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

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Alison, John (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Σειρά: Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research,
• Θέματα: Physics.; Particle acceleration.; Physical measurements.; Measurement.; Particle Acceleration and Detection, Beam Physics.; Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics.; Measurement Science and Instrumentation.

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...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 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.