=  '''QCD and event simulation for the LHC''' (Pavia 2015)=

6h course on QCD, MC's and 4h tutorial on MadGraph5_aMCatNLO
by Fabio Maltoni and Marco Zaro



=== Lectures ===


The PDF of the lectures  be found here:

[attachment:intro.pdf Introduction]

[attachment:QCDRedux.pdf QCD Redux: Three lectures on QCD basics for hadron collider physics]

[attachment:MC1.pdf MC1: From Lagrangians to Fixed order calculations]

[attachment:MC2.pdf MC2: Parton showers]

[attachment:MC3.pdf MC3: Merging and matching]


=== Tutorials ===


4h of tutorials on MG5_aMC spanning from LO to NLO calculations. 

[attachment:tutorial_pavia.pdf Tutorial slides]


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==== Tests and exercises ====

We provide here complimentary material to the lectures that can used by students to verify their understanding of the basic concepts. 

===== Monte Carlo integration =====

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].

===== LHC Phenomenology =====

   * [wiki:DiscoverTheHiggs SM Higgs discovery at the LHC]: Three important channels
   * [wiki:WarmingUpChallenge Simple Black Boxes]: New gauge bosons


A collection of test, exercises, and web applications on pQCD can be found in [attachment:QCD_Pavia2015.pdf QCD_Pavia2015.pdf].

==== Going NLO ====

   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]
   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]
   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].

A summary of the results can be found in [attachment:Higgs.pdf Higgs.pdf].



-- Main.FabioMaltoni - 2015-05-14