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 8 September 2010 (09:00) to Friday 10 September 2010 (18:35)

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

11:00

11:00 - 11:15
11:30
11:30 - 13:00
Contributions

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

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

12:30 Proposals for near-future BG determinations from control regions - Renaud Bruneliere
13:00

13:00 - 14:30
14:00
14:00 - 16:30
Contributions

14:00 Z+Jets from gamma+Jets - Meg Shea

14:30 New MC calculators & processes in the ATLAS software - Frank Siegert

15:00 NLO calculations with MCFM and/or the W+jets to Z+jets ratio - James Buchanan

15:30 Theoretical uncertainties for W+Jets Production - Keith Edmonds

16:00 W+jets vs. Z+jets - Jennifer Thompson
16:30

16:30 - 18:00
Thursday 9 September 2010
09:00
09:00 - 13:00
Contributions

09:00 Results from CDF - Mario Campanelli Monica D'Onofrio

09:45 Results from D0 - Harald Fox Ken Smith

10:45 COFFEE BREAK

11:15 Results and studies with ATLAS - James Buchanan

12:00 Results and studies with CMS - Piergiulio Lenzi Vitalliano Ciulli
13:00

13:00 - 14:30
14:30
14:30 - 19:00
Contributions

14:30 Status of NLO calculations for V + jets - Lance Dixon (SLAC)

15:00 News from Alpgen - Andrea Messina Ben Cooper Michelangelo Mangano

15:20 News from Herwig++ - Keith Hamilton

16:00 COFFEE BREAK

16:30 News from Pythia - Stefan Prestel

16:50 News from Powheg - Emanuele Re

17:10 News from Sherpa - Marek Schoenherr

17:30 MENLOPS techniques and results - Keith Hamilton
19:30

19:30 - 23:00
Friday 10 September 2010
09:30
09:30 - 12:30
Contributions

09:30 Dealing with heavy flavours - Frank Krauss Kenneth Smith Michelangelo Mangano

10:15 Theoretical issues - Jeppe Andersen

11:00 Global tunes vs. process-dependent results - Andy Buckley Hendrik Hoeth Holger Schulz Liza Mijovic
13:00

13:00 - 14:30

14:30

14:30 - 16:00

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