Search for new heavy charged bosons and measurement of high-mass Drell-Yan production in proton-proton collisions. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Markus Zinser.
• Authors: Zinser, Markus
• Contents: Intro; Supervisor's Foreword; Abstract; Contents; 1 Preamble; References; Part I Introduction to Theory; 2 Theory Foundations; 2.1 The Standard Model of Particle Physics; 2.1.1 Overview of the Fundamental Particles and Interactions; 2.1.2 Mathematical Structure of the Standard Model; 2.1.3 Feynman Formalism; 2.1.4 The Strong Interaction; 2.1.5 The Electroweak Interaction and Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking; 2.2 The Phenomenology of Proton-Proton Collisions; 2.2.1 The Structure of Protons; 2.2.2 Determination of Parton Distribution Functions; 2.2.3 The Drell-Yan Process 2.2.4 The Photon Induced Process2.2.5 Recent Results; 2.3 Physics Beyond the Standard Model; 2.3.1 Limitations of the Standard Model; 2.3.2 Theories Beyond the Standard Model; 2.3.3 New Physics with a Charged Lepton and a Neutrino in the Final State; References; 3 Theoretical Predictions and Simulation; 3.1 Theoretical Predictions; 3.2 Physics Simulation; 3.2.1 Event Generators; References; Part II The Experimental Setup; 4 The Large Hadron Collider; 4.1 Accelerator Complex; 4.2 LHC Performance; 4.3 Experiments at the LHC; References; 5 The ATLAS Experiment; 5.1 Coordinate System of ATLAS 5.1.1 Common Kinematic Variables5.2 Overview of ATLAS; 5.3 Tracking System; 5.3.1 Pixel Detector; 5.3.2 Semi-conductor Tracker; 5.3.3 Transition Radiation Tracker; 5.4 The Calorimeter System; 5.4.1 Electromagnetic Calorimeter; 5.4.2 Hadronic Calorimeter; 5.5 Muon System; 5.5.1 Precision-Tracking Chambers; 5.5.2 Trigger Chambers; 5.6 The Trigger System; 5.6.1 Level-1 Trigger; 5.6.2 High Level Trigger; 5.7 Data Acquisition and Processing; 5.7.1 Data Acquisition; 5.7.2 Data Processing; 5.8 Luminosity Measurement; 5.9 Detector Simulation; 5.9.1 Correction of the Pile-Up Profile 5.9.2 Correction of the Vertex DistributionReferences; 6 Particle Reconstruction and Identification in ATLAS; 6.1 Track Reconstruction; 6.2 Electrons; 6.2.1 Reconstruction; 6.2.2 Identification; 6.2.3 Electron Trigger; 6.2.4 Electron Energy Correction; 6.2.5 Efficiency Corrections; 6.3 Muons; 6.3.1 Reconstruction; 6.3.2 Identification; 6.3.3 Muon Trigger; 6.3.4 Muon Momentum Scale and Resolution Corrections; 6.3.5 Efficiency Corrections; 6.4 Jets; 6.4.1 Reconstruction; 6.4.2 Jet Energy Calibration; 6.4.3 Identification; 6.4.4 Jet Trigger; 6.4.5 Correction of the Simulation
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 539.7/21; Physics; W bosons; Heavy ions; Proton-proton interactions; SCIENCE / Physics / Quantum Theory; Science -- Quantum Theory; Statistical physics; Quantum theory; Science -- Nuclear Physics; Quantum physics (quantum mechanics & quantum field theory); Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783030006501; 3030006506
• Related ISBNs: 9783030006495; 3030006492
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed October 3, 2018).
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