CMS

This talk will describe searches for additional Higgs bosons at the ATLAS and CMS experiments, presenting the analysis methods and results. Emphasis will also be put on the QCD aspects that are relevant for the analyses.

Speaker: Tom Williams (STFC - Rutherford Appleton Lab. (GB))

BSMHiggs_CMS_ATLAS_TWilliams_QCDatLHC2017_v3.pdf

15:30 Searches for rare and BSM decays at ATLAS and CMS

This talk will describe searches for rare and beyond the Standard Model decays at the ATLAS and CMS experiments, presenting the analysis methods and results. Emphasis will also be put on the QCD aspects that are relevant for the analyses.

Speaker: Pedro Henrique Sales De Bruin (Uppsala University (SE))

Debrecen_Aug2017_finalv3.pdf

14:00 → 16:00 Resummation and Monte Carlo generators

14:00 Parton densities from a parton branching solution of QCD evolution equations

QCD evolution equations can be recast in terms of parton branching processes. We present a new numerical solution of the equations and show, that this method reproduces the semi-analytical solutions.
We discuss numerical effects of the kinematic boundary of resolvable branchings on the resulting parton distribution functions. We show, how this method can be used to determine Transverse Momentum Dependent (TMD) parton distribution functions, in addition to the usual integrated parton distributions functions.
We also show, that a very good fit to high precision HERA data can be obtained over a large range in $x$ and $Q^2$.

Speaker: Aleksandra Anna Lelek (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DE))

OlaLelek_qcd_at_lhc.pdf

14:30 Heavy quark radiation in NLO+PS POWHEG generators

We discuss about radiation from heavy
quarks in the context of next-to-leading order calculations
matched to parton shower generators. A new algorithm for
radiation from massive quarks is presented that offers
advantages over the one previously employed. We implement
the algorithm in the framework of the POWHEG-BOX,
and compare it with the previous one in the case of the hvq
generator for bottom production in hadronic collisions, and
in the case of the bb4l generator for top production and
decays.

Speaker: Luca Buonocore (INFN - National Institute for Nuclear Physics)

RAD_HQ.pdf

RAD_HQ.pptx

15:00 Bottom mass effects on the Z boson transverse momentum and their implications for the W mass measurements

The inclusive transverse momentum spectrum (pt) of the Z boson is measured with high precision at the LHC and for this reason it is used a standard candle to tune Monte Carlo event generators. In turn, this implies that a change in theoretical description of the Z pt affects MC predictions used in other SM precision measurements, such as the W mass measurement. One of the uncertainties that currently affects the theoretical prediction comes from the fact that in the usually used five flavor scheme (5FS), heavy flavors are treated as massless. In this work we aim to improve the theoretical prediction of this observable by studying the effect of consistently including the description of the inclusive Z boson transverse momentum coming from the four flavor scheme (4FS) computation of Z in association with b bbar (where the bottom quarks are massive) on the top of the 5FS scheme description of the neutral current Drell-Yan. Finally, we estimate the effect of these effects on the measurement of the W mass.

Speaker: Emanuele Angelo Bagnaschi (DESY Hamburg)

BottomWMass_Bagnaschi_v3.pdf

14:00 → 16:00 Top, heavy quarks and searches

14:00 Recent results on the calculation of three-loop operator matrix elements with two masses

We report on our recent progress on the calculation of massive operator matrix elements (OMEs), which at three loop level receive contributions from Feynman diagrams containing two heavy quark lines of different masses. These OMEs are needed in order to obtain the corresponding contributions for the massive Wilson coefficients in deep inelastic scattering at large momentum transfer. They are also needed to describe the variable flavor number scheme at three loops, where the charm and bottom quarks cannot be decoupled one at a time, since the ratio of the corresponding masses is not small enough. We show the full result for the two-mass non-singlet and pure singlet OMEs, and describe in detail the methods used to calculate the scalar Feynman integrals required to obtain the gluonic OMEs.

Speaker: Abilio De Freitas (DESY - Zeuthen)

Debrecen2017_Abilio.pdf

14:30 Associated production of a top pair and a Higgs/W/Z boson at the LHC to NNLL accuracy

I am going to present some recent results on the resummation of soft gluon emission corrections to the production of a top-antitop pair in association with a Higgs/W/Z boson at the Large Hadron Collider.
First I will introduce and describe the derivation of the soft-gluon resummation formula for these processes. Based on this formula, we developed a dedicated parton-level Monte Carlo program. This tool has been used to calculate the total cross section along with differential distributions in order to study the phenomenological impact of the resummation to next-to-next-to-leading logarithmic (NNLL) accuracy. We found that these corrections increase the total cross section and the differential distributions with respect to NLO calculations of the same observables.

