LEADER 03246nam 2200505 450 001 9910427671603321 005 20210306002655.0 010 $a3-030-58011-3 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-030-58011-7 035 $a(CKB)4100000011585938 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-030-58011-7 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6403547 035 $a(PPN)252508173 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000011585938 100 $a20210306d2020 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn|008mamaa 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 12$aA boson learned from its context, and a boson learned from its end /$fJeffrey Roskes 205 $a1st ed. 2020. 210 1$aCham, Switzerland :$cSpringer,$d[2020] 210 4$dİ2020 215 $a1 online resource (XVII, 130 p. 77 illus., 70 illus. in color.) 225 1 $aSpringer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research,$x2190-5053 311 $a3-030-58010-5 327 $aChapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: The Experiment -- Chapter 3: Alignment and calibration of the CMS tracker -- Chapter 4: Phenomenology of Higgs boson interactions -- Chapter 5: Higgs boson data analysis -- Chapter 6: Conclusions and future directions. 330 $aThis thesis develops fundamental ideas and advanced techniques for studying the Higgs boson?s interactions with the known matter and force particles. The Higgs boson appears as an excitation of the Higgs field, which permeates the vacuum. Several other phenomena in our Universe, such as dark energy, dark matter, and the abundance of matter over antimatter, remain unexplained. The Higgs field may prove to be the connection between our known world and the ?dark? world, and studies of the Higgs boson's interactions are essential to reveal possible new phenomena. The unique feature of this work is simultaneous measurement of the Higgs boson?s associated production (its context, to use the language of the title) and its decay (its end), while allowing for multiple parameters sensitive to new phenomena. This includes computer simulation with Monte Carlo techniques of the complicated structure of the Higgs boson interactions, the matrix-element calculation of per-event likelihoods for optimal observables, and advanced fitting methods with hundreds of intricate components that cover all possible parameters and quantum mechanical interference. This culminates in the most advanced analysis of LHC data in the multi-parameter approach to Higgs physics in its single golden four-lepton decay channel to date. Optimization of the CMS detector?s silicon-based tracking system, essential for these measurements, is also described. 410 0$aSpringer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research,$x2190-5053 606 $aAstrophysics 606 $aHiggs bosons 606 $aNuclear physics 615 0$aAstrophysics. 615 0$aHiggs bosons. 615 0$aNuclear physics. 676 $a523.01 700 $aRoskes$b Jeffrey$0841681 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910427671603321 996 $aA boson learned from its context, and a boson learned from its end$91935712 997 $aUNINA