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Heavy Neutral Particle Decays to Tau Pairs

Detected with CMS in Proton Collisions at \sqrt{s} = 7TeV

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Authors:
  1. Michail Bachtis

    1. Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, USA

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  • Nominated by CERN as an outstanding PhD thesis
  • Guides the reader step by step through how complicated physics analyses are performed at the LHC
  • Describes novel experimental techniques implemented at the LHC
  • Recipient of the CMS prize for the best thesis of 2012
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Springer Theses (Springer Theses)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. The Standard Model of Particle Physics

    • Michail Bachtis
    Pages 1-15

  3. Supersymmetry and the MSSM

    • Michail Bachtis
    Pages 17-22

  4. Experimental Setup

    • Michail Bachtis
    Pages 23-45

  5. Event Simulation

    • Michail Bachtis
    Pages 47-54

  6. Event Reconstruction

    • Michail Bachtis
    Pages 55-75

  7. Hadronic Tau Identification and Trigger

    • Michail Bachtis
    Pages 77-89

  8. Selection of Tau Pairs

    • Michail Bachtis
    Pages 91-112

  9. Measurement of \(Z\rightarrow \tau \tau \) Production

    • Michail Bachtis
    Pages 113-120

  10. Search for Higgs Bosons

    • Michail Bachtis
    Pages 121-139

  11. Synopsis

    • Michail Bachtis
    Pages 141-142

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 143-152
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About this book

The work presented in this thesis spans a wide range of experimental particle physics subjects, starting from level-1 trigger electronics to the final results of the search for Higgs boson decay and to tau lepton pairs. The thesis describes an innovative reconstruction algorithm for tau decays and details how it was instrumental in providing a measurement of Z decay to tau lepton pairs. The reliability of the analysis is fully established by this measurement before the Higgs boson decay to tau lepton pairs is considered. The work described here continues to serve as a model for analysing CMS Higgs to tau leptons measurements.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, USA

    Michail Bachtis

About the author

Michail Bachtis completed his undergraduate studies at the School of Applied Mathematics and Physics of the National Technical University of Athens, participating in the ATLAS experiment at CERN. He was then admitted for a PhD at the University of Wisconsin – Madison working on CMS. Upon graduation he was accepted as a COFUND fellow at CERN, continuing to work on the CMS experiment.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Heavy Neutral Particle Decays to Tau Pairs

  • Book Subtitle: Detected with CMS in Proton Collisions at \sqrt{s} = 7TeV

  • Authors: Michail Bachtis

  • Series Title: Springer Theses

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-03257-3

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2014

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-03256-6Published: 30 December 2013

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-38078-0Published: 27 August 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-03257-3Published: 13 December 2013

  • Series ISSN: 2190-5053

  • Series E-ISSN: 2190-5061

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 152

  • Number of Illustrations: 61 b/w illustrations, 11 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory, Measurement Science and Instrumentation

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