Hadron Collider Physics Summer School 2008

12 Aug 2008, 08:45 → 22 Aug 2008, 22:30 US/Central

1 West (Fermilab)

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Tuesday, 12 August

Welcome

1 Welcome

Speaker: Pier Oddone (Fermilab)

Video http://vmsstreamer1.fnal.gov/VMS_Site_03/Lectures/HCPSS/080812Oddone/index.htm

SM / Precision EW

The Standard Model confronts the LHC: Electroweak Measurements, Status of QCD (perturbative and non perturbative). Top quark physics. Limits of the SM. Avenues for new physics.

2 SM / Precision EW - Lecture 1

Speaker: Guido Altarelli (Universita' di Roma Tre and CERN)

Slides 080812Altarelli.pdf

Video http://vmsstreamer1.fnal.gov/VMS_Site_03/Lectures/HCPSS/080812Altarelli/index.htm

10:15 Break

Trigger / DAQ

Trigger strategy, hardware, commissioning, calibration, alignment, simulation

3 Trigger / DAQ - Lecture 1

Speaker: Wesley Smith (University of Wisconsin)

Slides 080812_Smith.pdf 080812_Smith.ppt

Video http://vmsstreamer1.fnal.gov/VMS_Site_03/Lectures/HCPSS/080812Smith/index.htm

12:00 Lunch

QCD

QCD theory and parton model, Parton Density Functions, Parton level event generators, Hadronization and decay, Resummation; Underlying event and beam remnants

4 QCD - Lecture 1

Speaker: Giulia Zanderighi (Oxford University)

Slides 080812_Zanderighi.pdf

Video http://vmsstreamer1.fnal.gov/VMS_Site_03/Lectures/HCPSS/080812Zanderighi/index.htm

15:15 Break

Calorimetry

Hardware, commissioning, calibration, alignment, object reconstruction, object ID, simulation

5 Calorimetry - Lecture 1

Showers and Detectors

Speaker: Ursula Bassler (Irfu/SPP CEA-Saclay)

Slides 080812Bassler.pdf

Video http://vmsstreamer1.fnal.gov/VMS_Site_03/Lectures/HCPSS/080812Bassler/index.htm

17:00 Break

Data Structure, Computing Model

Data model and analysis model, data reconstruction, and simulation and data sets

6 Data Structure, Computing Model

Speaker: Patricia McBride (Fermilab)

Slides LHC_computing.pdf

Video http://vmsstreamer1.fnal.gov/VMS_Site_03/Lectures/HCPSS/080812McBride/index.htm

18:30 Dinner

Open Panel Discussion

7 (no title)

Speakers: Giulia Zanderighi, Guido Altarelli, Patty McBride, Wesley Smith

20:15 LPC Reception / Tour of LHC@FNAL Operations Center

21:30 Bus to Hotel

Wednesday, 13 August

SM / Precision EW

The Standard Model confronts the LHC: Electroweak Measurements, Status of QCD (perturbative and non perturbative). Top quark physics. Limits of the SM. Avenues for new physics.

8 SM / Precision EW - Lecture 2

Speaker: Guido Altarelli (Universita' di Roma Tre and CERN)

Slides 080813_Altarelli.pdf

Video http://vmsstreamer1.fnal.gov/VMS_Site_03/Lectures/HCPSS/080813Altarelli/index.htm

10:15 Break

Trigger / DAQ

Trigger strategy, hardware, commissioning, calibration, alignment, simulation

9 Trigger / DAQ - Lecture 2

Speaker: Wesley Smith (University of Wisconsin)

Slides 080812_Smith.pdf 080812_Smith.ppt

Video http://vmsstreamer1.fnal.gov/VMS_Site_03/Lectures/HCPSS/080813Smith/index.htm

12:00 Lunch

QCD

QCD theory and parton model, Parton Density Functions, Parton level event generators, Hadronization and decay, Resummation; Underlying event and beam remnants

10 QCD - Lecture 2

Speaker: Giulia Zanderighi (Oxford University)

