Name: Topical Workshop on "Vector boson plus jets as a signal and background"
Start: 2010-09-08T09:00:00+01:00
End: 2010-09-10T18:35:00+01:00
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Topical Workshop on "Vector boson plus jets as a signal and background"

from Wednesday, September 8, 2010 (9:00 AM) to Friday, September 10, 2010 (6:35 PM)

Monday, September 6, 2010
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Wednesday, September 8, 2010

11:00 AM

11:00 AM - 11:15 AM
11:30 AM
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Contributions

11:30 AM Tevatron determinations of V+jets for searches - Monica D'Onofrio

12:00 PM Basic V+jets BG determination in the ATLAS ICHEP SUSY notes - Dan Tovey

12:30 PM Proposals for near-future BG determinations from control regions - Renaud Bruneliere
1:00 PM

1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
2:00 PM
2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Contributions

2:00 PM Z+Jets from gamma+Jets - Meg Shea

2:30 PM New MC calculators & processes in the ATLAS software - Frank Siegert

3:00 PM NLO calculations with MCFM and/or the W+jets to Z+jets ratio - James Buchanan

3:30 PM Theoretical uncertainties for W+Jets Production - Keith Edmonds

4:00 PM W+jets vs. Z+jets - Jennifer Thompson
4:30 PM

4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Thursday, September 9, 2010
9:00 AM
9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Contributions

9:00 AM Results from CDF - Mario Campanelli Monica D'Onofrio

9:45 AM Results from D0 - Harald Fox Ken Smith

10:45 AM COFFEE BREAK

11:15 AM Results and studies with ATLAS - James Buchanan

12:00 PM Results and studies with CMS - Piergiulio Lenzi Vitalliano Ciulli
1:00 PM

1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
2:30 PM
2:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Contributions

2:30 PM Status of NLO calculations for V + jets - Lance Dixon (SLAC)

3:00 PM News from Alpgen - Andrea Messina Ben Cooper Michelangelo Mangano

3:20 PM News from Herwig++ - Keith Hamilton

4:00 PM COFFEE BREAK

4:30 PM News from Pythia - Stefan Prestel

4:50 PM News from Powheg - Emanuele Re

5:10 PM News from Sherpa - Marek Schoenherr

5:30 PM MENLOPS techniques and results - Keith Hamilton
7:30 PM

7:30 PM - 11:00 PM
Friday, September 10, 2010
9:30 AM
9:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Contributions

9:30 AM Dealing with heavy flavours - Frank Krauss Kenneth Smith Michelangelo Mangano

10:15 AM Theoretical issues - Jeppe Andersen

11:00 AM Global tunes vs. process-dependent results - Andy Buckley Hendrik Hoeth Holger Schulz Liza Mijovic
1:00 PM

1:00 PM - 2:30 PM

2:30 PM

2:30 PM - 4:00 PM

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