Mr
Ravina Baptiste
(University of Sheffield)
11/01/2018, 09:00
We review the Run-1 @8 TeV and preliminary Run-2 @13 TeV measurements of the ttV cross-section with the ATLAS experiment. These processes play a crucial role both as Standard Model precision measurements (unique window into the coupling of the top quark to the Z boson) and to provide more accurate background estimations for many BSM searches (e.g. simplified SUSY models and Dark Matter...
Mr
Daniel Hatton
(University of Glasgow)
11/01/2018, 09:15
The ability of lattice QCD to calculate experimental observables, such as meson masses, from a small number of input parameters makes it a powerful tool for the accurate determination of those parameters. One method of determining quark masses relies on the tuning of the bare quark masses on the lattice and the calculation of the relevant mass renormalisation factors. This can be done...
Mr
James Richings
(University of Southampton)
11/01/2018, 09:35
Lattice QCD allows us to probe Low Energy physics by allowing us to make precise predictions of standard model properties. Now that Lattice predictions are reaching higher levels of precision, our ability to search for discrepancies between experiment results and standard model predictions is enhanced. I will discuss the methods used to make predictions in Lattice QCD and some of the...
Mr
James Whitehead
(IPPP, Durham)
11/01/2018, 10:00
Progress made by ATLAS and CMS in recent years has dramatically reduced the experimental uncertainty associated with many important measurements of hadronic processes. Any detection of BSM physics at the LHC will require theoretical SM predictions matching this precision, and thus the inclusion of NNLO QCD corrections.
I will outline the challenges of such calculations, summarise the...
