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Photon physics at the LHC a measurement of inclusive isolated prompt photon production at [squareroot symbol] = 7 TeV with the ATLAS Detector Michael Hance
Springer Nature - Springer Physics and Astronomy (R0) eBooks 2013 English International Available online
View online- Format:
- Book
- Thesis/Dissertation
- Author/Creator:
- Hance, Michael
- Series:
- Springer theses
- Springer theses 2190-5053
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Photons.
- Photon detectors.
- Quantum theory.
- Large Hadron Collider (France and Switzerland).
- Genre:
- theses
- dissertations
- Academic theses
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- Berlin New York Springer ©2013
- Summary:
- This thesis reports on the first studies of Standard Model photon production at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) using the ATLAS detector. Standard Model photon production is a large background in the search for Higgs bosons decaying into photon pairs, and is thus critical to understand. The thesis explains the techniques used to reconstruct and identify photon candidates using the ATLAS detector, and describes a measurement of the production cross section for isolated prompt photons. The thesis also describes a search for the Higgs boson in which the analysis techniques used in the measurement are exploited to reduce and estimate non-prompt backgrounds in diphoton events
- Contents:
- Introduction and Theoretical Background The Large Hadron Collider and the ATLAS Detector Data Samples and Event Selection Reconstruction and Identification of Prompt Photons Measurement of the Reconstruction, Identification, and Trigger Efficiencies Background Estimation Measurement of the Inclusive Isolated Prompt Photon Cross Section and Evaluation of Systematic Uncertainties Results of the Measurement and Comparison with Predictions Extending the Measurement with a Larger Data Set Conclusion
- Notes:
- "Doctoral thesis accepted by University of Pennsylvania, USA. Nominated for Springer Theses by CERN"
- Ph. D. University of Pennsylvania
- Includes bibliographical references
- Other Format:
- Printed edition:
- ISBN:
- 9783642330629
- 3642330622
- 3642330614
- 9783642330612
- OCLC:
- 820955233
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license
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