Z Boson Transverse Momentum Distribution, and ZZ and WZ Production

This book develops data analysis techniques which enable testing of aspects of the Standard Model of particle physics with unprecedented precision, using data from the DZero experiment at the high energy Tevatron proton-antiproton collider at Fermilab, Chicago.

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 * 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.

Nominated as an outstanding contribution by the University of Manchester Presents significant achievements with implications for ongoing particle physics experiments Includes the most accurate ever measurements of vector boson pair production cross-sections Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Inhalt

Experimental Apparatus.- Experimental Techniques.- Electron and Photon Energy Calibration.- Novel Variables for Studying the Drell-Yan Transverse Momentum.- Measurement of the Drell-Yan * Distribution.- Measurement of the ZZ and WZ Production Cross Sections.