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Searches for Dijet Resonances

Using √s = 13 TeV Proton–Proton Collision Data Recorded by the ATLAS Detector at the Large Hadron Collider

  • Nominated as an outstanding PhD thesis by the University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
  • Provides a clear and concise review of all stages of analysis, making it an ideal introduction to searches for new physics at the Large Hadron Collider
  • Presents illustrated explanations of the search and limit-setting procedure, helping to elucidate these complex topics

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
  2. Introduction

    • Lydia Audrey Beresford
    Pages 1-2
  3. Theoretical Background

    • Lydia Audrey Beresford
    Pages 3-21
  4. The ATLAS Experiment

    • Lydia Audrey Beresford
    Pages 23-38
  5. Physics Object Reconstruction in ATLAS

    • Lydia Audrey Beresford
    Pages 39-68
  6. Dijet Invariant Mass Spectra

    • Lydia Audrey Beresford
    Pages 69-97
  7. Searching for Resonances

    • Lydia Audrey Beresford
    Pages 99-118
  8. Limit Setting

    • Lydia Audrey Beresford
    Pages 119-141
  9. Conclusion and Outlook

    • Lydia Audrey Beresford
    Pages 143-147
  10. Back Matter

    Pages 149-169

About this book

This book addresses one of the most intriguing mysteries of our universe: the nature of dark matter. The results presented here mark a significant and substantial contribution to the search for new physics, in particular for new particles that couple to dark matter. The first analysis presented is a search for heavy new particles that decay into pairs of hadronic jets (dijets). This pioneering analysis explores unprecedented dijet invariant masses, reaching nearly 7 TeV, and sets constraints on several important new physics models. The two subsequent analyses focus on the difficult low dijet mass region, down to 200 GeV, and employ a novel technique to efficiently gather low-mass dijet events. The results of these analyses transcend the long-standing constraints on dark matter mediator particles set by several existing experiments.

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Oxford, Oxford, UK

    Lydia Audrey Beresford

About the author

​The author became a member of the ATLAS collaboration in 2012 when she was a Master's student in Physics at the University of Manchester. During her Master's degree she worked on measuring the high-mass Drell-Yan differential cross-section in the muon decay channel. She then obtained her DPhil in Particle Physics from the University of Oxford, where her research was focused on the search for exotic new particles in jet final states. Since October 2017 she has been a Junior Research Fellow at St. John's College, University of Oxford.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Searches for Dijet Resonances

  • Book Subtitle: Using √s = 13 TeV Proton–Proton Collision Data Recorded by the ATLAS Detector at the Large Hadron Collider

  • Authors: Lydia Audrey Beresford

  • Series Title: Springer Theses

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-97520-7

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

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

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2018

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-97519-1Published: 14 September 2018

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-07365-7Published: 14 December 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-97520-7Published: 04 September 2018

  • Series ISSN: 2190-5053

  • Series E-ISSN: 2190-5061

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 169

  • Number of Illustrations: 51 b/w illustrations, 50 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Nuclear Physics, Heavy Ions, Hadrons, Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory, Cosmology

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Softcover Book USD 109.99
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