Topics to be covered in Pre-School [January 19 - February 13, 2026]
Collider Physics Detectors:
- Tracking Detectors: Suchandra Dutta, February 6, 2026 - 16:00 - 17:00 hrs
- Gas Detectors: Nayana Majumdar, February 13, 2026 - 12:00 - 13:30 hrs
- Calorimeters: Satyaki Bhattacharya, February 13, 2026 - 15:00 - 16:30 hrs
Very High Energy Gamma Ray Detection: Atreyee Sinha, February 5 - 2026 14:30 - 16:00 hrs
Direct Detection of Dark Matter- I: Mala Das, February 9, 2026 - 11:30 - 12:15 hrs
Direct Detection of Dark Matter- II: Mala Das, February 10, 2026 11:30 - 12:15 hrs
Direct Detection of Dark Matter - III: Arka Santra, February 11, 2026 - 15:00 - 16:30 hrs
Extensive Air Shower Simulation: Debanjan Bose, February 12 - 2026 15:00 - 16:30 hrs
(Slides and zoom recording session of the above lecture are/will be available at https://sarkar.web.cern.ch/doc/EHEPAP-2026/main.html)
C++: Object-Oriented programming, Generic Programming and the Standard Template Library (STL), Modern C++ (C++11 onwards) - Subir Sarkar
January 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 2026 - 16:00 - 17:30 hrs
(https://sarkar.web.cern.ch/doc/courses/C++/2026/EHEPAP-2026/main.html)
ROOT: Basic concepts, Histograms, Graphs, Root Files I/O, Math Libraries, Tree based analysis, Basics of RooFit - Saranya Samik Ghosh
January 27, 28, 2026 - 16:00 - 17:30 hrs, February 2, 2026 - 18:15 - 19:45 hrs
(https://sarkar.web.cern.ch/doc/courses/ROOT/2026/EHEPAP-2026/main.html)
Topics to be covered in Main School [February 15 - 23, 2026]
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Basic concept of fitting algorithms
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Kinematic Fitting
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Random Number Generators
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Generation of physics processes
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Simulation of matter particle interactions including the granularity and imperfection of detector/electronics
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Digitisation of simulated signals with noise/inefficiencies
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Reconstruction of momentum of charged particles
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Clustering algorithms for neutral particles
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Alignment & Calibration
