The Road to Discovery Detector Alignment, Electron Identification, Particle Misidentification, WW Physics, and the Discovery of the Higgs Boson /

The research presented here includes important contributions on the commissioning of the ATLAS experiment and the discovery of the Higgs boson. The thesis describes essential work on the alignment of the inner tracker during the commissioning of the experiment and development of the electron identif...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Alison, John (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
Edición:1st ed. 2015.
Colección:Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research,
Temas:
Particle accelerators.
Mathematical physics.
Measurement.
Measuring instruments.
Accelerator Physics.
Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics.
Measurement Science and Instrumentation.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction and Theoretical Background
  • The Large Hadron Collider
  • The ATLAS Experiment
  • Reconstruction and Commissioning
  • Detector Alignment
  • TRT Alignment
  • Electron Identification
  • WW Physics
  • The Fake Factor Method
  • WW Cross Section Measurement.

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