Pythia Week 2024
from
Monday 29 April 2024 (09:00)
to
Friday 3 May 2024 (17:00)
Monday 29 April 2024
09:10
Welcome and Aims
-
Peter Skands
(
Monash University (AU)
)
Welcome and Aims
Peter Skands
(
Monash University (AU)
)
09:10 - 09:25
Including discussion of main goals for the week.
09:25
Beam Remnants & Cosmic Rays - Status and Questions
-
Torbjorn Sjostrand
(
Lund University (SE)
)
Beam Remnants & Cosmic Rays - Status and Questions
Torbjorn Sjostrand
(
Lund University (SE)
)
09:25 - 09:50
09:50
String Junctions (& Closepacking) - Status and Questions
-
Javira Altmann
String Junctions (& Closepacking) - Status and Questions
Javira Altmann
09:50 - 10:15
10:15
General Discussion of Physics and Issues related to Hadronization
General Discussion of Physics and Issues related to Hadronization
10:15 - 10:45
10:45
Tea
Tea
10:45 - 11:05
11:05
Angantyr
-
Ilkka Helenius
(
University of Jyväskylä
)
Angantyr
Ilkka Helenius
(
University of Jyväskylä
)
11:05 - 11:30
11:30
EIC and Gleipnir - Status and Plans
-
Leif Lönnblad
(
Lund University (SE)
)
EIC and Gleipnir - Status and Plans
Leif Lönnblad
(
Lund University (SE)
)
11:30 - 11:55
11:55
Nuclear Geometries
-
Christian Bierlich
Christian Bierlich
(
Lund University (SE)
)
Nuclear Geometries
Christian Bierlich
Christian Bierlich
(
Lund University (SE)
)
11:55 - 12:20
12:20
General Discussion of Physics and Issues related to Heavy Ions
General Discussion of Physics and Issues related to Heavy Ions
12:20 - 12:45
12:45
Lunch in Town
Lunch in Town
12:45 - 14:00
14:00
GPU Tutorial
-
Leif Lönnblad
(
Lund University (SE)
)
Philip Ilten
(
University of Cincinnati (US)
)
Michal Kreps
(
University of Warwick (GB)
)
GPU Tutorial
Leif Lönnblad
(
Lund University (SE)
)
Philip Ilten
(
University of Cincinnati (US)
)
Michal Kreps
(
University of Warwick (GB)
)
14:00 - 15:30
15:30
Tea
Tea
15:30 - 15:45
15:45
Pythia 8.312
-
Philip Ilten
(
University of Cincinnati (US)
)
Pythia 8.312
Philip Ilten
(
University of Cincinnati (US)
)
15:45 - 16:15
16:15
Discussion of Future Roles & Funding Opportunities
Discussion of Future Roles & Funding Opportunities
16:15 - 16:45
17:30
Pizza Reception
Pizza Reception
17:30 - 20:30
Tuesday 30 April 2024
09:10
Total and Diffractive Cross Sections
-
Torbjorn Sjostrand
(
Lund University (SE)
)
Total and Diffractive Cross Sections
Torbjorn Sjostrand
(
Lund University (SE)
)
09:10 - 09:25
09:30
Careful discussion of Hadronization variations & general variations, related to #210.
Careful discussion of Hadronization variations & general variations, related to #210.
