Photon Physics at the LHC A Measurement of Inclusive Isolated Prompt Photon Production at √s = 7 TeV with the ATLAS Detector /

• Main Author: Hance, Michael (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research,
• Subjects: Physics.; Nuclear physics.; Elementary particles (Physics).; Quantum field theory.; Physical measurements.; Measurement.; Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory.; Particle and Nuclear Physics.; Measurement Science and Instrumentation.

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...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction and Theoretical Background
• The LHC and the ATLAS Detector
• Data Samples and Event Selection
• Reconstruction and Identification of Prompt Photons
• Efficiency Measurements
• Background Estimation
• Measurement and Systematics
• Results of the Measurement and Comparison with Predictions
• Extending the Measurement.