Slides 080813Zanderighi.pdf

Video http://vmsstreamer1.fnal.gov/VMS_Site_03/Lectures/HCPSS/080813Zanderighi/index.htm

15:15 break

Calorimetry

Hardware, commissioning, calibration, alignment, object reconstruction, object ID, simulation

11 Calorimetry - Lecture 2

Signal Treatment and Calibration

Speaker: Ursula Bassler (Irfu/SPP CEA-Saclay)

Slides 080813Bassler.pdf

Video http://vmsstreamer1.fnal.gov/VMS_Site_03/Lectures/HCPSS/080813Bassler/index.htm

17:00 Break

Discussion Sessions

12 Calorimetry

Speakers: Florencia Canelli, Ursula Bassler

13 QCD

Speakers: Ed Berger, Giulia Zanderighi

14 SM / Precision EW

Speakers: Bogdan Dobrescu, Guido Altarelli

18:45 Dinner

Feedback and Open Discussion with School Co-Directors

21:30 Bus to Hotel

Thursday, 14 August

SM / Precision EW

The Standard Model confronts the LHC: Electroweak Measurements, Status of QCD (perturbative and non perturbative). Top quark physics. Limits of the SM. Avenues for new physics.

15 SM / Precision EW - Lecture 3

Speaker: Guido Altarelli (Universita' di Roma Tre and CERN)

Slides 080814Altarelli.pdf

Video http://vmsstreamer1.fnal.gov/VMS_Site_03/Lectures/HCPSS/080814Altarelli/index.htm

10:15 Break

Statistics

Theory, methods, and examples

16 Statistics - Lecture 1

Speaker: Ricardo Piegaia (University of Buenos Aires)

Slides 080814Piegaia.pdf

Video http://vmsstreamer1.fnal.gov/VMS_Site_03/Lectures/HCPSS/080814Piegaia/index.htm

12:00 Lunch

QCD

QCD theory and parton model, Parton Density Functions, Parton level event generators, Hadronization and decay, Resummation; Underlying event and beam remnants

17 QCD - Lecture 3

Speaker: Giulia Zanderighi (Oxford University)

Slides 080814Zanderighi.pdf

Video http://vmsstreamer1.fnal.gov/VMS_Site_03/Lectures/HCPSS/080814Zanderighi/index.htm

15:15 Break

Calorimetry

Hardware, commissioning, calibration, alignment, object reconstruction, object ID, simulation

18 Calorimetry - Lecture 3

Simulation and Reconstruction

Speaker: Ursula Bassler (Irfu/SPP CEA-Saclay)

Slides 080814Bassler.pdf

Video http://vmsstreamer1.fnal.gov/VMS_Site_03/Lectures/HCPSS/080814Bassler/index.htm

17:00 Break

Accelerator Physics

Concepts of optics, emittance, magnets, RF systems, luminosity, Linear vs. circular machines, hadrons vs. electrons, fixed target vs. colliders, Instrumentation

19 Accelerator Physics

Speaker: Michael Syphers (Fermilab)

Slides HCPSSsyphers.pdf

Streamed video http://vmsstreamer1.fnal.gov/VMS_Site_03/Lectures/HCPSS/080814Syphers/index.htm

Video HCPSSsyphers.mov

ZippedAnimations Animations.zip

18:45 Dinner

Open Panel Discussion

20 (no title)

Speakers: Guido Altarelli, Mike Syphers, Ursula Bassler

21:00 Bus to Hotel

Friday, 15 August

Heavy Flavor

Precision measurements and Standard Model tests using heavy-quark decays; Searches for New Physics in rare FCNC processes; B physics at the LHC

21 Heavy Flavor - Lecture 1

Speaker: Matthias Neubert (Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz)

Slides 080815_Neubert.pdf

Video http://vmsstreamer1.fnal.gov/VMS_Site_03/Lectures/HCPSS/080815Neubert/index.htm

10:15 Break

Statistics

Theory, methods, and examples

22 Statistics - Lecture 2

Speaker: Ricardo Piegaia (University of Buenos Aires)

