Course full name
Monte Carlo methods for collider physics
Course ID number
86R-XXXVI-MCMCP
Course Syllabus
Modalità didattica
2 CFU, 16-20 ore, corso erogato in lingua inglese.
Periodo di erogazione dell'insegnamento
Lunedì 1 febbraio h.10:00-13:00
Martedì 2 febbraio h. 10:00-13:00
Mercoledì 3 febbraio h. 10:00-13:00
Giovedì 4 febbraio h. 14:30-17:30
Venerdì 5 febbraio h. 10:00-13:00
Modalità di verifica del profitto e valutazione
Esame orale
Contents
- General introduction: basic theoretical and experimental concepts of hadronic collider physics;
- Asymptotic freedom, QCD, jets. Infrared and collinear safe observables.
- Theory
of hadronic collisions. Perturbative computation at leading,
next-to-leading and next-to-next-to-leading order. Overview of existing
tools for automatic computation of physical processes.
- Simulation of hadronic collisions with shower Monte Carlos. Theoretical basics: leading-collinear contributions; soft contributions (Sudakov form factors). Summary of available codes.
- Interface between tree leval matrix elements and Parton Shower (CKKW matching).
- NLO calculations and shower Monte Carlo: MC@NLO and POWHEG.
Teaching form
2 CFU, 16-20 hours, language: English.
Semester
February 1st h.10:00-13:00
February 2nd h. 10:00-13:00
February 3rd h. 10:00-13:00
February 4th h. 14:30-17:30
February 5th h. 10:00-13:00
Assessment method
Oral colloquium