BND Graduate School 2024

2 Sept 2024, 12:00 → 12 Sept 2024, 16:00 Europe/Brussels

Zaal 7 (Corsendonk Duinse Polders)

Archisman Ghosh (Ghent University), Ben Page (UGent), Daniela Pascucci (Ghent University), Didar Dobur, Jan van der Linden (UGent), Joscha Knolle (Ghent University), Kirill Skovpen (Ghent University)

General information:

The BND graduate school 2024 is a school intended for PhD students in particle and astro particle physics in the early phase of their career. It is part of the series of BND graduate schools which are held annually, and rotate among organizing universities and institutes in Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands.

The BND graduate school 2024 will take place between Monday September 2nd 2024 (noon) and Thursday September 12th 2024 (noon), in Blankenberge, Belgium. 

We expect students to arrive around lunch time of Monday September 2nd, and leave in the afternoon of Thursday September 12th. 
Details on how to reach the venue and the venue itself can be found in the "Arrival & Venue" menu. 

The topics covered in the BND2024 school can be found in the "Scientific Program" menu. 
  
Previous BND schools: https://bnd-graduateschool.org/list.html

Group picture

Scientific Advisory Committee

Prof. Didar Dobur (Ghent University, Belgium) 
Prof. Nick Van Remortel (University of Antwerp, Belgium) 
Prof. Pascal Vanlaer (Université libre de Bruxelles, Belgium) 
Prof. Steven Lowette (Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium) 
Dr. Andrea Giamanco (Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium) 
Prof. Juan Rojo (Nikhef, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands) 
Prof. Stan Bentvelsen (Nikhef, Netherlands) 
Prof. Achim Stahl (RWTH Aachen, Germany) 
Prof. Klaus Monig (DESY, Humboldt Universität Berlin, Germany) 
Prof. Thorsten Kuhl (DESY, Zeuthen, Germany) 
Prof. Florian Bernlochner (Universität Bonn, Germany) 
Prof. Frank Siegert (TU Dresden, Germany)
PD Dr. Frank Ellinghaus (Universität Wuppertal, Germany)

Local Organizing Committee

Prof. Didar Dobur (spokesperson) 
Prof. Archisman Ghosh 
Prof. Ben Page 
Dr. Kirill Skovpen 
Dr. Joscha Knolle 
Dr. Jan van der Linden 
Dr. Simone Devoto 
Dr. Daniela Pascucci

BNDGroupAssignments.pdf

BNDLecturePlan.pdf

Monday, 2 September

12:00 → 14:00 Welcome

12:00 Registration / Check-In

13:45 Welcome

Speaker: Didar Dobur

14:00 → 15:30 Theory motivation for future particle colliders: Lecture 1

Speaker: Tiann-Tevong You (King's College London)

Tevong - BND BSM Lectures_voqeo.pdf

15:30 → 16:00 Coffee

16:00 → 17:30 Student projects: Introduction

16:00 Introduction

Group Assignments

Vote!

16:10 Project A: Scale Variations as Theoretical Uncertainties

Any experimental analysis at the LHC requires the assessment of uncertainties in the theoretical modelling coming from neglected higher orders in perturbation theory. These are usually estimated by allowing some unphysical scale, such as the factorisation or renormalisation scale, to vary around a chosen central value.
In this project, the students will generate theoretical predictions for top-quark-pair production distributions at LHC by using the public tool MATRIX.
Several observables will be computed by using different values for the central scales and evaluating, in each case, the scale variation bands. The project aims to provide a deeper understanding of the meaning of scale variation bands as theoretical uncertainties and of the reasoning behind the choice of their central value.

Speaker: Simone Devoto (University of Ghent)

group_D.pdf

group_E.pdf

group_F.pdf

projectA_scale_variations.pdf

16:30 Project C: Luminosity measurement at the LHC

Luminosity is a measure for the number of collisions that take place in a collider experiment. The higher the luminosity, the more collisions of a process of interest will take place. In this project, we will measure the instantaneous and integrated luminosity of the CMS experiment. To this end, we will analyze the measured rates with several dedicated luminosity detectors and apply the Van-der-Meer scan technique to derive the absolute luminosity scale. The data analysis code will be developed using public python packages.

Speaker: Joscha Knolle (Ghent University)

JK_240902_bnd_luminosity.pdf

16:50 Project D: Towards a future collider

The future collider experiments will offer a unique opportunity to explore the fundamental interactions and search for new-physics phenomena at the high-energy frontier. Within the proposed future-collider project, the students will become familiar with the main concepts of the physics analysis at the Future Circular Collider (FCC). Through the development of the dedicated selection criteria, the students will search for new physics, skillfully hidden in the beforehand generated pseudo-data of collision events. The project will illustrate the characteristic features of the production of various new particles predicted in beyond the standard model theories and possible ways to identify them in data. To big FCC discoveries with minimal coding! The only prerequisite is to have Python (>=3.8) installed.

