Missing Energy Studies at the DØ Experiment

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dc.contributor.advisorCorcoran, Marjorie D.
dc.contributor.committeeMemberBaring, Matthew G.
dc.contributor.committeeMemberGeurts, Frank
dc.creatorHogan, Julie
dc.date.accessioned2013-07-24T19:32:18Z
dc.date.accessioned2013-07-24T19:32:22Z
dc.date.available2013-07-24T19:32:18Z
dc.date.available2013-07-24T19:32:22Z
dc.date.created2012-12
dc.date.issued2013-07-24
dc.date.submittedDecember 2012
dc.date.updated2013-07-24T19:32:23Z
dc.description.abstractMissing transverse energy is an important aspect of physics analyses at hadron collider detectors. While other particles can be identified by the energy they deposit in the detector, the presence of neutrinos and other theorized particles must be inferred by an energy imbalance. At the DØ experiment missing energy algorithms exist not only to calculate the missing energy in an event, but to distinguish between possible sources: detector measurement effects or unobserved particles. DØ scientists rely on these algorithms to produce reliable physics results. This thesis presents updates made in the past year to missing energy certification, the unclustered energy resolution, and the missing energy significance calculation. It describes a new processor which calculates missing momentum from tracks as well as development work toward an unclustered energy calibration.
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dc.identifier.citationHogan, Julie. "Missing Energy Studies at the DØ Experiment." (2013) Master’s Thesis, Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/71660">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/71660</a>.
dc.identifier.slug123456789/ETD-2012-12-306
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/71660
dc.language.isoeng
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dc.subjectMissing energy
dc.subjectMissing momentum
dc.subjectUnclustered energy
dc.subjectAlgorithms
dc.subjectTevatron
dc.subjectDZero
dc.titleMissing Energy Studies at the DØ Experiment
dc.typeThesis
dc.type.materialText
thesis.degree.departmentPhysics and Astronomy
thesis.degree.disciplineNatural Sciences
thesis.degree.grantorRice University
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Science
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