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Record Nr.

UNINA9910438115103321

Autore

Hance Michael

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2013

ISBN

1-283-91023-3

3-642-33062-2

Edizione

[1st ed. 2013.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (151 p.)

Collana

Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research, , 2190-5061

Disciplina

539.7217

Soggetti

Particles (Nuclear physics)

Quantum field theory

Nuclear physics

Measurement

Measuring instruments

Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory

Nuclear and Particle Physics

Measurement Science and Instrumentation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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 explains the techniques used to reconstruct and identify photon candidates using the ATLAS detector,



and describes a measurement of the production cross section for isolated prompt photons.  The thesis also describes a search for the Higgs boson in which the analysis techniques used in the measurement are exploited to reduce and estimate non-prompt backgrounds in diphoton events.