Course on Physics at the LHC

Name: Course on Physics at the LHC
Start: 2020-03-02T07:00:00+00:00
End: 2020-06-26T18:40:00+01:00
Location: LIP

2 Mar 2020, 07:00 → 26 Jun 2020, 18:40 Europe/Lisbon

Conference Room (LIP)

Conference Room

LIP

Av. Prof. Gama Pinto 2 1649-003 Lisboa Portugal

Joao Varela (LIP Laboratorio de Instrumentacao e Fisica Experimental de Part), Michele Gallinaro (LIP Lisbon)

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Required background
Attendees are expected to have followed a basic course on particle physics and/or to be familiar with the following topics:

Basic concepts Elementary constituents of matter and interactions. Quantum numbers and conservation rules. Spin and symmetry groups. Relativistic kinematics. Cross-section. Natural units. Mass and lifetime. Resonances.
Structure of matter Elastic scattering and form factors. Inelastic scattering experiments. Nucleon structure functions. Scale invariance. Quark model. Parton distribution functions. Introduction to QCD.
Fundamental interactions Introduction to QED. Fermi interaction. Parity violation. Currents V-A and weak doblets. W and Z bosons. Cabibbo angle. Neutral currents. Electroweak interaction. Gauge symmetries. The Higgs mechanism. Weinberg-Salam model. CP violation.

Students are recommended to refresh their knowledge in particle physics prior to the Course. Suggested bibliography:

F. Halzen and A.D.Martin, ' Quarks and Leptons ', John Wiley and Sons (1984)
D. Griffiths, ' Introduction to Elementary Particles ', John Wiley and Sons (1987)
B.R.Martin, G. Shaw, ' Particle Physics ', John Wiley and Sons (1999)
D. Perkins, `Introduction to High Energy Physics', Cambridge University Press (2000)

Registration
The registration for the Course is open until March 3. Registration should be done on the web address http://www.idpasc.lip.pt/LIP/events/2021_lhc_physics/index.php

Certificate
A certificate will be delivered after the Course upon regular attendance and successful final examination.

The content of the Course may be updated as a result of possible discoveries at LHC during the Course duration.

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Participants

Monday 2 March
- Mon 2 Mar
- Fri 6 Mar
- Mon 9 Mar
- Tue 10 Mar
- Mon 16 Mar
- Tue 17 Mar
- Mon 23 Mar
- Tue 24 Mar
- Mon 30 Mar
- Wed 1 Apr
- Mon 6 Apr
- Wed 8 Apr
- Wed 15 Apr
- Mon 20 Apr
- Wed 22 Apr
- Mon 27 Apr
- Wed 29 Apr
- Mon 4 May
- Wed 6 May
- Mon 8 Jun
- 17:00 → 18:30
  
  Experimental program at the LHC 1h 30m
  
  1. Introduction to the Course. Objectives. Plan of lectures. Additional information.
  2. The LHC physics case. In a few slides review what are the main motivations for the LHC program. Short reminder of SM.
  
  3. The LHC experimental program. The LHC machine. The experiments. Basic comparison CMS, ATLAS, LHCb and Alice.
  4. Experimental challenges: Cross-sections, rates. Trigger. Pile-up. Radiation.
  
  Speaker: Joao Varela (LIP Laboratorio de Instrumentacao e Fisica Experimental de Part)
  
  Lecture1-Exp at LHC.pdf
Friday 6 March
- Mon 2 Mar
- Fri 6 Mar
- Mon 9 Mar
- Tue 10 Mar
- Mon 16 Mar
- Tue 17 Mar
- Mon 23 Mar
- Tue 24 Mar
- Mon 30 Mar
- Wed 1 Apr
- Mon 6 Apr
- Wed 8 Apr
- Wed 15 Apr
- Mon 20 Apr
- Wed 22 Apr
- Mon 27 Apr
- Wed 29 Apr
- Mon 4 May
- Wed 6 May
- Mon 8 Jun
- 17:00 → 18:30
  
  Standard Model at the LHC 1h 30m
  
  1. Hadron interactions. A few reminders (kinematics, etc.). Proton-proton scattering. Hard scattering.
  2. QCD and parton densities. Lepton-proton scattering. Scaling violation.
  3. Monte Carlo generators. Parton showers: fragmentation and hadronization.
  4. Luminosity and cross-section measurements. Ingredients for cross-section measurement. Luminosity.
  5. QCD and jet physics. Higher orders. Jet algorithms. Jet energy scale. Jet cross-section measurements.
  6. W and Z bosons as standard candles at the LHC. W and Z production cross-sections. W and Z decays. Cross-section measurements. Mass measurements.
  
