16–18 Oct 2017
Fermilab
America/Chicago timezone

Hands-On SModelS: a tool to make systematic use of simplified models results

17 Oct 2017, 12:15
45m
One West (WH1W) (Fermilab)

One West (WH1W)

Fermilab

Tools tutorials

Speaker

Dr Wolfgang Waltenberger (Austrian Academy of Sciences (AT))

Description

Recasting tools like CheckMate, MadAnalysis, or Rivet allow reinterpretation of LHC results by rerunning the analyses on new signal samples. SModelS works differently; it takes a candidate BSM theory that exhibits a Z2 symmetry, decomposes it into its simplified models spectrum, and confronts it with a large database of simplified models results from ATLAS and CMS SUSY searches. This procedure is much faster, though more conservative, making it a handy tool for tasks such as model surveys, classification of most important signal topologies, or the discussion of topologies missed by the current analyses.

In this tutorial, we shall learn to use the various SModelS functionalities, scrutinize concrete examples, and discuss the merits and shortcomings of this approach.

Bring your favorite model, either as an SLHA or LHE file!

Presentation Talk given in person

Primary authors

Sabine Kraml (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)) Suchita Kulkarni (Austrian Academy of Sciences (AT)) Prof. Andre Lessa (CCNH - Univ. Federal do ABC) Ursula Laa (LPSC Grenoble) Federico Ambrogi (Austrian Academy of Sciences (AT)) Jory Sonneveld (Hamburg University (DE)) Dr Wolfgang Waltenberger (Austrian Academy of Sciences (AT))

Presentation materials