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Physics with Electrons in the ATLAS Detector / by Kurt Brendlinger.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Brendlinger, Kurt., Author.
- Series:
- Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research, 2190-5053
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Particles (Nuclear physics).
- Quantum field theory.
- Physics.
- Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory.
- Numerical and Computational Physics, Simulation.
- Local Subjects:
- Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory.
- Numerical and Computational Physics, Simulation.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (XX, 250 p. 144 illus., 109 illus. in color.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2018.
- Place of Publication:
- Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
- Summary:
- This thesis presents two production cross-section measurements of pairs of massive bosons using final states with leptons, made with the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider. The first measurement, performed using data collected in 2012 at center-of-mass energy √ s = 8 TeV, is the first fiducial and differential cross-section measurement of the production of the Higgs Boson when it decays to four charged leptons (electrons or muons). The second measurement is the first fiducial and inclusive production cross-section measurement of WZ pairs at center-of-mass energy √ s = 13 TeV using final states with three charged leptons. A significant portion of the thesis focuses on the methods used to identify electrons from massive boson decay—important for many flagship measurements—and on assessing the efficiency of these particle identification techniques. The chapter discussing the WZ pair cross-section measurement provides a detailed example of an estimate of lepton background in the context of an analysis with three leptons in the final state.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Theory
- Experimental Apparatus
- Alignment of the TRT
- Electron Identification.- Electron Efficiency Measurements using Z → ee Events
- Higgs Decaying to Four Leptons
- Conclusions.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 3-319-73930-1
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