  Speaker: Joao Varela (LIP Laboratorio de Instrumentacao e Fisica Experimental de Part)
  
  Lecture2-SM at LHC.pdf
Monday 9 March
- Mon 2 Mar
- Fri 6 Mar
- Mon 9 Mar
- Tue 10 Mar
- Mon 16 Mar
- Tue 17 Mar
- Mon 23 Mar
- Tue 24 Mar
- Mon 30 Mar
- Wed 1 Apr
- Mon 6 Apr
- Wed 8 Apr
- Wed 15 Apr
- Mon 20 Apr
- Wed 22 Apr
- Mon 27 Apr
- Wed 29 Apr
- Mon 4 May
- Wed 6 May
- Mon 8 Jun
- 17:00 → 18:30
  
  Detectors 1 1h 30m
  
  - Particles and their decays into stable particles.
  - Detector layout, geometry, particle flow
  - Tracking:
  - Silicon (solid-state) trackers.
  - Track reconstruction, momentum measurement.
  - Muon detectors.
  
  Speakers: Michele Gallinaro (LIP Lisbon), Pedro Vieira De Castro Ferreira Da Silva (CERN)
  
  detectors_March2019.pdf
Tuesday 10 March
- Mon 2 Mar
- Fri 6 Mar
- Mon 9 Mar
- Tue 10 Mar
- Mon 16 Mar
- Tue 17 Mar
- Mon 23 Mar
- Tue 24 Mar
- Mon 30 Mar
- Wed 1 Apr
- Mon 6 Apr
- Wed 8 Apr
- Wed 15 Apr
- Mon 20 Apr
- Wed 22 Apr
- Mon 27 Apr
- Wed 29 Apr
- Mon 4 May
- Wed 6 May
- Mon 8 Jun
- 17:00 → 18:30
  
  Detectors 2 1h 30m
  
  - Calorimetry:
  - Electromagnetic and hadronic showers.
  - Energy reconstruction and resolution.
  - Jets and missing energy.
  - Trigger:
  - Level-1 latency and pipelining.
  - HLT: configuration flexibility and efficiency.
  
  Speaker: Pedro Vieira De Castro Ferreira Da Silva (CERN)
Monday 16 March
- Mon 2 Mar
- Fri 6 Mar
- Mon 9 Mar
- Tue 10 Mar
- Mon 16 Mar
- Tue 17 Mar
- Mon 23 Mar
- Tue 24 Mar
- Mon 30 Mar
- Wed 1 Apr
- Mon 6 Apr
- Wed 8 Apr
- Wed 15 Apr
- Mon 20 Apr
- Wed 22 Apr
- Mon 27 Apr
- Wed 29 Apr
- Mon 4 May
- Wed 6 May
- Mon 8 Jun
- 17:00 → 18:30
  
  Statistics 1 1h 30m
  
  - Basics of probability
  - Errors
  - Probability density functions
  - The likelihood principle
  - Hypothesis testing
  - Basics of multivariate algorithms
  
  Speaker: Pietro Vischia (Universite' Catholique de Louvain (UCL))
  
  2020-03-16to18_Statistics_LIP-LHC-Course_vischia_part1.pdf
Tuesday 17 March
- Mon 2 Mar
- Fri 6 Mar
- Mon 9 Mar
- Tue 10 Mar
- Mon 16 Mar
- Tue 17 Mar
- Mon 23 Mar
- Tue 24 Mar
- Mon 30 Mar
- Wed 1 Apr
- Mon 6 Apr
- Wed 8 Apr
- Wed 15 Apr
- Mon 20 Apr
- Wed 22 Apr
- Mon 27 Apr
- Wed 29 Apr
- Mon 4 May
- Wed 6 May
- Mon 8 Jun
- 17:00 → 18:30
  
