Lecturers: F. Maltoni (Unibo), M. Zaro (Unimi), Joint Course with Milan University
Duration: 12 hours in May (6 hours of front teaching by F. Maltoni + 6 hours of exercises by M. Zaro)
Programme:
Colliders provide a controlled environment where to study fundamental interactions at scales of the TeV and beyond. In this course, we will cover the principles, the main results, and the techniques that are currently used to make accurate predictions and simulations for high-energy collisions. The course will start with a lightening recap of the EW and QCD interactions, to cover hadronic collisions, from hard-scattering to showering and hadronisation. Explicit examples on Higgs, Top, EW physics will be covered relevant for the LHC will be discussed. During the class exercises, the students will get acquainted with MadGraph5_aMCN@LO a package that allows to simulate the short-distance physics of high-energy collider events.
Prerequisites (either):