09:30 - 10:10
10:15
Rivet 4 & Yoda 2
-
Christian Gutschow
(
UCL (UK)
)
Rivet 4 & Yoda 2
Christian Gutschow
(
UCL (UK)
)
10:15 - 10:40
10:45
Tea
Tea
10:45 - 11:05
11:05
Errors on Errors
-
Enzo Canonero
(
University of London (GB)
)
Glen Cowan
(
Royal Holloway, University of London
)
Errors on Errors
Enzo Canonero
(
University of London (GB)
)
Glen Cowan
(
Royal Holloway, University of London
)
11:05 - 11:45
12:00
Preliminary Studies
-
Adil Jueid
(
Institute for Basic Science
)
Preliminary Studies
Adil Jueid
(
Institute for Basic Science
)
12:00 - 12:30
12:45
Lunch in Town
Lunch in Town
12:45 - 14:00
14:00
Self-Introductions: B. Tuncay & L. Bernardinis (Ongoing Tuning Efforts)
-
Baris Tuncay
(
University of Oxford (GB)
)
Lorenzo Bernardinis
(
Universita e INFN Trieste (IT)
)
Self-Introductions: B. Tuncay & L. Bernardinis (Ongoing Tuning Efforts)
Baris Tuncay
(
University of Oxford (GB)
)
Lorenzo Bernardinis
(
Universita e INFN Trieste (IT)
)
14:00 - 14:20
14:20
MCPLOTS - Update and Plans
-
Natalia Korneeva
(
Monash University (AU)
)
Anton Karneyeu
(
Russian Academy of Sciences (RU)
)
MCPLOTS - Update and Plans
Natalia Korneeva
(
Monash University (AU)
)
Anton Karneyeu
(
Russian Academy of Sciences (RU)
)
14:20 - 14:40
14:45
Work and Discussions related to Tuning
-
Philip Ilten
(
University of Cincinnati (US)
)
Peter Skands
(
Monash University (AU)
)
Work and Discussions related to Tuning
Philip Ilten
(
University of Cincinnati (US)
)
Peter Skands
(
Monash University (AU)
)
14:45 - 15:30
- Errors on Errors - Tunes as Command Files - PDF Updates - Needs of different communities: From Forward Physics, to B Decays, to FCC-ee, to Hard and Soft Processes at the LHC, to Heavy Ions, EIC, and Cosmic Rays? - Studying and Reducing Correlations among parameters? Refactorizations, Reparametrizations? - Tuning and Matching/Merging applications. - Status of Autotunes now that both Bellm and Gellersen have left? - Tuning and PDFs (and orders of PDFs) - ...
15:30
Tea
Tea
15:30 - 15:45
15:45
Plans for New Pythia Tuning
-
Stephen Mrenna
Peter Skands
(
Monash University (AU)
)
Plans for New Pythia Tuning
Stephen Mrenna
Peter Skands
(
Monash University (AU)
)
15:45 - 16:05
16:10
Getting to a stage where we can use Reweighting and Professor together
Getting to a stage where we can use Reweighting and Professor together
16:10 - 17:00
Wednesday 1 May 2024
09:10
New C++ Version
-
Philip Ilten
(
University of Cincinnati (US)
)
New C++ Version
Philip Ilten
(
University of Cincinnati (US)
)
09:10 - 09:40
09:45
User Interface to Fragmentation: Discussions and Work
User Interface to Fragmentation: Discussions and Work
09:45 - 10:45
10:45
Tea
Tea
10:45 - 11:05
11:05
Discussions and Work
Discussions and Work
11:05 - 12:45
- Expect continuations from Monday/Tuesday discussions.
12:45
Lunch in Town
Lunch in Town
12:45 - 14:00
14:00
Discussions and Work
Discussions and Work
14:00 - 16:00
- Fast Glauber from Angantyr to Cosmic-Ray modelling. - Matching/Merging related issues - LHE related issues. - Clang format. - CERN gitlab vs gitlab.com
16:00
Excursion to Oxford Castle & Prison
Excursion to Oxford Castle & Prison
16:00 - 17:30
Thursday 2 May 2024
09:10
PanScales: Intro & Experience with Pythia Interfacing
-
Melissa Corona van Beekveld
(
Nikhef National institute for subatomic physics (NL)
)
PanScales: Intro & Experience with Pythia Interfacing
Melissa Corona van Beekveld
(
Nikhef National institute for subatomic physics (NL)
)
09:10 - 09:50
09:55
Pythia Contrib (& Tutorial?)
-
Philip Ilten
(
University of Cincinnati (US)
)
Pythia Contrib (& Tutorial?)