Speaker: Alessandro Broggio (Technische Universitaet Muenchen)

QCD@LHC_2017_broggio.pdf

15:00 Soft gluon resummation for the associated production of a top quark pair with a Higgs boson at the LHC

The measurement of the associated production of a Higgs boson with a pair of top quarks is among the highest priorities of the current LHC physics program. In this talk latest results for threshold resummation of soft gluon corrections for the $pp \to t\bar{t}H$ process will be presented. The resummation is carried out at next-to-next-to-leading-logarithmic accuracy using the direct QCD Mellin space technique in the three-particle invariant mass kinematics. Numerical predictions for total inclusive cross sections and invariant mass distributions for the associated production of top quarks with a Higgs boson or a heavy vector boson at the LHC will be discussed.

Speaker: Anna Kulesza

Debrecen_anna.pdf

16:00 → 16:30 Coffee break

16:30 → 18:30 Hard QCD and EW

16:30 Energy-energy correlation at NNLL+NNLO

In this talk we consider the back-to-back region of the
energy-energy correlation in $e^+e^-$ collisions and present the matching of
the next-to-next-to-leading logarithmic (NNLL) approximation with the recently
computed fixed next-to-next-to-leading order (NNLO) corrections. We perform the
matching in the log R scheme. We compare our results to precise LEP and SLC data,
and find that the inclusion of the NNLO corrections has a sizeable impact on the
extracted value of $\alpha_S(M_Z)$.

Speaker: Zoltán Tulipánt (University of Debrecen)

EEC_QCDatLHC2017.pdf

17:00 Higher-order corrections for the three-jet rate in electron-positron annihilation using the (anti)-kt algorithm

We present our next-to-next-to-leading order result performed in the CoLoRFulNNLO subtraction scheme for the three jet rate in electron-positron annihilation into three jets using the exclusive kt clustering algorithm. Results matched with next-to-double logarithmic resummation are also shown compared to OPAL data. In addition we present our predictions using the anti-kt algorithm at next-to-next-to-leading order in perturbation theory matched with next-to-double logarithmic resummed prediction for the first time.

Speaker: Zoltán Szőr (University of Debrecen)

szorz-jetrates-qcdatlhc2017.pdf

17:30 Improvements of the sector-improved residue subtraction scheme

Decreasing errors in experimental data obtained from colliders like the LHC
makes it necessary to invoke higher and higher orders in theory predictions.
A crucial part of the NNLO QCD predictions is the handling of the double real radiation phase-space and the cancellation of IR divergences with other contributions. I present a new phase-space parameterization for the sector-improved residue subtraction scheme as well as a new method for the evaluation of the corrections needed to employ the four-dimensional 't Hooft - Veltman scheme. Furthermore novel applications of the subtraction scheme are discussed.

Speaker: Rene Poncelet (RWTH Aachen University)

talk.pdf

18:00 Full-colour decompositions for loop amplitudes in Yang-Mills theory

I will present a general method to account for full colour dependence Yang-Mills amplitudes at loop level. The method fits most naturally into the framework of multi-loop integrand reduction and in a nutshell amounts to consistently retaining the colour structures of the unitarity cuts from which the integrand is gradually constructed. I will discuss connections to loop-level Kleiss-Kuijf relations and implications for cancellation of nontrivial symmetry factors at two loops. I will illustrate this technique on the recent calculation of the two-loop five-gluon amplitude with all positive-helicity gluons, as well as a three-loop example in supersymmetric Yang-Mills.

Speaker: Alexander Ochirov (University of Edinburgh)

Alexander Ochirov.pdf

16:30 → 18:30 Higgs physics and searches

16:30 ttH searches at ATLAS and CMS

This talk will describe the search for Higgs production in association with a tt-bar pair at the ATLAS and CMS experiments, presenting the analysis methods and results. Emphasis will also be put on the QCD aspects that are relevant for the analyses.

