Analysis Centre: SUSY/BSM Fit Working Group

26 Jul 2010, 14:00 → 28 Jul 2010, 14:00 Europe/Berlin

DESY

Georg Weiglein (IPPP Durham), Johannes Haller (University Hamburg), Peter Wienemann (University of Bonn), Philip Bechtle (DESY), Thomas Schoerner-Sadenius (DESY), Tilman Plehn (University of Edinburgh & MPI Muenchen)

Kick-off Meeting of the SUSY/BSM Fit Working Group The EVO coordinates for this meeting are: Title: Analysis Centre Seminars Description: Analysis Centre Seminars Community: Terascale Meeting Access Information: - Meeting URL http://evo.caltech.edu/evoGate/koala.jnlp?meeting=MaMDMt222sDeDi9M98DI9a - Phone Bridge ID: 1312410

Minutes minutes.txt

Monday, 26 July

Introductory session

Welcome and brief introduction into the available fitting codes

1 Welcome

2 Overview of Analysis Centre Activities

Speaker: Dr Thomas Schoerner-Sadenius (DESY)

Slides analysiscentre.pdf.pdf

3 Lessons from the past

Speaker: Klaus Moenig (DESY)

Slides fits_perspective.pdf

4 Introduction to Gfitter

Speaker: Dr Max Baak (CERN)

Slides BSM10.pdf

5 Introduction to Fittino

Speaker: Peter Wienemann (University of Bonn)

Slides fittino.pdf

15:50 break

6 Introduction to HiggsBounds

Speaker: Philip Bechtle (DESY)

Slides PBe_HiggsBounds_100726.pdf

19:30 Workshop dinner

Tuesday, 27 July

Introductory session

Brief introduction into the available theory codes

7 Introduction to Mastercode (theory + fitting code)

Speaker: Sven Heinemeyer (IFCA (CSIC, Santander))

Slides sven.pdf

8 Introduction to SPheno

Speaker: Werner Porod (Universität Würzburg)

9 Bayesian Supersymmetry Model Analysis

Speaker: Shehu AbdusSalam (ICTP Trieste)

Slides SusyAnalysis.pdf

10:30 break

Discussion session

Discuss topics to work on

10 Theory issues

Comparison of codes. Reference SM values for low energy observables. How to evaluate uncertainties/correlations of theory predictions? How to include them in the fit?

Speaker: Georg Weiglein (DESY)

Slides susybsmfitws.pdf

11 Calculator comparisons

Speaker: Mr Matthias Hamer (Uni Goettingen)

Slides 27072010BSMFKO_Hamer.pdf

12:00 Lunch break

12 Database of measurements

Low energy measurements, LEP, Tevatron, astrophysics

Speaker: Mr Xavier Prudent (IKTP Dresden)

Slides References_in_articles.pdf

16:00 break

13 Common interface for inputs

Make use of RooStats workspaces?

Speaker: Kyle Cranmer (New York University)

Slides DESY_RooStats_Input_For_SUSY_BSM_Fits-27-07-10.pdf

Wednesday, 28 July

Discussion session

Discuss topics to work on

14 Techniques

How to fit LHC cross-sections? How to fit shapes? Model discrimination: SUSY vs. non-SUSY. Statistical issues

Speaker: Dr Ben O'Leary (RWTH-Aachen University)

Slides Fitting_The_MSSM_With_Shapes_And_Rates_Wednesday.pdf

15 Including decay chain ambiguities in LHC fits

Speaker: Dr Takanori Kono (University of Hamburg)

Slides FitWG-Kono.pdf

16 Template morphing

Speaker: Dr Max Baak (CERN)

Slides gadatsch_morphing.pdf

17 Astrofit

Speaker: Ms Nelly Nguyen (University of Hamburg)

Slides astrofit20100728_03.pdf

10:30 break

Summary session

Overflow session and conclusions from workshop