Discovery and Measurement of the Higgs Boson in the WW Decay Channel /

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Author / Creator:Hall, David, author.
Imprint:Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint : Springer, 2015.
Description:1 online resource (XX, 160 pages 75 illustrations, 57 illustrations in color.) : online resource.
Language:English
Series:Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph. D. Research, 2190-5053
Springer theses.
Subject:Physics.
Quantum theory.
Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory.
Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics.
Statistical Physics, Dynamical Systems and Complexity.
Physics.
Quantum theory.
SCIENCE / Physics / Quantum Theory
Electronic books.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11095489
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ISBN:9783319199894
3319199897
9783319199887
3319199889
Digital file characteristics:text file PDF
Notes:Includes bibliographical references.
Summary: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.
Other form:Printed edition: 9783319199887
Standard no.:10.1007/978-3-319-19989-4