MCnet 07

18 Apr 2007, 09:00 → 20 Apr 2007, 13:00 Europe/London

OC 218 (IPPP, Durham University)

The 1st MCNet school on the Physics and Techniques of Event Generators.

Wednesday 18 April

09:00 → 12:30 First Session

09:00 Introduction to Monte Carlo Event Generators (1)

Speaker: Prof. Bryan Webber (Cambridge University)

Paper MCproblems.pdf

Problems MCproblems.pdf

Slides MClecture1.pdf

10:00 Why Does the Mathematics of Probability Have (Any) Explanatory and Predictive Power for Financial Derivatives Markets (At All)?

Speaker: Dr Bryan Lynn (Merrill Lynch Global Markets and Investment Banking)

outline MonteCarloConference_17April07_Summary.doc

Slides BWLynn_IPPPDurham_MonteCarloSchool_18April07.doc

11:00 Coffee Break

11:30 Introduction to Monte Carlo Event Generators (2)

Speaker: Prof. Bryan Webber (Cambridge University)

Slides MClecture2.pdf

12:30 → 13:30 Lunch Break

13:30 → 18:00 Second Session

13:30 Minimum Bias and Underlying Event (1)

Speaker: Prof. Rick Field (University of Florida)

Slides MCnet07_RickField_1.ppt

14:30 C++ Event Generator Practial

19:00 → 21:00 Dinner

Evening meal at Grey college

Thursday 19 April

09:00 → 12:30 Third Session

09:00 Introduction to Monte Carlo Event Generators (3)

Speaker: Prof. Bryan Webber (Cambridge University)

Slides MClecture3.pdf

10:00 Bs Mixing at CDF: The need for MC

Speaker: Dr Sinead Farrington (Liverpool University)

Slides sinead_mcnet_durham_apr07.ppt

10:30 Coffee Break

11:00 Parameter Optimisation in Monte Carlo Event Generators

Speaker: Mr Hendrik Hoeth (Wuppertal)

Slides MCnetSchool_tuning.pdf.pdf

11:30 Introduction to Monte Carlo Event Generators (4)

Speaker: Prof. Bryan Webber (Cambridge University)

Slides MClecture4.pdf

12:30 → 13:30 Lunch Break

13:30 → 18:00 Fourth Session

13:30 Rivet and RivetGun Practical

Speaker: Dr Lars Sonnenschein (CERN)

19:00 → 21:00 Dinner

Friday 20 April

09:00 → 12:30 Fifth Session

09:00 Introduction to Monte Carlo Event Generators

Speaker: Prof. Bryan Webber (Cambridge University)

Slides MClecture5.pdf

10:00 Minimum Bias and Underlying Event (2)

Speaker: Prof. Rick Field (University of Florida)

Slides MCnet07_RickField_2.ppt

11:00 Coffee Break

11:30 NLO Monte Carlo

Speaker: Prof. Mike Seymour (CERN and Manchester University)

Slides talk.pdf

12:30 → 14:00 Lunch Break