= (Accurate simulation) '''tools for colliders''' at TASI 2013 = 3 lectures MC's developments for the LHC by Fabio Maltoni and 3 tutorials on FeynRules/MadGraph by Celine Degrande and Olivier Mattelaer. ---- === Lectures === ---- The PDF of the lectures be found here: [attachment:maltoni1.pdf MC1: From Lagrangians to Fixed order calculations] [attachment:maltoni2.pdf MC2: Parton showers] [attachment:maltoni3.pdf MC3: Merging and matching] ==== 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_TASI2013.pdf QCD_TASI2013.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]. ---- === Tutorials === ---- [attachment:feynrules.tar.gz FeynRules] [attachment:Tutorial.pdf Hand out] [attachment:FR_TASI_2013 Slides] ==== Material ==== [attachment:Tutorial.tar.gz Tutorial Solutions] -- Main.FabioMaltoni - 2013-06-06