Changes between Initial Version and Version 1 of TASISchool13

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Jun 7, 2013, 12:59:45 PM (12 years ago)

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Fabio Maltoni

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+== (Accurate simulation) tools for collider physics TASI 2013 ==
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+3 Lectures MC's developments for the LHC.
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+The PDF of the lectures  be found here:
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+[attachment:TASI1.pdf MC1: From Lagrangians to Fixed order calculations]
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+[attachment:TASI2.pdf MC2: Parton showers]
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+[attachment:TASI3.pdf MC3: Merging and matching]
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+The examples and exercises are related to physics at the LHC.
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+=== Basic aspects of QCD ===
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+===== Various Tests and exercises =====
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+A collection of test, exercises, and web applications on pQCD can be found in [https://cp3.irmp.ucl.ac.be/projects/madgraph/attachment/wiki/CernSchool2011/QCD-exercises.pdf QCD-exercises.pdf].
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+=== Going NLO ===
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+   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].
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+A summary of the results can be found in [attachment:QCDHiggs.pdf QCDHiggs.pdf].
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+=== Selected exercises on QCD that can be solved with a Matrix Element generator. ===
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+   * [wiki:DeadCone Radiation from heavy quarks]: the dead cone in $e^+e^- \to Q \bar Q g$.
+   * [wiki:GluonSpin Spin of the gluon]: Vector vs scalar in the angular correlations of $ e^+ e^- \to$ 4 jets.
+   * [wiki:2Jets Jets] : Di-jet kinematics and rates in pp collisions.
+   * [wiki:3Jets 3 Jets] : Energy distributions in 3-jet events in pp collisions.
+   * [wiki:Tt top production] : $t \bar t$ production, Tevatron vs LHC.
+   * [wiki:WAsymm Drell-Yan]: rapidity asymmetry at the Tevatron and LHC.
+   * [wiki:TopDecaySpinCorrelations  Spin correlations in top decay], by [http://www.hep.phy.cam.ac.uk/theory/webber/ Bryan Webber].
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+=== Monte Carlo integration ===
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+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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+=== LHC Phenomenology ===
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+   * [wiki:DiscoverTheHiggs SM Higgs discovery at the LHC]: Three important channels
+   * [wiki:WarmingUpChallenge Simple Black Boxes]: New gauge bosons
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+=== How to familiarize with MadGraph ===
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+All exercises proposed can be "solved" or checked with MadGraph / MadEvent. Here is how to familiarize with the code.
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+   * Logon to the MadGraph web site and register.
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+   * Familiarize with the code by generating a few processes in QED and QCD trying to guess which diagrams appear. What is the minimum number of jets have to be asked for in $e^+e^-$ collisions so that the triple gauge vertex appear?
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+   * Look at the new physics models and check the particle and interactions content.
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+   * Generate events for a few selected processes and look at the plots: 
+      * ttbar production with decays: pp>tt~>bb~mu+e-ve~vm
+      * 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
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