1999 CERN WORKSHOP ON

STANDARD MODEL PHYSICS (AND MORE) AT THE LHC

AGENDA FOR THE OCTOBER 14-15 PLENARY MEETING


THURSDAY OCTOBER 14
 
MAIN AUDITORIUM

9-10.30   TOP QUARK PHYSICS
  - Single top production and top polarization  D. O'Neil,  (ps.gz file)

  - Top mass determination, spin correlations and 
    t-tbar asymmetries                          L. Sonnenschein (ps.gz file)

  - FCNC-induced production and decays,         S. Slabospitsky, (ps.gz file)

  - MC tools for signals and backgrounds,       M. Mangano (ps.gz file)

  - Plans for the writing of the Final Report   I. Efthymiopoulos (ps.gz file)

10.30-11:00 TOP: Discussion

11.00-11:30 Coffee break

11:30-12:30 EWK:

- Drell Yan Production of Lepton Pairs -         D. Bourilkov (ps.gz file)

- NLO Corrections for Diboson Production -       D. Zuercher (ps.gz file)

- Higgs Production via Vector Boson Fusion, with Decay to Tau Pairs

                                                 - B. Orr (ps.gz file)

- Vector Boson Scattering -                      R. Mazini(ps.gz file)


12:30-14 Lunch


MAIN AUDITORIUM

14-15:00 EWK:
- Triple Gauge Boson Couplings: analysis, strategies,

  and form factor considerations,                        M. Dobbs   (ps.gz file)

- Triple Gauge boson Couplings: sensitivity,             W. Thuemmel (ps.gz file)

- DY production of W,Z with electroweak corrections,     S. Dittmaier (ps.gz file)

- Vector boson self-couplings and Effective field theory, J.R. Pelaez (ps.gz file)

- Recent theoretical progress                             Z. Kunszt (ps.gz file)

15:00-15:30 EWK: Discussion

15:30-16:00 Coffee break

COUNCIL ROOM

16:00-17:30 B PRODUCTION
- Recent theoretical progress in b production         G. Ridolfi, (ps.gz file)  
- Studies on b production                             S. Gennai,  (ps.gz file)  
- Possibilities for b production measurements         P. Vikas,   (ps.gz file)   

17:30-18:00 BPRODUCTION: discussion

FRIDAY OCTOBER  15
 
MAIN AUDITORIUM

9:00-10:30 B DECAYS
-  Theoretical overview of CP violation             - R.Fleischer
   measurements at the LHC                           (ps.gz file)

-  Experimental feasibility of                      - C. Shepherd-Themistocleous 
   'new approaches'                                   (ps.gz file)

-  B->h+h- revisited and the extraction of the      - D.Rousseau
   angles alpha and gamma                            (ps.gz file)
                                                          

-   Flavour tagging strategy at LHC, with           - Y.Lemoigne
    special reference to CMS                         (ps.gz file) (70 Mbyte)

10:30-11:00 Coffee break

11:00-12:00 B DECAYS

-   Remarks on controlling systematic uncertainties in   - G. Wilkinson
    CP measurements                                        (ps.gz file)

    
-   B->D*pi/a1 as a clean measurement of gamma           - J. Rademacker
                                                           (ps.gz file)

-   Measuring the angle alpha with B->3pi                - J. Libby
                                                           (ps.gz file)


12:00-12:30 BDECAYS: discussion

12:30-14:00 Lunch

MAIN AUDITORIUM

14:00-15:20  QCD
- J. Stirling,
  "Parton distributions: today, tomorrow and at the LHC" (ps.gz file)
- S. Frixione,
  "Production of isolated photons" (ps.gz file) 
- D. Treleani,
  "Double-parton scattering"   (ps.gz file)

15.20-15:50 coffee break

15:50-17:00 QCD
- D. Soper,
  "Jet definitions and algorithms" (ps.gz file)
- S. Catani,
  "Selected results from the QCD Working Group" (ps.gz file)

17:00-17:30 QCD: Discussion

17:30-17.45 Conclusions
- M. Mangano, Plans and instructions for the Yellow Report (ps.gz file)