Michael Seymour (CERN):

Monte Carlo simulation of collisions at the LHC

Abstract:

Collisions at the LHC are simulated using Monte Carlo event generators.  These combine calculations of the hard scattering processes and possible new physics signals and evolution through perturbative parton showers and non-perturbative models of confinement and secondary interactions.  In this talk I will review these components and pay particular attention to an area of recent theoretical activity: the relationship between the fixed-order perturbative calculations of the hard scattering and the all-order evolution through the parton shower.

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