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| | 3 | == 2011 VUB Francqui Chair: LHC Phenomenology == |
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| | 5 | === Title === |
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| | 7 | LHC phenomenology: a journey from standard model measurements to new physics discoveries |
| | 8 | |
| | 9 | === Authors === |
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| | 11 | Fabio Maltoni (lecturer) |
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| | 13 | === Lectures === |
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| | 15 | Find the pdf of the 5 lectures: |
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| | 17 | * [attachment:VUB-francqui-public.pdf Public Lecture] : An expedition to the !TeraWorld : challenges and opportunities at the LHC |
| | 18 | * [attachment:Francqui-1.pdf 1st and 2nd Lecture] : QCD at work: simulating events at the LHC |
| | 19 | * [attachment:Francqui-2.pdf 3nd Lecture] : Precision physics and BEH boson phenomenology |
| | 20 | * [attachment:Francqui-4.pdf 4th Lecture] : The importance of being top & Hunting for New Physics |
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| | 22 | === References === |
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| | 24 | * [http://www.hep.phy.cam.ac.uk/theory/webber/QCDbook.html QCD and Collider Physics] by Keith Ellis, James Stirling, Bryan Webber (Cambridge Monographs, 1996). |
| | 25 | * [:FurtherReading:Perspectives on LHC physics, Ed. by G. Kane and A. Pierce]. |
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| | 27 | === Higgs notebooks === |
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| | 29 | 1. pp>H at LO (1-loop): details of the calculation (Mathematica Notebook) [attachment:HiggsGG-LO-mtfinite.nb HiggsGG-LO-mtfinite.nb] |
| | 30 | 1. pp>H at NLO: details of the calculation (Mathematica Notebook) [attachment:HiggsGG-NLO.nb higgsGG-NLO.nb] |
| | 31 | 1. pp>H at NLO: cross section evaluation for the LHC (Mathematica Notebook+PDF libraries to be compiled) [attachment:phenHiggs.tar.gz phenHiggs.tar.gz]. |
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| | 33 | A summary of the results can be found in [attachment:Higgs.pdf Higgs.pdf]. |
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| | 35 | === MC Exercises === |
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| | 37 | ====== Basics : MC101 ====== |
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| | 39 | A short introduction to the techniques of Monte Carlo integration. Exercises proposed during lecture are collected in this Mathematica Notebook: [attachment:mc101.nb mc101.nb]. |
| | 40 | |
| | 41 | ====== Basic exercises 1: Familiarize with Software.MadGraph ====== |
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| | 43 | * Logon to the Software.MadGraph web site and register: http://madgraph.hep.uiuc.edu. |
| | 44 | * Register with a valid e-mail address |
| | 45 | * Feynman diagrams. Generate a few processes (with different QED + QCD couplings) trying to guess which diagrams appear: |
| | 46 | * uu~>tt~ |
| | 47 | * gg>tt~ |
| | 48 | * gg>tt~h (in SM and HEFT) |
| | 49 | * uu~>tt~bb~ |
| | 50 | * Subprocess identification. List all subprocesses contributing to: |
| | 51 | * pp>l+vljj |
| | 52 | * pp>tt~bb~ |
| | 53 | * pp>tt~jj |
| | 54 | * Look at the new physics models and check the particle and interactions content. |
| | 55 | * Advanced: Download the MG/ME package and play with the standalone version. |
| | 56 | ====== Basic exercises 2: Calculate cross sections and generate events ====== |
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| | 58 | * Generate events for a few selected processes (work in groups, pick one each), for Tevatron and LHC energies. Does the cross section scale as you expect? |
| | 59 | * Compare cross sections with the processes of your neighbors. Do they differ as you would expect? |
| | 60 | * Look at the generated plots. Are the distributions as you would expect? Discuss with your neighbors. |
| | 61 | |
| | 62 | Example processes: |
| | 63 | * ttbar production: pp > tt~, QED=0 |
| | 64 | * W production: pp > l+vl |
| | 65 | * Z/gamma* production: pp > e+e- |
| | 66 | * g g > (H > e+ ve mu- vm~) (in HEFT model) |
| | 67 | * p p > (W+>e+ ve) (W- > mu- vm~) (important background to previous process) |
