Overview
- Presents and analyses the first jet measurement from the ATLAS experiment at the LHC
- Yields new precision data about quarks and gluons within the proton
- Nominated as an outstanding contribution by the University of Oxford
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Springer Theses (Springer Theses)
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About this book
Tests of the current understanding of physics at the highest energies achievable in man-made experiments are performed at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider. In the theory of the strong force within the Standard Model of particle physics - Quantum ChromoDynamics or QCD - confined quarks and gluons from the proton-proton scattering manifest themselves as groups of collimated particles. These particles are clustered into physically measurable objects called hadronic jets. As jets are widely produced at hadron colliders, they are the key physics objects for an early "rediscovery of QCD". This thesis presents the first jet measurement from the ATLAS Collaboration at the LHC and confronts the experimental challenges of precision measurements. Inclusive jet cross section data are then used to improve the knowledge of the momentum distribution of quarks and gluons within the proton and of the magnitude of the strong force.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Measurement of the Inclusive Jet Cross Section with the ATLAS Detector at the Large Hadron Collider
Authors: Caterina Doglioni
Series Title: Springer Theses
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-30538-2
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2012
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-30537-5Published: 28 July 2012
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-43185-2Published: 09 August 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-30538-2Published: 28 July 2012
Series ISSN: 2190-5053
Series E-ISSN: 2190-5061
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 160
Topics: Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory, Measurement Science and Instrumentation