Slides 080815Piegaia.pdf

Video http://vmsstreamer1.fnal.gov/VMS_Site_03/Lectures/HCPSS/080815Piegaia/index.htm

12:00 Lunch

Lunch Seminar

23 What Can the Open Science Grid Do for You?

Speaker: Ruth Pordes (Fermilab)

Slides 080815_Pordes.pdf

QCD

QCD theory and parton model, Parton Density Functions, Parton level event generators, Hadronization and decay, Resummation; Underlying event and beam remnants

24 QCD - Lecture 4

Speaker: Giulia Zanderighi (Oxford University)

Slides 080815Zanderighi.pdf

Video http://vmsstreamer1.fnal.gov/VMS_Site_03/Lectures/HCPSS/080815Zanderighi/index.htm

15:15 Break

Recent Results from CDF and D0

Wine and Cheese Seminar

25 CDF Results

Speaker: Aurore Savoy-Navarro (LPHNE and Universite de Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris)

Slides

• 080815_Savoy-Navarro.pdf
• 080815_Savoy-Navarro.ppt
• Answers_to_Marcela's_questions.pdf

26 D0 Results

Speaker: Andrew Askew (Florida State University)

Slides 080815_Askew.pdf

Discussion Sessions

27 Accelerator

Speakers: Eric Prebys, Mike Lamont, Mike Syphers

28 Heavy Flavor

Speakers: Enrico Lunghi, Matthias Neubert

29 QCD

Speakers: Ed Berger, Giulia Zanderighi

30 Statistics

Speakers: Ricardo Piegaia, Tom Junk

18:45 Dinner

31 (no title)

Speakers: Matthias Neubert, Mike Lamont, Mike Syphers, Ricardo Piegaia

Open Panel Discussion

21:00 Bus to Hotel

Saturday, 16 August

Heavy Flavor

Precision measurements and Standard Model tests using heavy-quark decays; Searches for New Physics in rare FCNC processes; B physics at the LHC

32 Heavy Flavor - Lecture 2

Speaker: Matthias Neubert (Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz)

Slides 080816_Neubert.pdf

Video http://vmsstreamer1.fnal.gov/VMS_Site_03/Lectures/HCPSS/080816Neubert/index.htm

10:15 Break

Statistics

Theory, methods, and examples

33 Statistics - Lecture 3

Speaker: Ricardo Piegaia (University of Buenos Aires)

Slides 080815Piegaia.pdf

Video http://vmsstreamer1.fnal.gov/VMS_Site_03/Lectures/HCPSS/080816Piegaia/index.htm

12:00 Lunch

The Large Hadron Collider

overview of CERN accelerator complex, LHC construction, commissioning status and schedule, LHC subsystems - cryogenics, electrical, collimators, abort system (machine protection). Shot-setup and HEP stores for LHC experiments, LHC upgrade scenarios

34 The Large Hadron Collider

Speaker: Mike Lamont (CERN)

Slides

• 080816_Lamont_1.pdf
• 080816_Lamont_1.ppt
• 080816_Lamont_2.pdf

Video http://vmsstreamer1.fnal.gov/VMS_Site_03/Lectures/HCPSS/080816Lamont/index.htm

Fermilab Tours

Board buses in front of Wilson Hall by 15:30.
Sites include: Visitor area on 15th floor of Wilson Hall; Linac Gallery & Main Control Room; CDF; D0; SiDet; Grid Computing Center

19:00 BBQ Dinner

21:30 Bus to Hotel

Sunday, 17 August

10:00 Excursion to Chicago

Monday, 18 August

Supersymmetry (SUSY)

Theory and phenomenology

35 SUSY - Lecture 1

Speaker: Steve Martin (Northern Illinois University)

Slides 080818_Martin.pdf

Video http://vmsstreamer1.fnal.gov/VMS_Site_03/Lectures/HCPSS/080818Martin/index.htm

10:15 Break

Muons

Hardware, commissioning, calibration, alignment, object reconstruction, object ID, simulation

36 Muons - Lecture 1

Speaker: Darien Wood (Northeastern University)