Speaker: Kirill Skovpen (Ghent University)

kskovpenFutureCollider.pdf

17:10 Project B: Gravitational-wave data analysis and matched filtering

In this project you will carry out data analysis with simulated and real gravitational-wave data. You will first develop an algorithm called “matched filtering” used for detecting modelled gravitational-wave signals from noisy data. You will demonstrate its use on simple signals – with a leading order “Newtonian chirp” waveform injected within simulated “Gaussian white” noise. Next you study data stretches from public data from the recent observing runs of LIGO and Virgo. You will estimate the statistical properties of the data, and will study interesting stretches of data which include the signal. You will finally extend your algorithm to work with real data as best as possible. Ability to code in Python is a prerequisite. You will use publicly available Python libraries such as gwpy.

Speaker: Archisman Ghosh (Ghent University)

bnd-2024_GWproj.pdf

bnd_gw_ex.pdf

gw_ex_data_3.dat

gw_ex_data_4.dat

18:00 → 20:00 Dinner

Tuesday, 3 September

09:00 → 10:30 Neutrino Physics (Theory): Lecture 1

Speaker: Richard Ruiz (INP Cracow)

rruiz_BND_NuPhys1_SM_nuOsc_kcufm.pdf

10:30 → 11:00 Coffee

11:00 → 12:30 Neutrino Physics (Theory): Lecture 2

Speaker: Richard Ruiz (INP Cracow)

rruiz_BND_NuPhys2_BSM_mgofu.pdf

12:30 → 14:00 Lunch

14:00 → 15:30 Theory motivation for future particle colliders: Lecture 2

Speaker: Tiann-Tevong You (King's College London)

15:30 → 16:00 Coffee

16:00 → 17:30 Theory motivation for future particle colliders: Lecture 3

Speaker: Tiann-Tevong You (King's College London)

18:00 → 19:30 Dinner

19:30 → 22:00 Q&A session with lecturers

in the hotel bar

Speakers: Albert de Roeck (UAntwerpen), Ramon Winterhalder (Università di Milano), Richard Ruiz (INP Cracow), Tiann-Tevong You (King's College London)

Wednesday, 4 September

09:00 → 10:30 Neutrino Physics (Experiment): Lecture 1

Speaker: Albert de Roeck (UAntwerpen)

deroeck_BND2024_L1_v1_nxbdd.pdf

10:30 → 11:00 Coffee

11:00 → 12:30 Neutrino Physics (Experiment): Lecture 2

Speaker: Albert de Roeck (UAntwerpen)

deroeck_BND2024_L2_v2_qdees.pdf

12:30 → 14:00 Lunch

14:00 → 15:30 AI for HEP: Lecture 1

Speaker: Ramon Winterhalder (Università di Milano)

hepml_01_indico_wmtie.pdf

15:30 → 16:00 Coffee

16:00 → 17:30 AI for HEP: Lecture 2

Speaker: Ramon Winterhalder (Università di Milano)

hepml_02_indico_wlqzs.pdf

18:00 → 20:00 Dinner

Thursday, 5 September

09:00 → 10:30 Fixed Order QCD calculations: Lecture 1

Speaker: Ben Page (UGent)

BNDSchool2024Lectures.pdf

10:30 → 11:00 Coffee

11:00 → 12:30 Fixed Order QCD calculations: Lecture 2

Speaker: Ben Page (UGent)

12:30 → 14:00 Lunch

14:00 → 15:30 AI for HEP: Lecture 3

Speaker: Ramon Winterhalder (Università di Milano)

hepml_03_indico_byjgt.pdf

15:30 → 16:00 Coffee

16:00 → 17:30 AI for HEP: Lecture 4

Speaker: Ramon Winterhalder (Università di Milano)

hepml_04_indico_snluo.pdf

18:00 → 20:00 Dinner

Friday, 6 September

09:00 → 10:30 Accelerator Physics and Challenges for Future Colliders: Lecture 1

Speaker: Daniel Schulte (CERN)

Belgium_1_epcfj.pdf

10:30 → 11:00 Coffee

11:00 → 12:30 QCD and Monte Carlo event generators: Lecture 1

Speaker: Marius Wiesemann (MPI)

Wiesemann_Belgium_Lecture1.pdf

12:30 → 14:00 Lunch

14:00 → 15:30 QCD and Monte Carlo event generators: Lecture 2 - Hands-on Session on Matrix

Speaker: Marius Wiesemann (MPI)

Wiesemann_Belgium_Lecture2_hands_on_session.pdf

15:30 → 16:00 Coffee

16:00 → 17:30 Student projects

17:30 → 19:00 Dinner

19:00 → 20:00 Public event (in english)

This is a public event organized for the general public.
Separate Indico agenda of this event: here.

Since 2019, artist-architect Jan De Coninck has been working on an impressive project: a monumental light installation in the Mont Blanc massif called Triangle. To overcome the technical challenges of this installation, he entered into a collaboration with professor Nick Van Remortel, one of the leading figures behind the European Einstein Telescope (ET) project.