  Statistics 2 1h 30m
  
  - Basics of probability
  - Errors
  - Probability density functions
  - The likelihood principle
  - Hypothesis testing
  - Basics of multivariate algorithms
  
  Speaker: Pietro Vischia (Universite' Catholique de Louvain (UCL))
  
  2020-03-16to18_Statistics_LIP-LHC-Course_vischia_part2.pdf
Monday 23 March
- Mon 2 Mar
- Fri 6 Mar
- Mon 9 Mar
- Tue 10 Mar
- Mon 16 Mar
- Tue 17 Mar
- Mon 23 Mar
- Tue 24 Mar
- Mon 30 Mar
- Wed 1 Apr
- Mon 6 Apr
- Wed 8 Apr
- Wed 15 Apr
- Mon 20 Apr
- Wed 22 Apr
- Mon 27 Apr
- Wed 29 Apr
- Mon 4 May
- Wed 6 May
- Mon 8 Jun
- 17:00 → 18:30
  
  Top Physics 1 1h 30m
  
  Top quark physics: - Introduction - Discovery - Tevatron vs LHC - Objects used in Top quark events - Heavy flavor tagging and mis-tagging - Top quark production (cross section, differential cross section)
  
  Speaker: Michele Gallinaro (LIP Lisbon)
  
  2020_course_Top_Lecture1.pdf
Tuesday 24 March
- Mon 2 Mar
- Fri 6 Mar
- Mon 9 Mar
- Tue 10 Mar
- Mon 16 Mar
- Tue 17 Mar
- Mon 23 Mar
- Tue 24 Mar
- Mon 30 Mar
- Wed 1 Apr
- Mon 6 Apr
- Wed 8 Apr
- Wed 15 Apr
- Mon 20 Apr
- Wed 22 Apr
- Mon 27 Apr
- Wed 29 Apr
- Mon 4 May
- Wed 6 May
- Mon 8 Jun
- 17:00 → 18:30
  
  Top Physics 2 1h 30m
  
  Top quark properties and decays: - Properties: mass, mass difference, charge asymmetry, spin correlation - Decay: branching ratios (taus, heavy flavor content of ttbar events, Vtb) Top quark studies in the search for New Physics: - New particles decaying to top quarks - BSM top decays - Top-like signatures - Boosted top - Top-tagging
  
  Speaker: Michele Gallinaro (LIP Lisbon)
  
  2020_course_Top_Lecture2.pdf
Monday 30 March
- Mon 2 Mar
- Fri 6 Mar
- Mon 9 Mar
- Tue 10 Mar
- Mon 16 Mar
- Tue 17 Mar
- Mon 23 Mar
- Tue 24 Mar
- Mon 30 Mar
- Wed 1 Apr
- Mon 6 Apr
- Wed 8 Apr
- Wed 15 Apr
- Mon 20 Apr
- Wed 22 Apr
- Mon 27 Apr
- Wed 29 Apr
- Mon 4 May
- Wed 6 May
- Mon 8 Jun
- 17:00 → 18:30
  
  Top Physics 3 1h 30m
  
  Single top quark and rare decays: - Single Top quark - The Wtb vertex structure within and beyond the SM - Rare decays of top quarks (Flavor Changing Neutral Current)
  
  Speaker: Antonio Onofre (Universidade de Coimbra (PT))
  
  ToptopCouplings_AO.pdf
Wednesday 1 April
- Mon 2 Mar
- Fri 6 Mar
- Mon 9 Mar
- Tue 10 Mar
- Mon 16 Mar
- Tue 17 Mar
- Mon 23 Mar
- Tue 24 Mar
- Mon 30 Mar
- Wed 1 Apr
- Mon 6 Apr
- Wed 8 Apr
- Wed 15 Apr
- Mon 20 Apr
- Wed 22 Apr
- Mon 27 Apr
- Wed 29 Apr
- Mon 4 May
- Wed 6 May
- Mon 8 Jun
- 17:00 → 18:30
  
  Higgs Physics 1 1h 30m
  
  Introduction Reminder of some shortcomings of the SM: masses, WW scattering. The Higgs mechanism. Production and decay of the Higgs boson at colliders: LEP, Tevatron and LHC. Previous searches at LEP and the Tevatron.
  
