I Introduction to structure formation and evolution of the universe
II The problem of non-linear evolution of structures
Day 2: Ass. Prof. A. Maccioʼ, assisting: S.H.Hansen
III Initial conditions for simulations. Introduction to the concept of numerical simulations (including both N-body and Hydrodynamical simulations).
Computer Exercises
Day 3: Ass. Prof. A. Maccioʼ, assisting: S.H.Hansen, Prof. F.Maltoni, assisting: S.Xella, R.Mackeprang
IV Visualization and analysis tools.
V Computer Exercises
VI Introduction to event simulation at the LHC: Motivations, Basics of Monte Carlo techniques, Anatomy of a collision event at hadron-hadron colliders. Matrix element generators.
Day 4: Prof. F.Maltoni, assisting: S.Xella, R.Mackeprang
VII Simulation at parton level with MadGraph program: Introduction to the code, event generation from the Web. Case studies.
VIII Towards a more realistic simulation: From partons to hadrons and jets. Examples of implementation.
Day 5: Prof. F.Maltoni, assisting: S.Xella, R.Mackeprang
IX Full event simulation with MadGraph + Pythia. Simulation of Standard Model and Beyond the Standard Model physics.
Computer Exercises.
X Advanced techniques: Simulation of signal and backgrounds and full analysis.
Case studies.