Proton Structure in the LHC Era - School and Workshop

Session

Lectures

29 Sept 2014, 09:30

SR 4a/b (DESY Hamburg)

0. Enhancing discovery potential: QCD precision measurements at the LHC (A. Cooper-Sarkar, University of Oxford)

Prof. A. Cooper-Sarkar (Oxford), Prof. Amanda Cooper-Sarkar (Oxford University)

29/09/2014, 09:30

The presentation should describe the limitations for Higgs precision measurements and searches at the LHC, in particular which searches are limited by the imprecision of the PDF, alfa_s, quark masses and the missing higher order calculations (estimated by scale variations).

2. Determinations of the strong coupling constant at the LHC, and the role of PDFs in there (G. Dissertori, ETH Zuerich)

29/09/2014, 10:30

The presentation should focus on the experimental methods of determination of alfa_s in particular on hadron colliders and address problems limiting its precision.

1. The tricky part of the factorization: Parton Distribution Functions (D. Soper, University of Oregon)

29/09/2014, 12:00

The presentation should include theoretical basics of the factorization, including the discussion of QCD coefficient functions and fixed order calculations and also explain PDF and PDF determination.

5. The precise part of the factorization: theory calculations at NLO and NNLO (M. Schulze, CERN )

30/09/2014, 09:30

Review of theory calculations for various QCD processes, which are relevant for PDF determination. Influence of the electroweak corrections. (NB: Jets will be treated in a dedicated lecture).

6. Jets in hadron collider at highest order (Z. Nagy, DESY)

Dr Zoltan Nagy (DESY)

30/09/2014, 11:00

Theory challenges in calculation of higher order (multi) jet production in hadronic collisions, influence of electroweak corrections.

7. The number of flavors and the quark masses (S.-O. Moch, University of Hamburg)

Sven-Olaf Moch (UHH)

30/09/2014, 12:00

Theory review of the quark mass concepts (running, pole) and the role of the flavor number treatment and transitions massive-> massless. Meaning of the quark mass in different approaches.