MCnet School 09

Jul 1, 2009, 9:00 AM → Jul 4, 2009, 12:20 PM Europe/London

Lund, Sweden

The 3rd MCNet school on the Physics and Techniques of Event Generators will be held in Lund, Sweden

Wed, July 1

9:00 AM → 12:30 PM Morning lecture session 1

9:00 AM Welcome

Speaker: Leif Lönnblad (Lund University)

9:10 AM Introduction to Event Generators I

Speaker: Frank Krauss (Durham University)

Slides MC1.pdf

10:10 AM Coffee

10:30 AM Jet definitions

Speaker: Matteo Cacciari (Laboratoire de Physique Théorique et Hautes Energies, Paris)

Slides mcnet.pdf

11:30 AM Introduction to Event Generators II

Speaker: Frank Krauss (Durham University)

Slides MC2.pdf

12:30 PM → 2:00 PM Lunch

2:00 PM → 6:00 PM Tutorial session 1

2:00 PM Introduction to tutorials

Speaker: Hendrik Hoeth (Lund University)

Slides tutorials.pdf

2:30 PM Tutorial

Worksheets and code examples tutorials.tar.gz

9:00 PM → 11:00 PM Informal discussions 1

Thu, July 2

9:00 AM → 12:30 PM Morning lecture session 2

9:00 AM Introduction to Event Generators III

Speaker: Frank Krauss (Durham University)

Slides MC3.pdf

10:00 AM Coffee

10:30 AM Heavy quarks I

Speaker: Eric Laenen (NIKHEF)

Slides HeavyFlavorProduction.pdf

11:30 AM Introduction to Event Generators IV

Speaker: Frank Krauss (Durham University)

Slides MC4.pdf

12:30 PM → 9:30 PM Excursion and Dinner

9:30 PM → 11:30 PM Informal discussions 2

Fri, July 3

9:00 AM → 12:00 PM Morning lecture session 3

9:00 AM The top mass

Speaker: Andre Hoang (Max-Planck-Institute for Physics, Munich,)

Slides MCLund_topmass.pdf MCLund_topmass.ppt

10:00 AM Coffee

10:30 AM Matching matrix elements with parton showers I

Speaker: Paolo Nason (INFN, Milano)

Slides Nason-1.pdf

11:30 AM Student presentation

Speaker: Paolo Francavilla (INFN - Pisa)

Slides 2009-07-03-MCnetSchool-Lund_1.pdf

12:00 PM → 1:30 PM Lunch

1:30 PM → 2:30 PM Afternoon lecture session

1:30 PM Heavy quarks II

Speaker: Eric Laenen (NIKHEF)

2:30 PM → 6:00 PM Tutorial session 2

2:30 PM Tutorial

For worksheets and example code see the file attached to the first tutorial session.

9:00 PM → 11:00 PM Informal discussions 3

Sat, July 4

9:00 AM → 12:20 PM Morning lecture session 4

9:00 AM Monte Carlo techniques in biophysics

Speaker: Carsten Peterson (Lund University)

10:00 AM Coffee

10:30 AM Matching matrix elements with parton showers I|

Speaker: Paolo Nason (INFN, Milano)

Slides Nason-2.pdf

11:30 AM Student presentation

Speaker: Sparsh Navin (Birmingham)

Slides SN_MCnet_school.pdf

11:50 AM Student Presentation

Speaker: Christopher Bignamini (INFN - Pavia)

Slides MCSTHAR.pdf.pdf

12:10 PM Good bye

Speaker: Leif Lönnblad (Lund University)