Les Houches 2017:working_groups

2017:working_groups:4dim

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Tue, 13 Jun 2017 09:45:57 +0000

session Monday 16h30 contributors: Felix Driencourt-Mangin, German Sborlini, Stefan Weinzierl, Grigorios Chachamis, Johannes Henn please add your name if you are interested

2017:working_groups:dm

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Mon, 12 Jun 2017 16:29:18 +0000

SM backgrounds for DM searches (V+jets) People: Kostas Theofilatos, Carlo, Joey Huston ... (add your name if you are interested) Notes from the meeting in LH slides: [ introduction ] [ study ] * ratio Z/gamma, Z/W * shape uncertainties (a-priori model used) * can we think of a similar approach for V+2j VBF and VV+2j VBS ?

2017:working_groups:ew

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 10 Nov 2017 18:09:03 +0000

EW corrections [discussion on: Fri June 9th, 16h30-18h00, Tue June 13th, 9h00-10h00] please add your name if you are interested * Status of automation: matrix element generators (full parton-level Monte Carlo programs): * GoSam (Sherpa+GoSam)

2017:working_groups:incljets

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Tue, 14 Nov 2017 11:54:53 +0000

Fixed-Order vs ME+PS for inclusive jets People: Kostas Theofilatos, Joey Huston, Silvan Kuttimalai, Suman Chatterjee, Simone Alioli, Emanuele Re (I can't guarantee, but I'll try), Valentin Hirschi, Joao Pires, Efe Yazgan (for NP effects), Andy Buckley , Johannes Bellm

2017:working_groups:jets

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 01 Nov 2017 15:33:34 +0000

Jet Physics Subgroup We have a slack channel: jetsatleshouches2017. Here is the invite link: Please join for coordination of the various projects! Please add your name to the relevant topic if you are interested in contributing. * Convener:

2017:working_groups:nnlo

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Tue, 13 Jun 2017 17:45:51 +0000

NNLO subgroup please add your name if you are interested * comparison of IR subtraction schemes (Drell-Yan as benchmark?) contributors: Joao Pires, Roaul Röntsch, Frank Tackmann, Stefan Kallweit * APPLFast Tables: come up with common interface for input to Tables, such that N(N)LO code providers can stick to standards as guidelines for the output format they provide (Les Houches APPLcord?)

2017:working_groups:pdf

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Sat, 10 Jun 2017 17:06:05 +0000

topics * tensions within exp. data sets; this is something that can be explored on the PDF fitter level, but then can be examined with the experimental groups; as a start, we propose to examine the impacts of the different ttbar observables, for both ATLAS and

2017:working_groups:scales

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Tue, 20 Jun 2017 16:41:10 +0000

LH Accord for scale variations People: João Pires, Kostas Theofilatos, Joey Huston, Mario Campanelli ... (add your name if you are interested) Notes from the discussion in LH Slides: scale choices * decompose inclusive PT distributions to the sum of PT1, PT2, PT3, PT4+ (possible follow-up from the planned experimental measurements), (award is: bet of free coffee from Daniel Maitre)

2017:working_groups:vbs

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Tue, 13 Jun 2017 14:54:03 +0000

Vector boson scattering * LO vs NLO, MC uncertainties, connection to VBF topic is discussed in the MC/tools area, please use

2017:working_groups:wishlist

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 14 Jun 2017 13:25:16 +0000

please add the reference if you have done a calculation on the list! * [ Les Houches 2015/2016 wishlist] update 2017 wanted: expected experimental uncertainties Higgs boson final states: process desired done since last proceedings (2016) pp -> H dsigma N3LO_HEFT, NNLO QCD, NLO_{QCDxEW}, NLO_EW