Discovery and Measurement of the Higgs Boson in the WW Decay Channel

• Main Author: Hall, David (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research,
• Subjects: Physics.; Elementary particles (Physics).; Quantum field theory.; Statistical physics.; Dynamical systems.; Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory.; Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics.; Statistical Physics, Dynamical Systems and Complexity.

This thesis describes the stand-alone discovery and measurement of the Higgs boson in its decays to two W bosons using the Run-I ATLAS dataset. This is the most precise measurement of gluon-fusion Higgs boson production, and is among the most significant results attained at the LHC. The thesis provi...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction and Theoretical Background
• Computational Techniques for the LHC
• The ATLAS Experiment
• Overview of the H → WW Analysis.-Signal Modelling
• WW Measurement and Modelling
• Other Backgrounds
• Experimental Results
• Status of Higgs Physics.