Speaker: Thomas Strebler (LLR - Ecole Polytechnique (FR))

ttH_ATLAS_CMS_QCDLHC_2017 - final.pdf

17:00 NLO matching for ttbb production with massive b-quarks

Theoretical uncertainties in the simulation of ttbb production represent one of the main obstacles that still hamper the observation of Higgs-boson production in association with top-quark pairs in the H->b?b. We present a next-to-leading order (NLO) simulation t?tb?b production with massive b-quarks matched to Pythia within the POWHEG method with the hope of reconciling tension between previous calculations based on
the MC@NLO method.

Speaker: Tomas Jezo (University of Zurich)

TJezo_ttbb.pdf

17:30 Higgs results from the combination at ATLAS and at CMS

This talk will describe the combination of Higgs results from different decay channels at the ATLAS and CMS experiments, presenting the analysis methods and results. Emphasis will also be put on the QCD aspects that are relevant for the analyses.

Speakers: James Lacey (DESY), Jim Lacey (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DE))

ATLASCMS_Comb_QCDatLHC2017.pdf

16:30 → 18:30 Top, heavy quarks and searches

16:30 Top quark event modelling and generators in CMS

State-of-the-art theoretical predictions accurate to next-to-leading order QCD interfaced with Pythia8 and Herwig++ event generators are tested by comparing the unfolded ttbar differential data collected with the CMS detector at 8 and 13 TeV. These predictions are also compared with the underlying event activity distributions in ttbar events using CMS proton-proton data collected at a center of mass energy of 13 TeV. Studies of b-quark fragmentation in ttbar events are furthermore presented.

Speaker: Silvano Tosi (INFN e Universita Genova (IT))

Talk_QCDatLHC_Tosi_Gen.pdf

17:00 Automation of NLO QCD and EW corrections with Sherpa and Recola

In this talk, the combination of the one-loop matrix-element generator Recola with the multipurpose Monte Carlo program Sherpa is presented. Since both programs are highly automated, the resulting Sherpa+Recola framework allows for the computation of—in principle—any Standard Model process at both NLO QCD and EW accuracy. The reliability of the Sherpa+Recola framework will be demonstrated via the NLO QCD and electroweak computation of off-shell Z-boson pair production and the production of a top-quark pair in association with a Higgs boson. As the implementation is fully automatised, this makes it a perfect tool for both experimentalists and theorists who want to use state-of-the-art predictions at NLO accuracy in their analyses.

Speaker: Benedikt Biedermann (Universitaet Wuerzburg)

Biedermann_NLO_EW_2017.pdf

17:30 Measurements of the top quark properties with CMS

Several measurements of top quark properties are presented using data collected by the CMS experiment at different centre-of-mass-energies. The properties are mostly probed in production of the top quarks. The charge asymmetry is measured inclusively and differentially probing anomalous couplings to the gluons at production mode. These measurements are extended searching for asymmetries in CP-odd operators in production and decay. The measurement of the spin density matrix in different final states (lepton+jets and dileptons) is discussed as well as the measurement of the top quark polarization in single top and ttbar events. The results are compared to the state-of-the-art predictions, when available, and re-interpreted as searches for new physics inducing deviations from the standard model predictions.

Speaker: Silvano Tosi (INFN and Università di Genova)

Talk_QCDatLHC_Tosi_Properties.pdf

18:30 → 20:00 wine and cheese

20:00 → 21:00 Concert, BRING YOUR BADGES

Wednesday 30 August

09:00 → 09:15 Plenary: Opening ceremony of the Debrecen University Symposium

09:15 → 10:45 Plenary

09:15 Boosted topologies within and beyond the SM

Speaker: Andrew Buckley (University of Glasgow)

buckley-boosted-atlascms.pdf

10:00 Deep Learning QCD Jets

Speaker: Tilman Plehn (Heidelberg University)

plehn_17.pdf

10:45 → 11:15 Coffee break

11:15 → 12:45 Plenary

11:15 Heavy quark physics

Speaker: Carla Gobel Burlamaqui De Mello (Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (BR))

QCDatLHC17_CarlaGobel.pdf

12:00 Heavy quarks

Speaker: Alexander Mitov (University of Cambridge (GB))

AlexanderMitov-QCD@LHC-2017.pdf

AlexanderMitov-QCD@LHC-2017.pptx

12:45 → 14:15 Lunch: creamy fruit soup, palóc soup (meat and vegetables), pork in pancake (deep fried), grilled chicken with french fries and fresh salad, grilled cheese with french fries and fresh salad, pickles, home made apple pie