Philip Ilten
(
University of Cincinnati (US)
)
09:55 - 10:35
10:45
Tea
Tea
10:45 - 11:05
11:05
Self-Introductions: Ludo Scyboz, Basem El-Menoufi, and Jack Helliwell
Self-Introductions: Ludo Scyboz, Basem El-Menoufi, and Jack Helliwell
11:05 - 11:30
11:30
PanScales-Pythia Interface: Discussions
PanScales-Pythia Interface: Discussions
11:30 - 12:00
12:00
Discussions and Work
Discussions and Work
12:00 - 12:40
- Numerical accuracy (aiming for Cosmic-Ray energy stability and log tests).Tricks from PanScales: Replacing dot products by cross products, ...
12:45
Lunch in Town
Lunch in Town
12:45 - 14:00
14:00
MiNNLOPS (& Pythia)
-
Silvia Zanoli
(
University of Oxford
)
MiNNLOPS (& Pythia)
Silvia Zanoli
(
University of Oxford
)
14:00 - 14:45
14:45
Discussions and Work
Discussions and Work
14:45 - 15:30
15:30
Tea
Tea
15:30 - 16:00
16:00
Particle Theory Seminar by Ilkka Helenius
-
Ilkka Helenius
(
Helsinki Institute of Physics (HIP)-Univ. of Helsinki, Fac. of S
)
Ilkka Helenius
(
University of Jyväskylä
)
Particle Theory Seminar by Ilkka Helenius
Ilkka Helenius
(
Helsinki Institute of Physics (HIP)-Univ. of Helsinki, Fac. of S
)
Ilkka Helenius
(
University of Jyväskylä
)
16:00 - 17:00
Room: Simpkins Lee Room
https://zoom.us/j/98685957349?pwd=Z0ZJUE9Odi9MYmlDSDIvYy8zMDVQQT09
Friday 3 May 2024
09:10
Future
-
Peter Skands
(
Monash University (AU)
)
Future
Peter Skands
(
Monash University (AU)
)
09:10 - 09:35
Collaboration Roles Gitlab.com vs CERN Gitlab?
09:35
CR Optimisations & Static Code Analysis
-
Philip Ilten
(
University of Cincinnati (US)
)
Michal Kreps
(
University of Warwick (GB)
)
CR Optimisations & Static Code Analysis
Philip Ilten
(
University of Cincinnati (US)
)
Michal Kreps
(
University of Warwick (GB)
)
09:35 - 10:15
10:15
Discussion on Optimisation and related issues
Discussion on Optimisation and related issues
10:15 - 10:45
- Further CR Optimisations (and related)? - Identifying MPI bottlenecks. E.g., first-interaction pT and b sampling. - Systematic Approach to Identifying and Addressing Optimisation Issues? - Inclusion of various compute-intensive intializations as command files? - Other Issues related to SCA and Optimisations - Instruments for Mac (alternative to valgrind) - Studying and Reducing Correlations among parameters? Refactorizations, Reparametrizations? - Status and follow-ups on tuning
10:45
Tea
Tea
10:45 - 11:05
11:05
EvtGen & Pythia
-
Michal Kreps
(
University of Warwick (GB)
)
EvtGen & Pythia
Michal Kreps
(
University of Warwick (GB)
)
11:05 - 11:30
11:30
QED in Hadron Decays
-
Peter Skands
(
Monash University (AU)
)
QED in Hadron Decays
Peter Skands
(
Monash University (AU)
)
11:30 - 11:55
12:00
Discussion & Work
Discussion & Work
12:00 - 12:45
Including other aspects related to QED / EW physics? Including other aspects related to hadron-decay physics?
12:45
Lunch in Town
Lunch in Town
12:45 - 14:00
14:00
Issue Desk and Informal Follow-Ups
Issue Desk and Informal Follow-Ups
14:00 - 17:00
Gitlab.com vs CERN Gitlab?