Nuclear & particle physics
Computational methods for particle physics II
Winter semester 2016/2017
Lecture
Course number in the course overview: 116329
Lecturers, organization, dates & exams
Lecturers
- Prof. Dr. M. Klasen (ITP)
- Prof. Dr. G. Münster (ITP)
- Prof. Dr. C. Weinheimer (IKP)
- Dr. K. Zapp (CERN)
Dates & locations
Lecture Wednesday, 12:15–13:45 KP/TP 304 Start: Wednesday, 19.10.2016, 12:15 Tutorial on MC event generators
A tutorial on Monte Carlo event generators, in particular the multi-purpose generator SHERPA, will be given by Korinna Zapp on November 11 after the lecture.
Details will be announced.Note
The lecture is given in English.
Requirements
Knowledge of nuclear and particle physics is obligatory,
knowledge of quantum field theory is useful,
BSc module Computational Physics or comparable previous knowledge is required.Contents & literature
Contents of the lecture
- Introduction to Monte Carlo generators (Zapp),
Transparencies: Part 1 (19.10.), Part 2 (26.10.), Part 3 (02.11.) - Monte Carlo methods (Münster)
- Statistical data analysis (Weinheimer)
Material to these lectures can be found here.
Literature
Further hints to the literature will be given in the lecture.
- Introduction to Monte Carlo generators (Zapp),