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Measurements of the X c and X b Quarkonium States in pp Collisions with the ATLAS Experiment

By Andrew Chisholm (auth.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Year
2016
ISBN
978-3-319-23119-8, 978-3-319-23120-4
DOI
10.1007/978-3-319-23120-4
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
9 MB (9666795 bytes)
Series
Springer Theses
Edition
1
Pages
XVI, 183\193
Time added
2015-11-25 16:51:03
Elementary ParticlesQuantum Field Theory; Quantum Field TheoriesString Theory; Measurement Science and Instrumenta

Description

This thesis, which won one of the six 2015 ATLAS Thesis Awards, concerns the study of the charmonium and bottomonium bound heavy quark bound states. The first section of the thesis describes the observation of a candidate for the chi_b(3P) bottomonium states. This represented the first observation of a new particle at the LHC and its existence was subsequently confirmed by D0 and LHCb experiments. The second part of the thesis presents measurements of the prompt and non-prompt production of the chi_c1 and chi_c2 charmonium states in proton-proton collisions. These measurements are compared to several theoretical predictions and can be used to inform the development of theoretical models of quarkonium production.

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