Thesis
A search for H -> WW using a matrix element discriminant and a WW cross section measurement at ATLAS
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One of the main motivating factors for the construction of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) was the search for the Higgs boson, postulated to explain the origin of fundamental gauge boson masses. This thesis presents the results of the first search for the Higgs boson at the LHC, using 35 pb^−1 of proton-proton collision data with a centre of mass energy of 7 TeV collected by the ATLAS experiment throughout 2010.
The search is performed in the H -> WW channel, since the branching r...
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Bibliographic Details
- Publication date:
- 2011
- Type of award:
- DPhil
- Level of award:
- Doctoral
- Awarding institution:
- Oxford University, UK
Item Description
- Language:
- English
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- UUID:
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- Local pid:
- ora:5966
- Deposit date:
- 2011-12-13
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- Copyright holder:
- Wooden, G
- Copyright date:
- 2011
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