| | 68 | ====== Advanced exercises 1: The full simulation chain and advanced features ====== |
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| | 70 | Try out the Analysis Tools: |
| | 71 | * a Fortran-based package: Software.MadAnalysis ([http://madgraph.phys.ucl.ac.be/cgi-bin/NewProcess/download.cgi Download it here]) |
| | 72 | * a Root-based package: Software.ExRootAnalysis ([http://madgraph.hep.uiuc.edu/Downloads/ExRootAnalysis/ExRootAnalysis_V1.0.7.tar.gz Download it here]) |
| | 73 | * a Mathematica-based package: [http://v1.jthaler.net/olympicswiki/doku.php?id=lhc_olympics:analysis_tools Chameleon] |
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| | 75 | Study SM Higgs production at the LHC. Choose a channel and investigate signal and background, using either of the packages above: |
| | 76 | 1. The 2 lepton + missing Et final state: %$ pp \to H\to W^+ W^- \to e^- \bar \nu_e \mu^+ \nu_\mu $% |
| | 77 | 1. |
| | 78 | * Signal |
| | 79 | * Events: [http://cp3wks05.fynu.ucl.ac.be/twiki/pub/Physics/DiscoverTheHiggs/hww-signal.lhe.gz Parton Level] || [http://cp3wks05.fynu.ucl.ac.be/twiki/pub/Physics/DiscoverTheHiggs/hww-signal.lhco.gz Detector Level] |
| | 80 | * Plots: [http://cp3wks05.fynu.ucl.ac.be/twiki/pub/Physics/DiscoverTheHiggs/hww-signal-lhe.pdf Parton Level] || [http://cp3wks05.fynu.ucl.ac.be/twiki/pub/Physics/DiscoverTheHiggs/hww-signal-lhco.pdf Detector Level] |
| | 81 | * Background |
| | 82 | * Events: [http://cp3wks05.fynu.ucl.ac.be/twiki/pub/Physics/DiscoverTheHiggs/hww-background.lhe.gz Parton Level] <span style="color: #000000;">|| </span>[http://cp3wks05.fynu.ucl.ac.be/twiki/pub/Physics/DiscoverTheHiggs/hww-background.lhco.gz Detector Level] |
| | 83 | * Plots: [http://cp3wks05.fynu.ucl.ac.be/twiki/pub/Physics/DiscoverTheHiggs/hww-background-lhe.pdf Parton Level] <span style="color: #000000;">|| </span>[http://cp3wks05.fynu.ucl.ac.be/twiki/pub/Physics/DiscoverTheHiggs/hww-background-lhco.pdf Detector Level] |
| | 84 | 1. Top associated production %$pp \to t\bar tH$% with %$H \to b \bar b$% |
| | 85 | * Signal + Background samples: |
| | 86 | * Events: [http://cp3wks05.fynu.ucl.ac.be/twiki/pub/Physics/DiscoverTheHiggs/ttbb.lhe.gz Parton Level] || [http://cp3wks05.fynu.ucl.ac.be/twiki/pub/Physics/DiscoverTheHiggs/ttbb.lhco.gz Detector Level] |
| | 87 | * Plots: [http://cp3wks05.fynu.ucl.ac.be/twiki/pub/Physics/DiscoverTheHiggs/ttbb-lhe.pdf Parton Level] || [http://cp3wks05.fynu.ucl.ac.be/twiki/pub/Physics/DiscoverTheHiggs/ttbb-lhco.pdf Detector Level] |
| | 88 | ====== Advanced exercises 2: Implementation of a new model in Software.MadGraph or [http://feynrules.phys.ucl.ac.be/ FeynRules] + Software.MadGraph ====== |
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| | 90 | Note that for these exercises you need to download the [http://madgraph.hep.uiuc.edu/Downloads/MG_ME_V4.4.56.tar.gz MadGraph/MadEvent package] (or [https://launchpad.net/madgraph5 MadGraph 5 package]) and work locally. You need a Fortran compiler (and for !MadGraph 5, Python v. 2.6 or 2.7). |
| | 91 | === For !FeynRules download and information, see the [http://feynrules.phys.ucl.ac.be/ FeynRules wiki] === |
| | 92 | * Implement a (part of a) Standard Model extension into Software.MadGraph, specific for studying a given process. Generate events, study relevant distributions. |
| | 93 | * Determine most relevant Standard Model backgrounds with identical final states (“non-reducible”). If not too complicated, generate backgrounds with cuts determined from signal distributions. |
| | 94 | * Which other (“reducible”) backgrounds might be important? |
| | 95 | * Can the signal be seen at Tevatron? At the LHC? |
| | 96 | === Animations === |
| | 97 | * [http://madgraph.hep.uiuc.edu/Event/ Interactive Flash version] Note you may want to zoom in! |
| | 98 | * [http://madgraph.hep.uiuc.edu/Event/fast_collisionx6.avi Fast movie (.avi) of collision] |
| | 99 | * [http://madgraph.hep.uiuc.edu/Event/collision.mov Guided movie (.mov) of collision] |
| | 100 | * [http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-april-30-2009/large-hadron-collider John Ellis on Daily Show] |
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| | 102 | -- Main.FabioMaltoni - 2011-03-25 |
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