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Searches for the Supersymmetric Partner of the Top Quark, Dark Matter and Dark Energy at the ATLAS Experiment

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The chapter introduces the strategy of searches for new particles at the ATLAS experiment. The estimation of Standard Model processes constituting the backgrounds in those searches is discussed.

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    Nicolas Maximilian Köhler

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Köhler, N.M. (2019). Searches for New Particles. In: Searches for the Supersymmetric Partner of the Top Quark, Dark Matter and Dark Energy at the ATLAS Experiment. Springer Theses. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-25988-4_10

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