  Speaker: Ricardo Jose Morais Silva Goncalo (LIP Laboratorio de Instrumentacao e Fisica Experimental de Part)
  
  HiggsLecture1.pdf
Monday 6 April
- Mon 2 Mar
- Fri 6 Mar
- Mon 9 Mar
- Tue 10 Mar
- Mon 16 Mar
- Tue 17 Mar
- Mon 23 Mar
- Tue 24 Mar
- Mon 30 Mar
- Wed 1 Apr
- Mon 6 Apr
- Wed 8 Apr
- Wed 15 Apr
- Mon 20 Apr
- Wed 22 Apr
- Mon 27 Apr
- Wed 29 Apr
- Mon 4 May
- Wed 6 May
- Mon 8 Jun
- 17:00 → 18:30
  
  Higgs Physics 2 1h 30m
  
  Models, properties, and interpretation.
  Case-study of the coupling strengths.
  Case-study of the hypothesis test for different spin-parity assignments.
  
  Speaker: Pedro Vieira De Castro Ferreira Da Silva (CERN)
  
  higgsproperties_6Apr2020.pdf
Wednesday 8 April
- Mon 2 Mar
- Fri 6 Mar
- Mon 9 Mar
- Tue 10 Mar
- Mon 16 Mar
- Tue 17 Mar
- Mon 23 Mar
- Tue 24 Mar
- Mon 30 Mar
- Wed 1 Apr
- Mon 6 Apr
- Wed 8 Apr
- Wed 15 Apr
- Mon 20 Apr
- Wed 22 Apr
- Mon 27 Apr
- Wed 29 Apr
- Mon 4 May
- Wed 6 May
- Mon 8 Jun
- 17:00 → 18:30
  
  Higgs Physics 3 1h 30m
  
  Discovery of the Higgs boson in the different final states
  Case-study of the H->WW search
  Algorithms, challenges, tools
  Combination of search results
  
  Speaker: Dr Patricia Conde Muino (LIP Laboratorio de Instrumentacao e Fisica Experimental de Part)
  
  Physics@LHC_Higgs_conde.pdf
Wednesday 15 April
- Mon 2 Mar
- Fri 6 Mar
- Mon 9 Mar
- Tue 10 Mar
- Mon 16 Mar
- Tue 17 Mar
- Mon 23 Mar
- Tue 24 Mar
- Mon 30 Mar
- Wed 1 Apr
- Mon 6 Apr
- Wed 8 Apr
- Wed 15 Apr
- Mon 20 Apr
- Wed 22 Apr
- Mon 27 Apr
- Wed 29 Apr
- Mon 4 May
- Wed 6 May
- Mon 8 Jun
- 17:00 → 18:30
  
  Higgs Physics 4 1h 30m
  
  - Search for new physics in the Higgs sector. - The Higgs boson and processes beyond the SM. - Extensions of the SM, minimal and non-minimal extensions. - High mass searches. - MSSM Higgs searches: neutral, charged. - Light pseudoscalar, resonant and non-resonant Higgs pair production.
  
  Speaker: Michele Gallinaro (LIP Lisbon)
  
  higgs_Lecture4_bsm2020.pdf
Monday 20 April
- Mon 2 Mar
- Fri 6 Mar
- Mon 9 Mar
- Tue 10 Mar
- Mon 16 Mar
- Tue 17 Mar
- Mon 23 Mar
- Tue 24 Mar
- Mon 30 Mar
- Wed 1 Apr
- Mon 6 Apr
- Wed 8 Apr
- Wed 15 Apr
- Mon 20 Apr
- Wed 22 Apr
- Mon 27 Apr
- Wed 29 Apr
- Mon 4 May
- Wed 6 May
- Mon 8 Jun
- 17:00 → 18:30
  
