Changes between Version 10 and Version 11 of SchoolIndia

Timestamp:

Dec 3, 2011, 5:02:15 AM (13 years ago)

Author:

Fabio Maltoni

Comment:

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SchoolIndia

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- = LHC Phenomenology with MadGraph =
+ = LHC Phenomenology with !MadGraph =
 
 
  == Lectures ==
-Find the pdf of the 7 x 1.5 hours lecture:(available after lectures)
-   * General lectures on MC's (mornings) : [http://cp3wks05.fynu.ucl.ac.be/twiki/pub/Physics/Copenhagen2010/lectures-NBI.pdf here].
-   * MadGraph tutorials (afternoons) : [http://cp3wks05.fynu.ucl.ac.be/twiki/pub/Physics/Copenhagen2010/tutorials-NBI.pdf here].
- == References ==
+
+Find the pdf of the 4 x 1 hour lectures and the tutorials:(available after lectures)
+
+   * Lectures (mornings) : [http:// here].
+   * Ttutorials (afternoons) : [http:// here].
+ 
+== References ==
 
    * [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).
    * [http://cp3wks05.fynu.ucl.ac.be/twiki/bin/view/Physics/FurtherReading Perspectives on LHC physics, Ed. by G. Kane and A. Pierce].
  
-== MadGraph and Pheno Exercises ==
+== !MadGraph and Pheno Exercises ==
+
 A summary of advanced QCD and pheno exercises can be found [http://cp3wks05.fynu.ucl.ac.be/twiki/pub/Physics/Copenhagen2010/exercises-NBI.pdf here].
- === Tutorial 1: Familiarize with MadGraph ===
+
+ === Tutorial 1: Familiarize with !MadGraph ===
    * Logon to the MadGraph web site and register: http://madgraph.hep.uiuc.edu.
    * Register with a valid e-mail address
    * Feynman diagrams. Generate a few processes (with different QED + QCD couplings) trying to guess which diagrams appear: 
-      * uu~>tt~
-      * gg>tt~
-      * gg>tt~h
-      * uu~>tt~bb~
+      * u u~ > t t~
+      * g g   > t t~
+      * g g   > t t~ h
+      * u u~ > t t~ b b~
    * Subprocess identification. List all subprocesses contributing to: 
-      * pp>h>tt~bb~
-      * pp>tt~bb~
-      * pp>tt~jj
+      * p p > h > t t~ b b~
+      * p p > t t~ b b~
+      * p p > t t~ j j
    * Look at the new physics models and check the particle and interactions content.
-   * Advanced: Download the MG/ME package and play with the standalone version.
+   * Advanced: Download the MadGraph 5 package from launchpad and play with the standalone version.
    * [http://cp3wks05.fynu.ucl.ac.be/twiki/bin/view/Physics/SimpleKinematics Kinematics at the LHC]: refresh the kinematics of an hadron collider.
- === Tutorial 2: Calculate cross sections and generate events ===
+ 
+=== Tutorial 2: Calculate cross sections and generate events ===
 
 Generate events for a few selected processes and look at the plots:
@@ -64 +70 @@
    * ttbar production with decays: p p > t t~, t > b mu+ vm , t~ > b~ e- ve~
    * VV production: pp>VV> leptons, with V=Z,W.
-   * Single top + Higgs: pp>tHj (QCD=0, QED=3, j=gudsc,p=gudscb). Show that there is a large negative interference between the diagrams.
-   * gg>H>WW
+   * Single top + Higgs: p p > t H j (QCD=0, QED=3, j=gudsc,p=gudscb). Show that there is a large negative interference between the diagrams.
+   * g g > H > W W
    * Weak boson fusion
 
@@ -75 +81 @@
    * [http://cp3wks05.fynu.ucl.ac.be/twiki/bin/view/Physics/tt top production] : $t \bar t$ production, Tevatron vs LHC.
    * [http://cp3wks05.fynu.ucl.ac.be/twiki/bin/view/Physics/tprime t' production] : $t'$ production at the LHC.
- === Tutorial 3: The full simulation chain and advanced features ===
+ 
+=== Tutorial 3: The full simulation chain and advanced features ===
 
 Try out the Analysis Tools:
-   * a Fortran-based package: MadAnalysis ([http://madgraph.phys.ucl.ac.be/cgi-bin/NewProcess/download.cgi Download it here])
+   * a Fortran-based package: MadAnalysis (just do install MadAnalysis)
 
 Study what is known of a SM Higgs at the LHC: