Model independent search for new physics at the Tevatron
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Physics, 2008.
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| author | Choudalakis, Georgios |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/454502019-04-12T09:33:35Z Model independent search for new physics at the Tevatron Choudalakis, Georgios Peter Fisher. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Physics. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Physics. Physics. Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Physics, 2008. Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-242). The Standard Model of elementary particles can not be the final theory. There are theoretical reasons to expect the appearance of new physics, possibly at the energy scale of few TeV. Several possible theories of new physics have been proposed, each with unknown probability to be confirmed. Instead of arbitrarily choosing to examine one of those theories, this thesis is about searching for any sign of new physics in a model-independent way. This search is performed at the Collider Detector at Fermilab (CDF). The Standard Model prediction is implemented in all final states simultaneously, and an array of statistical probes is employed to search for significant discrepancies between data and prediction. The probes are sensitive to overall population discrepancies, shape disagreements in distributions of kinematic quantities of final particles, excesses of events of large total transverse momentum, and local excesses of data expected from resonances due to new massive particles. The result of this search, first in 1 fb-1 and then in 2 fb-1, is null, namely no considerable evidence of new physics was found. by Georgios Choudalakis. Ph.D. 2009-04-29T17:44:33Z 2009-04-29T17:44:33Z 2008 2008 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/45450 318328132 eng M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 242 p. application/pdf Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| spellingShingle | Physics. Choudalakis, Georgios Model independent search for new physics at the Tevatron |
| title | Model independent search for new physics at the Tevatron |
| title_full | Model independent search for new physics at the Tevatron |
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| title_short | Model independent search for new physics at the Tevatron |
| title_sort | model independent search for new physics at the tevatron |
| topic | Physics. |
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