  SUSY 1 1h 30m
  
  * General introduction SUSY * Description of the soft SUSY lagrangian * Phenomenological introduction to SUSY particles I: Squarks, gluino, sleptons, charginos, neutralinos, higgs * Phenomenological introduction to SUSY particles II: Squarks, gluino, sleptons, charginos, neutralinos, higgs * Searches of SUSY particles at past accelerators & LHC I Recommended reading: 1/ "SuSY and such", S. Dawson, arxiv:hep-ph/9612229 2/ "A Supersymmetry primer", S. P. Martin, arxiv:hep-ph/9709356
  
  Speaker: Pedrame Bargassa (LIP Laboratorio de Instrumentacao e Fisica Experimental de Part)
  
  PB_SUSY_1.pdf
Wednesday 22 April
- Mon 2 Mar
- Fri 6 Mar
- Mon 9 Mar
- Tue 10 Mar
- Mon 16 Mar
- Tue 17 Mar
- Mon 23 Mar
- Tue 24 Mar
- Mon 30 Mar
- Wed 1 Apr
- Mon 6 Apr
- Wed 8 Apr
- Wed 15 Apr
- Mon 20 Apr
- Wed 22 Apr
- Mon 27 Apr
- Wed 29 Apr
- Mon 4 May
- Wed 6 May
- Mon 8 Jun
- 17:00 → 18:30
  
  SUSY 2 1h 30m
  
  * Searches of SUSY particles at past accelerators & LHC II
  
  Speaker: Pedrame Bargassa (LIP Laboratorio de Instrumentacao e Fisica Experimental de Part)
  
  PB_SUSY_2.pdf
Monday 27 April
- Mon 2 Mar
- Fri 6 Mar
- Mon 9 Mar
- Tue 10 Mar
- Mon 16 Mar
- Tue 17 Mar
- Mon 23 Mar
- Tue 24 Mar
- Mon 30 Mar
- Wed 1 Apr
- Mon 6 Apr
- Wed 8 Apr
- Wed 15 Apr
- Mon 20 Apr
- Wed 22 Apr
- Mon 27 Apr
- Wed 29 Apr
- Mon 4 May
- Wed 6 May
- Mon 8 Jun
- 17:00 → 18:30
  
  Exotic processes and Dark Matter 1h 30m
  
  Searches for exotic particles and for Dark Matter candidates are discussed.
  
  Speaker: Michele Gallinaro (LIP Lisbon)
  
  DarkMatter_Exo_2020.pdf
Wednesday 29 April
- Mon 2 Mar
- Fri 6 Mar
- Mon 9 Mar
- Tue 10 Mar
- Mon 16 Mar
- Tue 17 Mar
- Mon 23 Mar
- Tue 24 Mar
- Mon 30 Mar
- Wed 1 Apr
- Mon 6 Apr
- Wed 8 Apr
- Wed 15 Apr
- Mon 20 Apr
- Wed 22 Apr
- Mon 27 Apr
- Wed 29 Apr
- Mon 4 May
- Wed 6 May
- Mon 8 Jun
- 17:00 → 18:30
  
  Rare decays 1h 30m
  
  This lecture presents the topic of rare decays of Standard Model particles, as a sensitive means towards detecting New Physics. While NP has not been revealed at the LHC so far via our direct searches, Rare Decays retain sensitivity to NP, even if its scale lies beyond the LHC collision energy. As it happens, the so-called "flavour anomalies" provide currently the most significant evidence for NP yet.
  
  Speaker: Nuno Viegas Guerreiro Leonardo (LIP Lisbon)
  
  NL_lecture_rare_decays.pdf
Monday 4 May
- Mon 2 Mar
- Fri 6 Mar
- Mon 9 Mar
- Tue 10 Mar
- Mon 16 Mar
- Tue 17 Mar
- Mon 23 Mar
- Tue 24 Mar
- Mon 30 Mar
- Wed 1 Apr
- Mon 6 Apr
- Wed 8 Apr
- Wed 15 Apr
- Mon 20 Apr
- Wed 22 Apr
- Mon 27 Apr
- Wed 29 Apr
- Mon 4 May
- Wed 6 May
- Mon 8 Jun
- 17:00 → 18:30
  