There are striking parallels between De Coninck's artistic work and Van Remortel's scientific research, both in the field of design and technology. During this event, Nick Van Remortel and Jan De Coninck will discuss these interfaces. The discussion will be moderated by Johan Braeckman, who will also delve deeper into the intriguing relationship between art and science.

The event is followed by a reception.

Speakers: Jan de Coninck, Nick Van Remortel

04_DECONINCK_Triangle_Trailer1_AGM2024.mov

04_DECONINCK_Triangle_Trailer2_AGM2024.mov

Debat_Triangle_NvR.pdf

Debat_Triangle_NvR.pptx

ET TR Blankenberge V2.pdf

Saturday, 7 September

09:00 → 10:30 Accelerator Physics and Challenges for Future Colliders: Lecture 2

Speaker: Daniel Schulte (CERN)

Belgium_2_elzgs.pdf

10:30 → 11:00 Coffee

11:00 → 12:30 Accelerator Physics and Challenges for Future Colliders: Lecture 3

Speaker: Daniel Schulte (CERN)

Belgium_3_qtdja.pdf

12:30 → 14:00 Lunch

14:00 → 15:30 QCD and Monte Carlo event generators: Lecture 3

Speaker: Marius Wiesemann (MPI)

Wiesemann_Belgium_Lecture3.pdf

15:30 → 16:00 Coffee

16:00 → 17:30 Student projects

Monday, 9 September

09:00 → 10:30 Dark Matter (Theory): Lecture 1

Speaker: Gaétan Facchinetti (ULB)

LectureDarkMatter_Facchinetti_alfgn.pdf

10:30 → 11:00 Coffee

11:00 → 12:30 Dark Matter (Theory): Lecture 2

Speaker: Gaétan Facchinetti (ULB)

12:30 → 14:00 Lunch

14:00 → 15:30 Dark Matter (Experiment): Lecture 1

Speaker: Maxime Pierre (NIKHEF)

DM_exp_lecture_1_opwdj.pdf

15:30 → 16:00 Coffee

16:00 → 17:30 Student projects

18:00 → 20:00 Dinner

Tuesday, 10 September

09:00 → 10:30 Modelling and data analysis in GW science: Lecture 1

Speakers: Elena Cuoco (SNS Pisa), Massimiliano Razzano (Università di Pisa)

2024bnd-gw-lect01a-LecIMatchedFilter_dulup.pdf

2024bnd-gw-lect01_Lectures_IntroGWDA-I-cuoco_svclz.pdf

10:30 → 11:00 Coffee

11:00 → 12:30 Modelling and data analysis in GW science: Lecture 2

Speakers: Elena Cuoco (SNS Pisa), Massimiliano Razzano (Università di Pisa)

2024bnd-gw-lect02_data_manip-razzano-v2_hluba.pdf

12:30 → 14:00 Lunch

14:00 → 15:30 Dark Matter (Experiment): Lecture 2

Speaker: Maxime Pierre (NIKHEF)

DM_exp_lecture_2_rbihr.pdf

15:30 → 16:00 Coffee

16:00 → 17:30 Student projects

18:00 → 20:00 Dinner

Wednesday, 11 September

09:00 → 10:30 Modelling and data analysis in GW science: Lecture 3

Speakers: Elena Cuoco (SNS Pisa), Massimiliano Razzano (Università di Pisa)

2024bnd-gw-lect03-Lectures_GWDA-ML-cuoco_tujpt.pdf

10:30 → 11:00 Coffee

11:00 → 12:30 Modelling and data analysis in GW science: Lecture 4

Speakers: Elena Cuoco (SNS Pisa), Massimiliano Razzano (Università di Pisa)

2024bnd-lect04_gw_data_pycbc-pulsar-razzano-v2_zwbec.pdf

12:30 → 14:00 Lunch

14:00 → 15:30 Dark Matter (Experiment): Lecture 3

Speaker: Maxime Pierre (NIKHEF)

DM_exp_lecture_3_vjfia.pdf

15:30 → 16:00 Coffee

16:00 → 17:30 Student projects

18:00 → 20:00 Dinner

Thursday, 12 September

09:00 → 10:35 Student projects: Student presentations

09:00 Group A

2024_BND_Luminosity_BCM1F_lvgdn.pdf

09:15 Group K

CLD prospects at FCC-ee_udzdz.pdf

09:30 Group H

GW_project_BND_Luca^2-Group_H_kxwgv.pdf

GW_project_BND_Luca^2-Group_H_kxwgv.pptx

09:45 Group C

PLT Luminosity.pdf

10:00 Group F

GroupFPresentatie_avqyf.pdf

10:30 → 11:00 Coffee

11:00 → 12:30 Student projects: Student presentations

11:00 Group D

Group D_tkneq.pdf

11:15 Group B

Luminosity with HF.pdf

11:30 Group G

Group G_ppkai(1).pptx

Group G_ppkai.pdf

11:45 Group E

Scale Variations as Theoretical Uncertainties - SCALE CAFE (4)_duden.pdf

12:00 Group J

FCC-ee-1_migkl.pdf

12:30 → 13:00 Goodbye: Wrap-up