SiD Monte Carlo Exercise 2020/21

Documentation & Tools

• Primer on ILC Physics and SiD Software Tools (2002.02399)
• Whizard Event Generation on Hepforge (Whizard)
• Delphes Fast Detector Simulation (Delphes)
• Delphes SiD Documentation on Hepforge (DSiD)
• Jetset, Jade and Durham Tools for e+e- in Root (Finders)
• Example Root Macros for Analysis (macro1.cc, macro2.cc)
• SiD Simulation & Analysis for ILC Snowmass Physics LoIs (2106.00819)

SiD MC21 Signal & Background

• 250 GeV CME, L=2x1ab-1, P=80/30
  • Signal Higgs
    • BSM Higgs, H to Dark Photons [MH DR DRi GL]
  • Two Fermion Backgrounds
    • 2f e-e+->qq,l+l- [WS DR DRi GL]
  • Three Fermion Backgrounds
    • 3f e-A->Ze-,vW- [2x10ab-1] [WS DR DRi GL]
    • 3f Ae+->Ze+,vW+ [2x10ab-1] [WS DR DRi GL]
  • Four Fermion Backgrounds
    • 4f e-e+->WW [WS DR DRi GL]
    • 4f e-e+->Wev [WS DR DRi GL]
    • 4f e-e+->ZZ [2x10ab-1] [WS DR DRi GL]
    • 4f e-e+->Zee [WS DR DRi GL]
    • 4f e-e+->Zvv [2x10ab-1] [WS DR DRi GL]
• 350 GeV CME, L=2x1ab-1, P=80/30
• 500 GeV CME, L=2x1ab-1, P=80/30
  • Four Fermion Backgrounds
    • 4f e-e+->ZZ [2x1ab-1] [WS DR DRi DRij GL]
  • Six Fermion Backgrounds
    • 6f e-e+->tt [2x1ab-1] [WS DR DRi DRij GL]
    • 6f e-e+->VVV (V=W,Z) [2x1ab-1] [WS DR DRi DRij GL]
  • Eight Fermion Backgrounds
    • 8f e-e+->ttZ [2x1ab-1] [WS DR DRi DRij GL]
• 1000 GeV CME, L=2x1ab-1, P=80/20

SiD MC20 Signal

• 250 GeV CME, L=2x100ab-1, P=80/30
  • SM Single Higgs, Inclusive H [WS DR DRi GL]
  • SM Single Higgs, H to Tau Pairs, Inclusive Tau [MH DR DRi GL]
  • BSM Higgs, H to Invisible [WS DR DRi GL]
• 350 GeV CME, L=2x100ab-1, P=80/30
  • SM Single Higgs, Inclusive H [WS DR DRi GL]
  • SM Top Pair, Inclusive Top [WS DR DRi GL]
• 500 GeV CME, L=2x100ab-1, P=80/30
  • SM Single Higgs, Inclusive H [WS DR DRi GL]
  • SM Double Higgs, Inclusive H [WS DR DRi DRij GL]
• 1000 GeV CME, L=2x10^5 ab-1, P=80/30
  • SM Double Higgs, Inclusive H [WS DR DRi DRij GL]

SiD DBD Signal & Background

• 250GeV CME, L=250fb-1, P=80/30 [WS DR DRi GL]
• 350GeV CME, L=350fb-1, P=80/30 [WS DR DRi GL]
• 500GeV CME, L=500fb-1, P=80/30 [WS DR DRi DRij GL]
• 1000GeV CME, L=1000fb-1, P=80/20 [WS DR DRi GL]

1. WS=Whizard StdHep, MH=MG5_aMC@NLO HepMC, DR=Delphes Root, DRi=lepton isolation, DRij=multijet, GL=Geant4 LCIO
2. WS: Whizard 1.95/2.6.4 for DBD/MC20. DR: Delphes 3.4.2 with DSiD card. GL: ILCSoft v02-00-02 with SiD o2_v3.
3. With DBD files, you must use Event.Weight. Background processes are identified by Event.ProcessID.
4. wget --user=[username] --password='[password]' -r ftp://d131-170.uoregon.edu/sid/montecarlo2020/ilc250/delphes/2f1h_inv
5. Contact SiD Spokes Andy White (awhite@uta.edu) and Marcel Stanitzki (marcel.stanitzki@desy.de) to access files.
6. Contact Chris Potter (ctp@uoregon.edu) for comments or questions on the content of this page.