Slides 080818_Wood.pdf

Video http://vmsstreamer1.fnal.gov/VMS_Site_03/Lectures/HCPSS/080818Wood/index.htm

12:00 Lunch

Higgs Boson Theory and Phenomenology

Standard Model and Beyond

37 Higgs - Lecture 1

Speaker: Howard Haber (University of California, Santa Cruz)

Slides 080818_Haber.pdf

Video http://vmsstreamer1.fnal.gov/VMS_Site_03/Lectures/HCPSS/080818Haber/index.htm

15:15 Break

Tracking

Hardware, commissioning, calibration, alignment, object reconstruction, object ID, simulation

38 Tracking - Lecture 1

Speaker: David Stuart (University of California, Santa Barbara)

Slides 080818_Stuart.pdf

Video http://vmsstreamer1.fnal.gov/VMS_Site_03/Lectures/HCPSS/080818Stuart/index.htm

17:00 Break

Extra Dimensions

Theory and phenomenology

39 Extra Dimensions - Lecture 1

Speaker: Eduardo Ponton (Columbia University)

Slides 080818_Ponton.pdf

Video http://vmsstreamer1.fnal.gov/VMS_Site_03/Lectures/HCPSS/080818Ponton/index.htm

18:45 Steak Fry Dinner

21:30 Bus to Hotel

Tuesday, 19 August

Supersymmetry (SUSY)

Theory and phenomenology

40 SUSY - Lecture 2

Speaker: Steve Martin (Northern Illinois University)

Slides 080819_Martin.pdf

Video http://vmsstreamer1.fnal.gov/VMS_Site_03/Lectures/HCPSS/080819Martin/index.htm

10:15 Break

Muons

Hardware, commissioning, calibration, alignment, object reconstruction, object ID, simulation

41 Muons - Lecture 2

Speaker: Darien Wood (Northeastern University)

Slides 080819_Wood.pdf

Video http://vmsstreamer1.fnal.gov/VMS_Site_03/Lectures/HCPSS/080819Wood/index.htm

12:00 Group Photo

Gather on front steps of Wilson Hall

12:15 Lunch

Higgs Boson Theory and Phenomenology

Standard Model and Beyond

42 Higgs - Lecture 2

Speaker: Howard Haber (University of California, Santa Cruz)

Slides 080819_Haber.pdf

Video http://vmsstreamer1.fnal.gov/VMS_Site_03/Lectures/HCPSS/080819Haber/index.htm

15:15 Break

Tracking

Hardware, commissioning, calibration, alignment, object reconstruction, object ID, simulation

43 Tracking - Lecture 2

Speaker: David Stuart (University of California, Santa Barbara)

Slides 080819_Stuart.pdf

Video http://vmsstreamer1.fnal.gov/VMS_Site_03/Lectures/HCPSS/080819Stuart/index.htm

17:00 Break

Discussion Sessions

44 Extra Dimensions

Speakers: Eduardo Ponton, Ian Low

45 Higgs

Speakers: Carlos Wagner, Howard Haber

46 Muons and Tracking

Speakers: Darien Wood, David Stuart, Eric James, Ron Lipton

47 SUSY

Speakers: Joe Lykken, Steve Martin

18:45 Dinner

Open Panel Discussion

48 (no title)

Speakers: David Stuart, Eduardo Ponton, Howard Haber, Steve Martin

21:00 Bus to Hotel

Wednesday, 20 August

Supersymmetry (SUSY)

Theory and phenomenology

49 SUSY - Lecture 3

Speaker: Steve Martin (Northern Illinois University)

Slides 080820_Martin.pdf

Video http://vmsstreamer1.fnal.gov/VMS_Site_03/Lectures/HCPSS/080820Martin/index.htm

10:15 Break

Data Analysis

From triggers to analysis, background selections, different methods for searches vs. measurement, examples and cautionary tales, template methods, selecting analysis topics, Monte Carlo validation, systematics

50 Data Analysis - Lecture 1

Speaker: Beate Heinemann (University of California, Berkeley and LBNL)

