2nd LHC Higgs Cross Section Workshop
5th - 6th July 2010
Meeting place:
30-7-018 at CERN
(10-15 min. walk from Bldg.40/Restaurant#1)
Organization:
Registration before 27th June, 2010.
5th - 6th July
Workshop of LHC Higgs Cross Section Working Group at CERN
In January 2010, a new joint effort for Higgs cross sections between ATLAS, CMS and theory community was announced and the new LHC wide working group has been created. The aim of this group is to produce agreements on cross sections, branching ratios and pseudo-observables relevant to SM and MSSM Higgs boson(s). Recommendation on input parameters and errors (alpha_s, PDF uncertainty, scale uncertainty, top/bottom masses, etc.) will be discussed, along with how the cross sections of background processes, luminosity errors and any common b-tag uncertainties etc. should be handled. Agreement on these issues will facilitate comparison and combination of results. This will require the active collaboration of the leading theorists developing the tools. The group will work in close collaboration with Monte Carlo Generator group, Standard Model Cross Section task force and Statistics forum in ATLAS and CMS.
More information on mandate and structure of this working group can be found here.
The preparation meeting which lead to the foundation of this new working group was held in Torino in November 2009. The first inauguration meeting of this newly established working group was held in Freiburg in April 2010.