Overview
- Nominated as an outstanding Ph.D. thesis by the Lund University, Sweden and CERN, Geneva
- Describes the first dijet angular distributions on 13 TeV data
- Offers comparisons of data to standard model (SM) predictions with next-to-leading order quantum chromodynamics (NLO QCD) and electroweak corrections
- Demonstrates the dijet mass independence of angular distributions at different centre-of-mass energies
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Springer Theses (Springer Theses)
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Introduction: The Thesis, The Standard Model, and The Experiment
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Jets
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Dijet Angular Distributions as a Probe of BSM Phenomena
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About this book
This thesis describes the use of the angular distributions of the most energetic dijets in data recorded by the ATLAS experiment, at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the goal of which is to search for phenomena beyond what the current theory of Particle Physics (the Standard Model) can describe. It also describes the deployment of the method used in ATLAS to correct for the distortions in jet energy measurements caused by additional proton–proton interactions.
The thesis provides a detailed introduction to understanding jets and dijet searches at the LHC. The experiments were carried out at two record collider centre-of-mass energies (8 and 13 TeV), probing smaller distances than ever before. Across a broad momentum transfer range, the proton constituents (quarks and gluons) display the same kinematical behaviour, and thus still appear to be point-like. Data are compared to predictions corrected for next-to-leading order quantum chromodynamics (NLO QCD) as well aselectroweak effects, demonstrating excellent agreement. The results are subsequently used to set limits on parameters of suggested theoretical extensions to the Standard Model (SM), including the effective coupling and mass of a Dark Matter mediator.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Search for New Phenomena in Dijet Angular Distributions at √s = 8 and 13 TeV
Authors: Lene Kristian Bryngemark
Series Title: Springer Theses
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-67346-2
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-67345-5Published: 23 January 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-88417-2Published: 04 June 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-67346-2Published: 29 December 2017
Series ISSN: 2190-5053
Series E-ISSN: 2190-5061
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 173
Number of Illustrations: 55 b/w illustrations, 26 illustrations in colour
Topics: Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory, Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics, Cosmology