14:15 → 19:15 Excursion to Hortobágy puszta (horse-carriage tour of the puszta, dinner in the puszta) BRING SOME CLOTHES TO KEEP YOU WARM IN THE EVENING

Thursday 31 August

09:00 → 10:30 Plenary

09:00 Electroweak corrections

Speaker: Alessandro Vicini (Università degli Studi e INFN Milano (IT))

Vicini_EW-corrections.pdf

09:45 Results on EW gauge bosons and jet production

Speaker: Elzbieta Richter-Was (Jagiellonian University (PL))

ERW_QCDatLHC_2017_v8.pdf

10:30 → 11:00 Coffee break

11:00 → 12:30 Plenary

11:00 Parton Distribution Functions

Speaker: Pavel Nadolsky (Southern Methodist University)

h901.pdf

h901.pptx

11:45 Soft QCD, diffractive and exclusive results from the LHC

Speaker: Gabor Veres

QCD17_Veres9.pdf

12:30 → 14:00 Lunch: onion cream soup with croutons, vegetables soup with liver noodles, chicken breast filled with cheese, peach and mashed potatoes, pork stew with rice, breaded mushroom, breaded cauliflower, breaded marrow, french pastry

14:00 → 15:30 Plenary

14:00 Fixed-order QCD corrections

Speaker: Daniel De Florian (International Center for Advanced Studies (AR))

deflorian.pdf

14:45 Towards multi-jet processes at NNLO

Speaker: Johannes Henn (IAS)

qcd@lhc_debrecen_jmhenn_2017.pdf

15:30 → 16:00 Coffee break

16:00 → 17:30 Hard QCD and EW

16:00 Vector boson scattering at next-to-leading order

Vector boson scattering at the LHC has recently been discovered in the process $p p \to \mu^+\nu_\mu e^+\nu_e$, the so-called same-sign WW channel. This opens a new window for studying the nature of electroweak symmetry breaking and the role of the Higgs boson. Precision predictions for this process are thus of great importance. In this talk, the electroweak corrections at next-to-leading order for the same-sign WW channel will be presented. Reaching $-16\%$ at the level of the inclusive cross section, they turn out to be surprisingly large and of similar size as the corresponding NLO QCD corrections. At the level of differential distributions, they are even more enhanced in the high-energy regime. We will present predictions that combine both NLO EW and QCD corrections, and will review their different behaviour and origin. A phenomenological analysis with realistic acceptance cuts is shown.

Speaker: Benedikt Biedermann (Universitaet Wuerzburg)

QCDatLHC2017.pdf

16:30 Study of Multiboson Production with the ATLAS detector.

Measurements of the cross sections of the production of pairs of electroweak gauge bosons at the LHC constitute stringent tests of the electroweak sector of the Standard Model and provide a model-independent means to search for new physics at the TeV scale. The ATLAS collaboration has performed detailed measurements of integrated and differential cross sections of the production of heavy di-boson pairs, such as WW, WZ and ZZ, in the fully-leptonic and partially in the semi-leptonic final states at centre-of-mass energies of 8 and 13 TeV.

Moreover, searches for the production of three W bosons or of a W boson and a photon together with a Z or W boson at a center of mass energy of 8 TeV will be presented. These studies are closely connected to the electroweak production of a heavy boson and a photon together with two jets. Evidence has been found for the exclusive production of W boson pairs, which will be presented in this talk.

Speaker: Takashi Kubota (University of Melbourne (AU))

QCD@LHC2017_multiboson_TK.pdf

17:00 Non-standard heavy vector bosons at the LHC

Searching for heavy vector bosons is one of the challenging objectives of the LHC: I will discuss two scenarios which have not been investigated yet by the experimental collaborations. The first scenario consists in searching for Z' bosons, predicted by U(1) GUT-inspired models, by investigating its possible BSM decays, namely supersymmetric decays, leading to resonant final states with charged leptons and missing energy. Afterwards, I will present a recent work, carried out in the framework of the 331 model, which predicts novel doubly-charged bosons Y and yields final states with two same-sign lepton pairs, accompanied by two jets, which can be easily separated from the Standard Model backgrounds.

Speaker: Gennaro Corcella (INFN - LNF)

corcella_ewqcd.pdf

16:00 → 17:30 Parton Distribution Functions and Soft QCD

16:00 Measurements of event properties with jets in CMS

We present results on measurements of characteristics of events with jets, from jet-charge over investigations of shapes to jet mass distributions. The measurements are compared to theoretical prediction including those matched to parton shower and hadronization.

