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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Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Alison, John (Auteur)
Collectivité auteur: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
Édition:1st ed. 2015.
Collection:Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research,
Sujets:
Particle accelerators.
Mathematical physics.
Measurement.
Measuring instruments.
Accelerator Physics.
Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics.
Measurement Science and Instrumentation.
Accès en ligne:Texto Completo
Table des matières:
  • 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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