Advanced Methods for Collider Physics

Course coordinators: Prof. Dr. Lorenzo Tancredi, Prof. Dr. Giulia Zanderighi
Lecturers: Dr. Federico Buccioni, Dr. Rhorry Gauld, Dr. Christoph Nega, Dr. Marco Niggetiedt, Prof. Dr. Lorenzo Tancredi, Dr. Marius Wiesemann

This block course covers advanced analytical and numerical methods for collider physics calculations. It spans two weeks, W1 and W2, and is structured as follows:

• introduction (W1): review of QCD Feynman rules and basics of scattering amplitudes
• loop amplitudes (W1):  tensor decomposition and scalar integrals, integration-by-parts identities and differential equations, canonical bases, iterated integrals and different types of special functions (MPLs), Frobenius method and asymptotic expansion
• from amplitudes to observables (W2): perturbative corrections, soft and collinear singularities, infrared finiteness and partonic cross sections, Higgs-boson production at NLO-QCD as a case study
• QCD phenomenology at the LHC (W2): proton structure and PDFs, basics of Monte Carlo integration, Jets and Hadrons, fragmentation functions, matching of fixed-order calculations with parton showers

General information

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NEWS: SPECIAL TIME/DATE. The introductory lecture to Resummation, Parton Shower and Matching has been moved to Mon 03/03/2025 , starting at 9:00 am, in 5101.EG.503 (Physik Hörsaal 3)

IMPORTANT: CHANGE OF ROOM. The course will take place every day, starting at 9:15 am, in 5101.EG.503 (Physik Hörsaal 3)

The course will take place over two weeks at the end of the Vorlesungszeit WS24/25: from February 17th to February 28th. 

Time: Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, 3 hours in the morning and 3 hours in the afternoon, for a total of approximately 24hrs of lectures and 12hrs of exercises. The exercise classes will include hands-on sessions and tutorials.
Location: TUM, Physics Department, Garching. Room: 5101.EG.503 (Physik Hörsaal 3)

The exact lecture dates will be:

	17.02	18.02	19.02		24.02	25.02	26.02
09-10	Lecture 1	Lecture 5	Lecture 9		Lecture 13	Lecture 17	Lecture 21
10-11	Lecture 2	Lecture 6	Lecture 10		Lecture 14	Lecture 18	Lecture 22
11-12	Lecture 3	Lecture 7	Lecture 11		Lecture 15	Lecture 19	Lecture 23
12-14	Lunch break	Lunch break	Lunch break		Lunch break	Lunch break	Lunch break
14-15	Lecture 4	Lecture 8	Lecture 12		Lecture 16	Lecture 20	Lecture 24
15-16	Tutorial	Tutorial	Tutorial		Tutorial	Tutorial	Tutorial
16-17	Tutorial	Tutorial	Tutorial		Tutorial	Tutorial	Tutorial

 

 

Exercises

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Lecture notes

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