Photon Physics at the LHC

A Measurement of Inclusive Isolated Prompt Photon Production at ¿s = 7 TeV with the ATLAS Detector
2013
ISBN: 978-3-642-33061-2
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 144 Seiten, HC runder Rücken kaschiert, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 3613 g

Reihe: Springer Theses

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.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hance, Michael

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Physik Quantenphysik Hochenergiephysik
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Quantenphysik Kernphysik
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Quantenphysik Teilchenphysik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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.

Über Autor(innen)

Dr. Michael Hance