[Rivet] MC plots - Xi+/- and Omega+/- pt spectra

[Andy Buckley]

On 02/06/11 12:50, michelangelo mangano wrote:
> hello andy, why don't we try to organize a few-day rivet-school? If
> well planned this could have a big impact. One should select proper
> dates, with ample warning, giving the opportunity to the physics
> groups in alice, cms and lhcb to identify specific analyses to be
> used as guinea pigs for the students, andto build up a team of
> potential "rivet experts" in each experiment. In other words, one
> must try to stimulate a formal participation of the experiments,
> rather than teh participation of curious individuals.

Hi Michelangelo et al,

This sounds good to me -- we have plenty of practice in giving tutorials 
these days! My feeling is that a multi-day Rivet school would be rather 
excessive -- and not least gives the *impression* that there is a 
several-day learning curve required before any analyses can be written, 
which I don't think is true. One day should be sufficient -- how about a 
slot during the early-August theory workshop at CERN?

> We should also
> resurrect the old idea of building within Genser or SFT the
> sufficient expertise to provide user support and advice, beyond what
> the rivet team can do.

Again, sounds very good to me! It would be very useful for us if 
Genser/SFT could provide a technical first point of call, so we can 
concentrate our time on the development.

> The LPCC can help in all of these directions,
> offering per diem to rivet members who can spend time at cern
> providing service work (tutorials, schools,  sharing expertise with
> genser/sft, ...), helping with the logistics of setting up the
> school, pushing for or directly providing resources to genser for
> rivet-related work, etc.etc.
>
> so just let  me know if there is anything we can do to help.

Thanks for the offer! I think it would be very useful to follow this up 
in particular for a couple of students who will each be working on Rivet 
features and analyses this summer. I'll contact you separately about this.

Andy

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Dr Andy Buckley
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