02975nam 2200625 a 450 991043811510332120250609111912.01-283-91023-33-642-33062-210.1007/978-3-642-33062-9(CKB)2670000000279872(EBL)1082642(OCoLC)820955233(SSID)ssj0000799005(PQKBManifestationID)11518611(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000799005(PQKBWorkID)10762923(PQKB)10597834(DE-He213)978-3-642-33062-9(MiAaPQ)EBC1082642(PPN)168323419(MiAaPQ)EBC4439682(EXLCZ)99267000000027987220121126d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrPhoton physics at the LHC a measurement of inclusive isolated prompt photon production at [square root of s] = 7 TeV with the ATLAS detector /Michael Hance1st ed. 2013.Heidelberg Springer20131 online resource (151 p.)Springer theses,2190-5053Description based upon print version of record.3-642-33061-4 Includes bibliographical references.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.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.Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research,2190-5053PhotonsProton-antiproton collidersLarge Hadron Collider (France and Switzerland)Photons.Proton-antiproton colliders.Large Hadron Collider (France and Switzerland)539.7217Hance Michael990548MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910438115103321Photon Physics at the LHC2266074UNINA