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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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