Search for top squarks in compressed scenarios of supersymmetry with the ATLAS experiment / Daniela Börner. Wuppertal, [2018?]
Inhalt
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- I Introduction
- II The Theory of Particle Physics
- The Standard Model
- General Introduction
- Electroweak Theory
- The Higgs Mechanism
- Quantum Chromodynamics
- Experimental Success of the Standard Model
- Limitations of the Standard Model
- Supersymmetry
- Event Simulation
- Simulation of pp Collisions
- Factorisation Theorem
- Matrix Element
- Parton Shower
- Matching and Merging
- Hadronisation
- Underlying Event and Pile-Up
- ATLAS Detector Simulation
- Statistical Techniques
- III The ATLAS Experiment at the Large Hadron Collider
- The Large Hadron Collider
- The ATLAS Experiment
- ATLAS Coordinate System
- Inner Detector
- Calorimeters
- Muon Spectrometer
- Magnets
- Luminosity Measurement
- Trigger System
- Data Quality
- Event Reconstruction
- IV Charged-particle Measurements
- Introduction
- Event Selection
- Data and Monte Carlo Samples
- Event Selection
- Background Estimation
- Trigger and Vertex Reconstruction Efficiency
- Track Reconstruction Efficiency
- Correction Procedure
- Results and Outlook
- V Search for Supersymmetry
- Introduction
- Common Analysis Strategy
- Data and Simulated Samples
- Preselection
- Variables Separating between Signal and Background
- Systematic Uncertainties
- Intermediate Top Squark Masses
- Optimisation Algorithm
- tN_med Signal Region
- Background Estimation
- Impact of Systematic Uncertainties
- Results
- Compressed Region
- Analysis Strategy
- Training of the BDT
- Background Estimation
- Validation
- Impact of Systematic Uncertainties
- Fit Setup
- Results
- Comparison of the Full Result
- VI Conclusion
- Appendix
- Monitoring for the IBL Detector
- Charged-particle Measurements
- Search for Supersymmetry
- Preselection Plots for tN_med
- Control Region Plots for tN_med
- Validation Region Plots for tN_med
- Modelling in the tN_med Signal Region
- Combination of tN_med and the bCsoft Selections
- Preselection Plots for the Compressed Signal Region
- Validation Plots
- VR for Discovery Fit Setup
- Validation Plots for Low BDT Values
- Profile Plots
- Correlation Plots for BDT Input Variables
- JES Dependence of the BDT Fit
- Results for Low Mass BDT
- Bibliography
- Acknowledgements