  Matter at high density and temperature 1h 30m
  
  Revision of the available heavy ion data from SPS to RHIC to LHC. General theoretical approaches to the problem: statistical QCD. Phase transitions. QCD phase diagram. Major observables: - Quarkonia suppression, including sequential suppression and recombination - Multiplicities - hydrodynamical flow - polarization observables
  
  Speakers: Joao Seixas (LIP Laboratorio de Instrumentacao e Fisica Experimental de Part), Pietro Faccioli (LIP and IST, Lisbon)
Wednesday 6 May
- Mon 2 Mar
- Fri 6 Mar
- Mon 9 Mar
- Tue 10 Mar
- Mon 16 Mar
- Tue 17 Mar
- Mon 23 Mar
- Tue 24 Mar
- Mon 30 Mar
- Wed 1 Apr
- Mon 6 Apr
- Wed 8 Apr
- Wed 15 Apr
- Mon 20 Apr
- Wed 22 Apr
- Mon 27 Apr
- Wed 29 Apr
- Mon 4 May
- Wed 6 May
- Mon 8 Jun
- 17:00 → 18:30
  
  Future endeavors 1h 30m
  
  Future endeavors in particle physics, both the High-Luminosity phase of the LHC and plans for future accelerators in particle physics are presented.
  
  Speaker: Joao Varela (LIP Laboratorio de Instrumentacao e Fisica Experimental de Part)
  
  HighEnergyFrontier 14May2020.pdf
Monday 8 June
- Mon 2 Mar
- Fri 6 Mar
- Mon 9 Mar
- Tue 10 Mar
- Mon 16 Mar
- Tue 17 Mar
- Mon 23 Mar
- Tue 24 Mar
- Mon 30 Mar
- Wed 1 Apr
- Mon 6 Apr
- Wed 8 Apr
- Wed 15 Apr
- Mon 20 Apr
- Wed 22 Apr
- Mon 27 Apr
- Wed 29 Apr
- Mon 4 May
- Wed 6 May
- Mon 8 Jun
- 09:25 → 09:30
  
  Final Evaluation 5m
  
  The exam will consist in discussing a paper in a short presentation (~20 mins). A discussion with a few questions will follow.
- 09:30 → 10:00
  
  Observation of proton-tagged, central (semi)exclusive production of high-mass lepton pairs in pp collisions at 13 TeV with the CMS-TOTEM precision proton spectrometer 30m
  
  http://arxiv.org/abs/1803.04496
  
  Speaker: Pedro Duarte
  
  PDuarte_exclusive_lepton.pdf
- 10:00 → 10:30
  
  Search for dark matter produced in association with a single top quark or a top quark pair in proton-proton collisions at 13 TeV 30m
  
  https://arxiv.org/abs/1901.01553
  
  Speaker: Bernardo Lopes Gonçalves
  
  BGoncalves_DM@LHC_BGoncalves.pdf
- 10:30 → 11:00
  
  Search for Higgs boson pair production in events with two bottom quarks and two tau leptons in proton-proton collisions at 13 TeV 30m
  
  https://arxiv.org/abs/1707.02909
  
  Speaker: Miguel Pissarra Levy
  
  MLevy_ML_HHpairprod-LIP.pdf
- 11:00 → 11:30
  
  Test of Lepton Flavor Universality by the measurement of the B0→D∗−τ+ντ branching fraction using three-prong τ decays 30m
  
  https://arxiv.org/abs/1711.02505
  
  Speaker: Pedro M. F. Pereira
  
  Apresentacao_TopicosFP_LIP.pdf
- 11:30 → 12:00
  
  Measurements of ttH production and the CP structure of the Yukawa interaction between the Higgs boson and top quark in the diphoton decay channel 30m
  
  https://arxiv.org/abs/2003.10866
  
  Speaker: João Seabra
  
  Apr_TFP.pdf
- 12:00 → 12:30
  
  Measurement of the W-boson mass in pp collisions at 7 TeV with the ATLAS detector 30m
  
  https://arxiv.org/abs/1701.07240
  
  Speaker: Rodrigo Gazola

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