Screen LibrarySearching for dark matter with the ATLAS detector /
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Springer,
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| Publisher Address: | Cham, Switzerland : |
| Publication Dates: | [2017] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Springer theses,
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| Item Description: | "Doctoral thesis accepted by the University of Toronto, Canada."--Title pages. |
| Carrier Form: | xxiii, 324 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: |
9783319444529 3319444522 |
| Index Number: | QB791 |
| CLC: | P145.9 |
| Call Number: | P145.9/S377 |
| Contents: |
Supervisor's Foreword; Preface; Chapter 3: ATLAS Reconstruction and Performance; Chapter 4: Jet Reconstruction and Performance; Chapter 5: Jet Uncertainties; Chapter 6: The Mono-jet Analysis; Chapter 7: Mono-jet Dark Matter Interpretation; Chapter 8: Mono-jet Prospects at an Upgraded LHC; Abstract; Acknowledgments; Contents; Acronyms; 1 Introduction and Motivation for Dark Matter; 1.1 Introduction to the Standard Model; 1.1.1 Fundamental Particles and Forces; 1.1.2 Electroweak Symmetry Breaking; 1.1.3 Limitations of the Standard Model; 1.2 Dark Matter Relic Density. 1.3 Astrophysical Evidence for Dark Matter1.3.1 Galactic Scales; 1.3.2 Galactic Rotation Curves; 1.3.3 The Bullet Cluster; 1.3.4 The Cosmic Microwave Background; 1.4 Weakly Interacting Massive Particles; 1.5 Review of Searches for Weakly Interacting Massive Particles; 1.5.1 Direct Detection Experiments; 1.5.2 Indirect Detection Experiments; References; 2 The ATLAS Experiment; 2.1 The CERN Large Hadron Collider; 2.2 The ATLAS Detector; 2.3 Inner Detector; 2.4 Calorimetry; 2.4.1 Particle Showers; 2.4.2 Electromagnetic Calorimeters; 2.4.3 Hadronic Calorimeters; 2.4.4 Forward Calorimeters. 2.5 Muon Spectrometers2.6 Triggering System; 2.7 Simulation; 2.7.1 Event Generation; 2.7.2 Detector Simulation and Digitization; 2.8 Computing and Data Management; References; 3 ATLAS Reconstruction and Performance; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Electrons and Photons; 3.2.1 Reconstruction; 3.2.2 Performance; 3.3 Muons; 3.3.1 Reconstruction; 3.3.2 Performance; 3.4 Tau Leptons and b-Jets; 3.4.1 Tau Lepton Reconstruction and Performance; 3.4.2 b-Jet Reconstruction and Performance; 3.5 Missing Transverse Momentum; 3.5.1 Reconstruction; 3.5.2 Performance; References; 4 Jet Reconstruction and Performance. 4.1 Introduction4.2 Topo-Clustering and Reconstruction; 4.2.1 Topo-Cluster Formation; 4.2.2 Jet Reconstruction; 4.2.3 Jet Associations; 4.2.4 Jet Cleaning; 4.3 Jet Energy Scale Calibration; 4.3.1 Overview; 4.3.2 Pileup Suppression; 4.3.3 Origin Correction; 4.3.4 Absolute Jet Energy Scale; 4.3.5 Global Sequential Calibration; 4.3.6 In situ Jet Measurements; 4.3.7 Single Hadron Response Measurements; 4.4 Jet Punch-Through; 4.4.1 Identifying Punch-Through Jets; 4.4.2 Correcting for Lost Energy; 4.4.3 Performance of the Punch-Through Correction; 4.5 Jet Energy Resolution. 4.6 Jets and Masked Tile Calorimeter Regions4.6.1 The Origin of Masked Tile Calorimeter Regions; 4.6.2 The Impact of Masked Modules on Jet Kinematics; 4.6.3 The Impact of Masked Modules on Other Quantities; 4.6.4 Cleaning Bad Jets; 4.6.5 Summary; 4.7 Conclusions; References; 5 Jet Uncertainties; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Overview; 5.3 Uncertainty Components; 5.3.1 Common to Z/gamma-Jet Balance; 5.3.2 Z-Jet Balance; 5.3.3 gamma-Jet Balance; 5.3.4 Multi-jet Balance; 5.3.5 Di-jet eta-Intercalibration; 5.3.6 Pileup Suppression; 5.3.7 Flavour Differences; 5.3.8 Other Sources. |