Name: LHC TOP WG meeting
Start: 2020-11-23T14:00:00+01:00
End: 2020-11-24T18:40:00+01:00
Location: CERN

LHC TOP WG meeting

from Monday, 23 November 2020 (14:00) to Tuesday, 24 November 2020 (18:40)

Monday, 23 November 2020
14:00 Introduction - Reinhard Schwienhorst (Michigan State University (US)) Maria Aldaya Martin (DESY) Michelangelo Mangano (CERN)
Introduction
- Reinhard Schwienhorst (Michigan State University (US))
- Maria Aldaya Martin (DESY)
- Michelangelo Mangano (CERN)
14:00 - 14:10
Room: Zoom mtg only
14:15 ATLAS highlight: measuring b-fragmentation in ttbar events with ATLAS - Chris Pollard (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DE))
ATLAS highlight: measuring b-fragmentation in ttbar events with ATLAS
- Chris Pollard (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DE))
14:15 - 14:35
Room: Zoom mtg only
14:45 CMS Highlight: Search for CP violating anomalous top quark coupling in pp collisions at sqrt(s) = 13 TeV - Seungkyu Ha (Yonsei University (KR))
CMS Highlight: Search for CP violating anomalous top quark coupling in pp collisions at sqrt(s) = 13 TeV
- Seungkyu Ha (Yonsei University (KR))
14:45 - 15:05
Room: Zoom mtg only
15:15 tW production in ttbar phase space - Tomas Jezo (University of Zurich)
tW production in ttbar phase space
- Tomas Jezo (University of Zurich)
15:15 - 15:30
Room: Zoom mtg only
15:50 Simultaneous extraction of mt and alphaS from LHC tt differential distributions - Matthew Lim
Simultaneous extraction of mt and alphaS from LHC tt differential distributions
- Matthew Lim
15:50 - 16:05
Room: Zoom mtg only
16:10 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
16:10 - 16:40
Room: Zoom mtg only
16:40 Common MC update - Michael James Fenton (University of California Irvine (US)) Giulia Negro (Purdue University (US))
Common MC update
- Michael James Fenton (University of California Irvine (US))
- Giulia Negro (Purdue University (US))
16:40 - 16:55
Room: Zoom mtg only
17:00 tt+quarks production in ATLAS and CMS - Seth Moortgat (Vrije Universiteit Brussel (BE))
tt+quarks production in ATLAS and CMS
- Seth Moortgat (Vrije Universiteit Brussel (BE))
17:00 - 17:20
Room: Zoom mtg only
17:30 Input from LHC Higgs XS WG on tt+quarks needs - Andrea Helen Knue (Albert-Ludwigs-Universitaet Freiburg (DE))
Input from LHC Higgs XS WG on tt+quarks needs
- Andrea Helen Knue (Albert-Ludwigs-Universitaet Freiburg (DE))
17:30 - 17:50
Room: Zoom mtg only
18:00 tt+Z comparison ATLAS and CMS - Fabio Cardillo (Univ. of Valencia and CSIC (ES))
tt+Z comparison ATLAS and CMS
- Fabio Cardillo (Univ. of Valencia and CSIC (ES))
18:00 - 18:20
Room: Zoom mtg only
Tuesday, 24 November 2020
14:00 LHC EFT workshop summary and next steps for EFT interpretations - Eleni Vryonidou
LHC EFT workshop summary and next steps for EFT interpretations
- Eleni Vryonidou
14:00 - 14:20
Room: Zoom mtg only
14:30 PDF fits including top and learning from PDF fits for EFT fit - C.-P. Yuan (Michigan State University) C.-P. Yuan (Michigan State University)
PDF fits including top and learning from PDF fits for EFT fit
- C.-P. Yuan (Michigan State University)
- C.-P. Yuan (Michigan State University)
14:30 - 14:50
Room: Zoom mtg only
15:00 What can top EFT fits learn from Higgs EFT fits - Adinda De Wit (Universitaet Zuerich (CH))
What can top EFT fits learn from Higgs EFT fits
- Adinda De Wit (Universitaet Zuerich (CH))
15:00 - 15:20
Room: Zoom mtg only
15:30 Discussion on how to include EFT dependence in unfolding/background - Laura Barranco Navarro (Stockholm University (SE)) Kirill Skovpen (Ghent University (BE)) Peter Berta (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DE))
Discussion on how to include EFT dependence in unfolding/background
- Laura Barranco Navarro (Stockholm University (SE))
- Kirill Skovpen (Ghent University (BE))
- Peter Berta (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DE))
15:30 - 16:00
Room: Zoom mtg only If you have any input on how to handle the dependence of acceptances and background estimates on anomalous operators, send your points to the EFT contacts listed here.
16:00 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
16:00 - 16:30
Room: Zoom mtg only
16:30 Elastic production of top quarks - James William Howarth (University of Glasgow (GB))
Elastic production of top quarks
- James William Howarth (University of Glasgow (GB))
16:30 - 16:45
Room: Zoom mtg only
16:50 Exclusive top-quark production - Marek Tasevsky (Czech Academy of Sciences (CZ))
Exclusive top-quark production
- Marek Tasevsky (Czech Academy of Sciences (CZ))
16:50 - 17:05
Room: Zoom mtg only
17:15 Higher-level comparison of multiple distributions for MC generators - Marino Romano (INFN Bologna (IT))
Higher-level comparison of multiple distributions for MC generators
- Marino Romano (INFN Bologna (IT))
17:15 - 17:35
Room: Zoom mtg only
17:45 Modeling of uncertainties in Sherpa - Frank Siegert (Technische Universitaet Dresden (DE))
Modeling of uncertainties in Sherpa
- Frank Siegert (Technische Universitaet Dresden (DE))
17:45 - 18:05
Room: Zoom mtg only
18:15 MiNNLOPS and prospects for top - Javier Mazzitelli (Universidad de Buenos Aires (AR)) Javier Mazzitelli
MiNNLOPS and prospects for top
- Javier Mazzitelli (Universidad de Buenos Aires (AR))
- Javier Mazzitelli
18:15 - 18:35
Room: Zoom mtg only

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