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            |   | 3 | = '''MC's : event simulation for the LHC ''' at CERN Summer 2013 = | 
          
          
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            |   | 5 | 2 lectures on the MC fundamentals for simulating high-energy events at colliders. By Fabio Maltoni  | 
          
          
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            |   | 8 | === Lectures === | 
          
          
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            |   | 11 | The PDF of the lectures  be found here: | 
          
          
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            |   | 13 | [attachment:maltoni1.pdf MC1: From Lagrangians to Fixed order calculations] | 
          
          
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            |   | 15 | [attachment:maltoni2.pdf MC2: Parton showers] | 
          
          
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            |   | 18 | ==== Tests and exercises ==== | 
          
          
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            |   | 20 | We provide here complimentary material to the lectures that can used by students to verify their understanding of the basic concepts.  | 
          
          
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            |   | 22 | ===== Monte Carlo integration ===== | 
          
          
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            |   | 24 | 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]. | 
          
          
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            |   | 26 | ===== LHC Phenomenology ===== | 
          
          
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            |   | 28 |    * [wiki:DiscoverTheHiggs SM Higgs discovery at the LHC]: Three important channels | 
          
          
            |   | 29 |    * [wiki:WarmingUpChallenge Simple Black Boxes]: New gauge bosons | 
          
          
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            |   | 32 | A collection of test, exercises, and web applications on pQCD can be found in [attachment:QCD_TASI2013.pdf QCD_TASI2013.pdf]. | 
          
          
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            |   | 34 | ==== Going NLO ==== | 
          
          
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            |   | 36 |    1. pp>H at LO (1-loop): details of the calculation (Mathematica Notebook) [https://cp3.irmp.ucl.ac.be/projects/madgraph/attachment/wiki/CernSchool2011/HiggsGG-LO-mtfinite.nb HiggsGG-LO-mtfinite.nb] | 
          
          
            |   | 37 |    1. pp>H at NLO: details of the calculation (Mathematica Notebook) [https://cp3.irmp.ucl.ac.be/projects/madgraph/attachment/wiki/CernSchool2011/HiggsGG-NLO.nb higgsGG-NLO.nb] | 
          
          
            |   | 38 |    1. pp>H at NLO: cross section evaluation for the LHC (Mathematica Notebook+PDF libraries to be compiled) [https://cp3.irmp.ucl.ac.be/projects/madgraph/attachment/wiki/CernSchool2011/phenHiggs.tar.gz phenHiggs.tar.gz]. | 
          
          
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            |   | 40 | A summary of the results can be found in [attachment:Higgs.pdf Higgs.pdf]. | 
          
          
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            |   | 43 | === Tutorials === | 
          
          
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            |   | 46 | ==== Madgraph tutorial (I) ==== | 
          
          
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            |   | 48 |    * [attachment:13_06_10_tutomg_tasi.pdf MG5 Tutorial (question and answer)] | 
          
          
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            |   | 50 | ==== FeynRules tutorial ==== | 
          
          
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            |   | 52 |    * [attachment:feynrules.tar.gz   FeynRules] | 
          
          
            |   | 53 |    * [attachment:Tutorial.pdf  Hand out] | 
          
          
            |   | 54 |    * [attachment:FR_TASI_2013.pdf  Slides] | 
          
          
            |   | 55 |    * [attachment:Tutorial.tar.gz Tutorial Solutions] | 
          
          
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            |   | 57 | ==== Madgraph tutorial (II) ==== | 
          
          
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            |   | 59 |    * [attachment:13_06_13_tutomg_tasi2.pdf BSM in MG5 (question only)] | 
          
          
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            |   | 61 | -- Main.FabioMaltoni - 2013-06-06 | 
          
          
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