Photon Physics at the LHC

This book reports on the first studies of Standard Model photon production at the Large Hadron Collider using the ATLAS detector, and reviews techniques for reconstructing and identifying photon candidates using the ATLAS detector.

Recipient of the ATLAS Collaboration's 2012 Thesis Award Reports important measurements allowing Higgs and other particle signals to be corrected for various types of photon background Nominated as an outstanding contribution by CERN Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Auteur
Dr. Michael Hance

Contenu
Introduction and Theoretical Background.- The LHC and the ATLAS Detector.- Data Samples and Event Selection.- Reconstruction and Identification of Prompt Photons.- Efficiency Measurements.- Background Estimation.- Measurement and Systematics.- Results of the Measurement and Comparison with Predictions.- Extending the Measurement.