Search for the Higgs Boson in the Vector Boson Fusion Channel at the ATLAS Detector

• Main Author: Ouellette, Eric (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Subjects: Physics.; Elementary particles (Physics).; Quantum field theory.; Particle acceleration.; Physical measurements.; Measurement.; Particle Acceleration and Detection, Beam Physics.; Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory.; Measurement Science and Instrumentation.

This Thesis describes the first measurement of, and constraints on, Higgs boson production in the vector boson fusion mode, where the Higgs decays to b quarks (the most common decay channel), at the LHC.  The vector boson fusion mode, in which the Higgs is produced simultaneously with a pair of quar...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Theory
• Status of Higgs Boson Search and Discovery
• The Experiment
• Analysis and Trigger Strategy
• Final Analysis Strategy
• Systematic Uncertainties
• Results and Discussion.