This course consists of 10-12 hours of teaching plus some homework. It is to teach master and PhD level students how to calculate simple tree level reactions with the use of computers. Presentation is mainly with slides and in the form of a number of files that the students can pick up, run and modify. The lecture notes are available on-line. All students are supposed to be equipped with computers during the lectures. The lectures start with the basics of phasespace and phasespace integration by Monte Carlo techniques. At this stage the matrix elements of the various reactions are provided. In the later stages the students learn a bit about FORM and have to calculate their own matrix elements. Of course there are example programs and the work expected of the students is to modify these for the reactions they are to calculate.
During the course there will be more and more links and files.
| manual.pdf | A super short Linux manual for installing the files. |
| part1.pdf | The introduction. It explains what you need to do to get started. |
| part2.pdf | Overal factors and some simple phase space. part3.pdf |
| kinc1.tar.gz | Kinematics routines and examples. When unpacking it creates the directory kinc1, if it doesn't exist already. |
| part4.pdf | Some crosssections. |
| kinc.tar.gz | Kinematics routines and examples. When unpacking it creates the directory kinc, if it doesn't exist already. |
| sform.pdf | A very short introduction to FORM. |
| formprogs.tar.gz | A number of FORM programs that will be used. It creates the directory formprogs, if it doesn't exist already. |
| part5.pdf | Multiperipheral kinematics. |
| kinc2.tar.gz | Kinematics routines and examples for part5. When unpacking it creates the directory kinc2, if it doesn't exist already. |
| twophoton.pdf | Paper about the kinematics of two-photon reactions. (KEK scan of the original preprint). |