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Author ORCID Identifier
https://orcid.org/ 0000-0001-5067-2735
AccessType
Open Access Dissertation
Document Type
dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Degree Program
Physics
Year Degree Awarded
2022
Month Degree Awarded
May
First Advisor
Carlo Dallapiccola
Subject Categories
Elementary Particles and Fields and String Theory
Abstract
This doctoral thesis presents a measurement of the fiducial and differential cross section of vector boson fusion produced Higgs boson.The measurement is taken in the H → WW∗ → lνlν channel with 139 fb−1 of data. Proton-proton collisions from the Large Hadron Collider at √s = 13 TeV were recorded by the ATLAS detector. New analysis techniques using boosted decision trees with a statistical fit are introduced to accurately estimate backgrounds in the signal region. The fiducial cross section is measured to be 1.7 ± 0.42fb. The differential cross section was measured for 13 kinematic variables. No significant deviations from standard model predictions are observed.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.7275/28666281
Recommended Citation
Rosin, Guy, "MEASUREMENT OF THE FIDUCIAL CROSS SECTION FOR VECTOR-BOSON-FUSION PRODUCTION OF THE HIGGS BOSON IN THE WW DECAY CHANNEL WITH THE ATLAS DETECTOR" (2022). Doctoral Dissertations. 2566.
https://doi.org/10.7275/28666281
https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations_2/2566