The Large Hadron Collider

This comprehensive volume summarizes and structures the multitude of results obtained at the LHC in its first running period and draws the grand picture of today's physics at a hadron collider. Topics covered are Standard Model measurements, Higgs and top-quark physics, flavour physics, heavy-ion physics, and searches for supersymmetry and other extensions of the Standard Model. Emphasis is placed on overview and presentation of the lessons learned. Chapters on detectors and the LHC machine and a thorough outlook into the future complement the book. The individual chapters are written by teams of expert authors working at the forefront of LHC research.

Presents the operation of the Large Hadron Collider as well as the first results of its operation Covers Higgs and top-quark physics Contains a technical discussion about detectors and the LHC machine Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Autorentext
Dr. Thomas Schörner-Sadenius, Editor of "The Large Hadron Collider", is the Leader of the Analysis Center HGF Allliance "Physics at the Terascale".

Inhalt
Preface.- Introduction and Motivation - Why the LHC.- Standard Model Physics Electroweak.- Standard Model Physics QCD.- Higgs Physics.- Top-Quark Physics.- Searches for Supersymmetry.- Searches for Exotica.- Heavy-Flavour Physics.- Heavy-Ion Physics.