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Measurement of Quarkonium Polarization to Probe QCD at the LHC

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  • Nominated as an outstanding PhD thesis by CERN
  • Recipient of the CMS prize and the Victor-Hess prize for the best thesis of 2015
  • Provides an in-depth description of novel experimental techniques implemented at the LHC
  • Offers a didactic description of an original solution to a long-standing puzzle in particle physics
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
  2. Introduction

    • Valentin Knünz
    Pages 1-7
  3. Quarkonium Physics

    • Valentin Knünz
    Pages 9-33
  4. Experimental Setup

    • Valentin Knünz
    Pages 35-75
  5. Data Analysis

    • Valentin Knünz
    Pages 77-121
  6. Discussion of Results

    • Valentin Knünz
    Pages 123-156
  7. Conclusions

    • Valentin Knünz
    Pages 157-160
  8. Back Matter

    Pages 161-166

About this book

This thesis discusses in detail the measurement of the polarizations of all S-wave vector quarkonium states in LHC proton-proton collisions with the CMS detector. Heavy quarkonium states constitute an ideal laboratory to study non-perturbative effects of quantum chromodynamics and to understand how quarks bind into hadrons.


The experimental results are interpreted through an original phenomenological approach, which leads to a coherent picture of quarkonium production cross sections and polarizations within a simple model, dominated by one single color-octet production mechanism. These findings provide new insights into the dynamics of heavy quarkonium production at the LHC, an important step towards a satisfactory understanding of hadron formation within the standard model of particle physics.



Authors and Affiliations

  • Experimental Physics Department, CERN, Geneva, Switzerland

    Valentin Knünz

About the author

Valentin Knünz completed his undergraduate and PhD studies at the University of Technology Vienna, performing experimental particle physics research at the Institute of High Energy Physics of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, participating in the CMS experiment at the LHC. Upon graduation he was accepted as a fellow at CERN, continuing his research within the CMS collaboration.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Measurement of Quarkonium Polarization to Probe QCD at the LHC

  • Authors: Valentin Knünz

  • Series Title: Springer Theses

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-49935-2

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

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

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-49934-5Published: 18 January 2017

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-84278-3Published: 13 July 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-49935-2Published: 07 January 2017

  • Series ISSN: 2190-5053

  • Series E-ISSN: 2190-5061

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVII, 166

  • Number of Illustrations: 37 b/w illustrations, 37 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Nuclear Physics, Heavy Ions, Hadrons, Quantum Field Theories, String Theory

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