Speaker: Tanmay Sarkar (Tata Inst. of Fundamental Research (IN))

Tanmay_LHC_QCD_talk_v2.pdf

16:30 Multi-differential jet cross sections in CMS

We present measurements of multi-differential Jet cross sections over a wide range in transverse momenta from inclusive jets to multi-jet final states. We present studies on the impact these measurements have on the determination of the strong coupling alphas as well as on parton density functions. We also show angular correlations in multi-jet events at highest center-of-mass energies and compare the measurements to theoretical predictions including higher order parton radiation and coherence effects.

Speaker: Armando Bermudez Martinez (CMS-DESY)

QCD@LHC_Armando.pdf

17:00 Markov Chain Monte Carlo technics applied to Parton Distribution Functions determination: proof of concept

Abstract:
We have developed a new procedure to determine Parton Distribution Functions (PDFs) and their uncertainties, based on Markov Chain Monte Carlo methods. We will show in this talk how we can replace the standard $\chi^2$ minimization by procedures grounded on Statistical Methods, and on Bayesian inference in particular, thus offering additional insight into the rich field of PDFs. The formulation of PDFs determination in terms of Bayesian inference, the Monte Carlo algorithm we have implemented in the xFitter code, and the first results we have obtained will be presented.

Speakers: Yemalin Gabin GBEDO, Mr Yemalin Gabin GBEDO (LPSC/Grenoble Alpes University)

Talk_QCD@LHC2017(2).pdf

16:00 → 17:30 Top, heavy quarks and searches

16:00 Measurements of the associated production of top quark pairs with bosons or other top quarks

A comprehensive set of measurements of top quark pair production in association with EWK bosons (W, Z or ɣ) is presented at different centre-of-mass energies. The results are compared to the theory predictions and re-interpreted as searches for new physics inducing deviations from the standard model predictions using an effective field theory approach. The status of the search for double-ttbar pair production combining different final states is also reported.

Speaker: Javier Cuevas Maestro (Universidad de Oviedo)

ttV-qcd2017.pdf

16:30 Search for heavy resonances decaying to top quarks

Searches for new resonances that decay either to pairs of top quarks or a top and a b-quark will be presented. The searches are performed with the ATLAS experiment at the LHC using proton-proton collision data collected in 2015 and 2016 with a centre-of-mass energy of 13 TeV. The invariant mass spectrum of hypothetical resonances are examined for local excesses or deficits that are inconsistent with the Standard Model prediction.​

Speaker: Joseph Haley (Oklahoma State University (US))

Haley_QCDatLHC.pdf

17:00 A Study of the Top Mass Determination Using New NLO+PS generators

We estimate the top-quark mass extraction uncertainty due to Monte Carlo modeling of top-pair production and its leptonic decay. Using three different NLO+PS generators based on the POWHEG method implementing an increasingly precise treatment of t?t production and decay, including hvq and bb4l, and two different PS implementations we obtain predictions for various kinematic distributions suitable for extraction of the top
mass proposed in the literature. Assuming that one of the generators reproduces the data fully, we estimate the shift in the extracted top mass using the other generators. We find that the mass shifts are comparable if not larger then the current experimental uncertainty on the top mass extraction.

Speaker: Tomas Jezo (University of Zurich)

TJezo_topmass.pdf

19:00 → 22:00 Banquet, BRING YOUR BADGES

Friday 1 September

09:00 → 10:30 Plenary

09:00 Top quark measurements at the LHC

Speaker: Javier Cuevas Maestro (Universidad de Oviedo)

top_qcd2017_exp_fri1sep_v3.pdf

09:45 SCET and resummation

Speaker: Frank Tackmann (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DE))

2017-09-01_QCDatLHC.pdf

10:30 → 11:00 Coffee break

11:00 → 12:30 Plenary

11:00 W mass measurement with the ATLAS detector

Speaker: Mykhailo Lisovyi (PI Heidelberg University (DE))

2017_09_01_QCDatLHC2017_Lisovyi.pdf

11:45 Summary

Speaker: Giulia Zanderighi (CERN)

QCDatLHC2017.pdf

12:30 → 14:00 Lunch: peas soup, goulash soup, deer stew and noodles with sheep cheese, breaded cod with almond coating and macédoine, pickles, pancake with sweet cheese and vanilla dressing