Z Boson transverse momentum distribution, and ZZ and WZ production : measurements using 7.3 - 8.6 fb¹ of pp collisions at [square root s] = 1.96 TeV / Mika Vesterinen.

Format:

Book

Thesis/Dissertation

Author/Creator:

Vesterinen, Mika.

Series:

Springer theses.

Springer theses, 2190-5053

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Z bosons.

Quantum chromodynamics.

Transport theory.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (225 p.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2012.

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; Heidleberg : Springer-Verlag, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This work develops novel data analysis techniques enabling aspects of the Standard Model of particle physics to be tested with unprecedented precision using data from the DZero experiment at the high energy “Tevatron” proton-antiproton collider at Fermilab, Chicago. Vesterinen's measurements of the transverse momentum of Z bosons using the novel variable φ* have exposed deficiencies in the current state-of-the-art theoretical predictions for vector boson production at hadron colliders. These techniques are now being used in the experiments at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC) and have stimulated considerable interest in the theoretical particle physics community. Furthermore, Vesterinen's measurements of the cross sections for the production of pairs of vector bosons (WZ and ZZ) are to date the most precise ever made.

Contents:

Experimental Apparatus

Experimental Techniques

Electron and Photon Energy Calibration

Novel Variables for Studying the Drell-Yan Transverse Momentum

Measurement of the Drell-Yan φ*η Distribution

Measurement of the ZZ and WZ Production Cross Sections.

Notes:

"Doctoral thesis accepted by the University of Manchester, UK."--T.p.

Thesis (PhD.)-- University of Manchester.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-283-63064-8

9786613943095

3-642-30788-4

OCLC:

798818790