Prospects for tt̄ resonance searches at ATLAS / Tatjana Lenz. 2010
Content
Introduction
Theoretical Aspects of Top Quark Physics
Basic Concepts of the Standard Model
Standard Model Top Quark Pair Production and Decay
Top Quark Pair Production in the BSM Models
LHC and ATLAS Detector
The Large Hadron Collider
The Atlas Detector
Forward Detectors
Data Acquisition System
Performance of the LHC and the ATLAS Experiment
Event Simulation
Event Reconstruction
Track Reconstruction in the Inner Detector
Primary Vertex Reconstruction
Charged Lepton Identification
Jet Reconstruction
Neutrino Reconstruction
Topological Vertex Finder
Properties of b-Quark Jets
Association and Selection of Tracks and Jet Flavour Labelling
b-Tagging Algorithms in ATLAS
Topological Vertex Finder
Secondary Vertex Reconstruction Performance
Application to b-Tagging
Performance in Rejecting Light Quark Jets
The t Invariant Mass Distribution
Event Selection
Event Topology
Analysis Strategy
Selection Efficiency and Mass Resolution
Systematic Uncertainties
Resonance Width
Heavy Resonance Searches at ATLAS
Summary and Conclusions