4th

LHC

Workshop

Princeton, 22 March, 2007

Information

The LHC Olympics is a collective effort by theorists to train themselves in establishing a correspondence between theoretical models and experimental signatures using collider simulation. This is done by developing and distributing user-friendly versions of simulation and data analysis tools, and via a series of black box exercises, in which participants are challenged to disentangle simulated LHC data sets. The first three LHC Olympics workshops were held at CERN in July 2005 and February 2006, and the KITP in August 2006 .

The fourth LHC Olympics meeting will take place during the workshop "Physics at LHC: From Experiment to Theory," held from March 21-24, 2007, in Princeton. The workshop will bring together high energy physicists with expertise ranging from formal theory to collider phenomenology, simulation and experiment. The meeting is held jointly with the second workskop in the "Monte Carlo Tools for Beyond the Standard Model Physics" (MC4BSM) series.




To register, please go to the:

LHC Workshop Webpage

or here


Data Challenge

Using event generators in combination with the PGS-4 detector simulation, a number of black box data sets have been generated. The boxes are presented as a data challenge to participants, who are invited to try to figure out the underlying theoretical model. This round of the LHCO has two new black box data sets.

A) The SLAC LHC Olympics Black Box contains signal only -- no background -- for 20 fb^-1 of LHC data. The black box' creators are John Conley, Michael Peskin, and Tommer Wizansky.

B) The Cornell/Harvard LHC Olympics Black Box represents about 10 fb^-1 of new physics data. This black box has been created by Patrick Meade, Peter Onyisi, Maxim Perelstein, and Matt Reece.


An explanation of the LHCO format and suggestions for how to get started on analyzing them can be found on the black box web pages the LHCO wiki . The login for the wiki is "olympian" and password is "blackbox." All LHCO participants are free to use the wiki to add comments, ask questions, make suggestions, etc.

The programs used to generate the boxes are in continuing development. To keep apprised of possible updates to the boxes, it is advisable to regularly check the BB webpages and the LHCO wiki for announcements.
Some other LHCO related links:
  • MC4BSM Workshop
  • LHC Workshop at Princeton
  • MARMOSET wiki

    • Page from 12-February-2006
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