# Accurate predictions for the LHC made easy

- Institution: CERN
- Department: TH Theoretical Seminar
- Speaker: Rikkert Frederix
- Year: 2014
- Language: English
- Source: [CERN](https://videos.cern.ch/record/3015852)
- Licence: [CERN](http://copyright.web.cern.ch)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

The data recorded by the LHC experiments is of a very high quality. To get the most out of the data, precise theory predictions, including uncertainty estimates, are needed to reduce as much as possible theoretical bias in the experimental analyses. Recently, significant progress has been made in computing Next-to-Leading Order (NLO) computations, including matching to the parton shower, that allow for these accurate, hadron-level predictions. I shall discuss one of these efforts, the MadGraph5_aMC@NLO program, that aims at the complete automation of predictions at the NLO accuracy within the SM as well as New Physics theories. I'll illustrate some of the theoretical ideas behind this program, show some selected applications to LHC physics, as well as describe the future plans..

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## Lectures

1. [Accurate predictions for the LHC made easy](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/cern/3015852/a96b78980d78), 58 min (CERN's player)