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Z Boson Transverse Momentum Distribution, and ZZ and WZ Production: Measurements Using 7.3 – 8.6 fb–1 of p¯p Collisions at √s = 1.96 TeV

By Mika Vesterinen (auth.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year
2012
ISBN
978-3-642-30787-4, 978-3-642-30788-1
DOI
10.1007/978-3-642-30788-1
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
10 MB (10665532 bytes)
Series
Springer Theses
Edition
1
Pages
218\225
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2013-08-01 04:00:00
Elementary ParticlesQuantum Field Theory;Mathematical Methods in Physi

Description

This work develops novel data analysis techniques enabling aspects of the Standard Model of particle physics to be tested with unprecedented precision using data from the DZero experiment at the high energy “Tevatron” proton-antiproton collider at Fermilab, Chicago. Vesterinen's measurements of the transverse momentum of Z bosons using the novel variable φ* have exposed deficiencies in the current state-of-the-art theoretical predictions for vector boson production at hadron colliders. These techniques are now being used in the experiments at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC) and have stimulated considerable interest in the theoretical particle physics community. Furthermore, Vesterinen's measurements of the cross sections for the production of pairs of vector bosons (WZ and ZZ) are to date the most precise ever made.

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