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Search for New Phenomena in Dijet Angular Distributions at √s = 8 and 13 TeV

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Abstract

When asked what my research is about, I often find asking this question to be the most fruitful way to start. The answer varies, of course. Molecules, atoms, quarks? The smallest thing I know, is a mathematical point.This is a theoretical concept: just a point, a place-holder in some coordinate system, which is infinitesimally small—regardless of how much you zoom in, you will never see it; it has no extension in space.

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  1. 1.

    Disclaimer: as far as we know—there could of course be some other civilisation somewhere achieving temperatures even closer to the absolute zero. But to be clear, we do know the temperature of outer space, and it is higher than what we use in some of our accelerators and experiments.

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    Nucleon: nucleus constituent, that is, proton or neutron.

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    We assume a field, where information is carried by some mediator. If the mediator is recognisable by both sides, the transformation from kinetic energy to massive particle—and back to kinetic energy and lighter particles!—can happen.

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    Qualification task: work done for the greater good of the collaboration, spanning at least 50% of full working time over a year.

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    In contemporary particle physics nomenclature, a search is a measurement on data with the aim of discovering physics beyond the Standard Model.

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Bryngemark, L.K. (2017). Preamble. In: Search for New Phenomena in Dijet Angular Distributions at √s = 8 and 13 TeV. Springer Theses. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-67346-2_1

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