Slides 080820_Heinemann.pdf

Video http://vmsstreamer1.fnal.gov/VMS_Site_03/Lectures/HCPSS/080820Heinemann/index.htm

12:00 Lunch

Lunch Seminar

51 Preparing for the Next Step in One's Career - How to Look for a Job

Speaker: Rob Roser (Fermilab)

Slides 080820_Roser.pdf

Video http://vmsstreamer1.fnal.gov/VMS_Site_03/Lectures/HCPSS/080820Roser/index.htm

Extra Dimensions

Theory and phenomenology

52 Extra Dimensions - Lecture 2

Speaker: Eduardo Ponton (Columbia University)

Slides 080820_Ponton.pdf

Video http://vmsstreamer1.fnal.gov/VMS_Site_03/Lectures/HCPSS/080820Ponton/index.htm

15:30 break

Colloquium

53 Road to Discovery: LHC Commissioning and Early Physics Analyses

Speaker: Roberto Tenchini (University of Pisa)

Slides 080820_Tenchini.pdf

Video http://vmsstreamer1.fnal.gov/VMS_Site_03/Lectures/HCPSS/080820Tenchini/index.htm

17:00 Break

Tracking

Hardware, commissioning, calibration, alignment, object reconstruction, object ID, simulation

54 Tracking - Lecture 3

Speaker: David Stuart (University of California, Santa Barbara)

Slides 080820_Stuart.pdf

Video http://vmsstreamer1.fnal.gov/VMS_Site_03/Lectures/HCPSS/080820Stuart/index.htm

18:45 Dinner

Open Panel Discussion

55 (no title)

Speakers: Beate Heinemann, David Stuart, Eduardo Ponton, Roberto Tenchini, Steve Martin

21:00 Bus to Hotel

Thursday, 21 August

Strong Dynamics

Theory and phenomenology

56 Strong Dynamics - Lecture 1

Speaker: R. Sekhar Chivukula (Michigan State University)

Slides 080821_Chivukula.pdf

Video http://vmsstreamer1.fnal.gov/VMS_Site_03/Lectures/HCPSS/080821Chivukula/index.htm

10:15 Break

Data Analysis

From triggers to analysis, background selections, different methods for searches vs. measurement, examples and cautionary tales, template methods, selecting analysis topics, Monte Carlo validation, systematics

57 Data Analysis - Lecture 2

Speaker: Beate Heinemann (University of California, Berkeley and LBNL)

Slides 080821_Heinemann.pdf

Video http://vmsstreamer1.fnal.gov/VMS_Site_03/Lectures/HCPSS/080821Heinemann/index.htm

12:00 Lunch

Trip to University of Chicago

12:30 Buses depart Wilson Hall (can bring your lunch)

13:45 Arrive at Adler Planetarium

58 3D presentation from the Space Visualization Group

Speaker: Dr. Mark SubbaRao

59 Cosmic Collisions

Speaker: Film

16:30 Depart Adler Planetarium

17:00 Arrive at University of Chicago

60 Welcome and Introductory Remarks

61 Connections between HEP and Cosmology

Speaker: Rocky Kolb (University of Chicago)

Slides 080821_Kolb.pdf

18:45 Cocktail Social

19:30 Banquet

21:00 Buses depart for Hotels

Friday, 22 August

Strong Dynamics

Theory and phenomenology

62 Strong Dynamics - Lecture 2

Speaker: R. Sekhar Chivukula (Michigan State University)

Slides 080822_Chivukula.pdf.pdf

Video http://vmsstreamer1.fnal.gov/VMS_Site_03/Lectures/HCPSS/080822Chivukula/index.htm

10:15 Break

Data Analysis

From triggers to analysis, background selections, different methods for searches vs. measurement, examples and cautionary tales, template methods, selecting analysis topics, Monte Carlo validation, systematics

63 Data Analysis - Lecture 3

Speaker: Beate Heinemann (University of California, Berkeley and LBNL)

Slides 080822_Heinemann.pdf

Video http://vmsstreamer1.fnal.gov/VMS_Site_03/Lectures/HCPSS/080822Heinemann/index.htm

12:00 School ends