Computational, Simulation and Machine Learning Methods in High Energy Physics and Beyond: Automated Computational Tools.
A.Y. 2025/2026
Course offered to students on the PhD programme in
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After the course, the student will know:
- the algorithms employed to compute an arbitrary amplitude automatically
- Monte-Carlo techniques to efficiently perform numerical integration
- the concept of infra-red safety, and how to apply it to kinematic observables
- the basic mechanism of a parton shower, and the meaning of the Sudakov form factor
- how infra-red singularities arise in higher-order computations, and how to deal with them at NLO. In particular, local-subtraction methods
- the meaning of, and the usage of, matched/merged computations
- the usage of softwares like MadGraph5_aMC@NLO for the automatic computation of amplitudes and their integration.
- the algorithms employed to compute an arbitrary amplitude automatically
- Monte-Carlo techniques to efficiently perform numerical integration
- the concept of infra-red safety, and how to apply it to kinematic observables
- the basic mechanism of a parton shower, and the meaning of the Sudakov form factor
- how infra-red singularities arise in higher-order computations, and how to deal with them at NLO. In particular, local-subtraction methods
- the meaning of, and the usage of, matched/merged computations
- the usage of softwares like MadGraph5_aMC@NLO for the automatic computation of amplitudes and their integration.
Quantum-field theory, in particular the phenomenological aspects related to the Standard-Model. Computation of simple amplitudes and cross sections by means of Feynman diagrams. Special relativity. This knowledge is required for the course.
Assessment methods
Giudizio di approvazione
Assessment result
superato/non superato
How to enrol
Deadlines
The course enrolment deadline is usually the 27th day of the month prior to the start date.
How to enrol
- Access enrolment on PhD courses online service using your University login details
- Select the desired programme and click on Registration (Iscrizione) and then on Register (Iscriviti)
Ignore the option "Exam session date” that appears during the enrolment procedure.
Contacts
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Professor(s)
Reception:
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DC/1/6, Physics Department