04066nam 22007095 450 991030040910332120230921165243.03-319-19989-710.1007/978-3-319-19989-4(CKB)3710000000434209(EBL)2120656(OCoLC)915616852(SSID)ssj0001525194(PQKBManifestationID)11917416(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001525194(PQKBWorkID)11485300(PQKB)10010407(DE-He213)978-3-319-19989-4(MiAaPQ)EBC2120656(PPN)186401531(EXLCZ)99371000000043420920150615d2015 u| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrDiscovery and Measurement of the Higgs Boson in the WW Decay Channel /by David Hall1st ed. 2015.Cham :Springer International Publishing :Imprint: Springer,2015.1 online resource (175 p.)Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research,2190-5053Description based upon print version of record.3-319-19988-9 Includes bibliographical references.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.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 provides an exceptionally clear exposition on a complicated analysis performed by a large team of researchers. Aspects of the analysis performed by the author are explained in detail; these include new methods for evaluating uncertainties on the jet binning used in the analysis, and for estimating the background due to associated production of a W boson and an off-shell photon. The thesis also describes a measurement of the WW cross section, an essential background to Higgs boson production. The primary motivation of the LHC was to prove or disprove the existence of the Higgs boson. In 2012, CERN announced this discovery and the resultant ATLAS publication contained three decay channels: gg, ZZ, and WW.Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research,2190-5053Elementary particles (Physics)Quantum field theoryMathematical physicsStatistical physicsDynamical systemsElementary Particles, Quantum Field Theoryhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/P23029Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physicshttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/P19005Complex Systemshttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/P33000Statistical Physics and Dynamical Systemshttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/P19090Elementary particles (Physics).Quantum field theory.Mathematical physics.Statistical physics.Dynamical systems.Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory.Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics.Complex Systems.Statistical Physics and Dynamical Systems.539.72Hall David C(David Christopher),authttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut86645BOOK9910300409103321Discovery and Measurement of the Higgs Boson in the WW Decay Channel3559632UNINA