Precision measurements of the standard model; PDFs, pile-up and production of W+jets at 13 TEV with the ATLAS detector

Conroy, E

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Precision measurements of the standard model; PDFs, pile-up and production of W+jets at 13 TEV with the ATLAS detector

Abstract:: The question of the nature of the universe at its most fundamental level is one which has been with humankind since ancient times. The development of the theoretical basis of the Standard Model of elementary particles during the 20th century, and its subsequent experimental validation, is a triumph of modern physics. However, the Standard Model is known to be incomplete, and, in the Large Hadron Collider era at the high-energy and high-intensity frontier, our understanding and modelling of the Standard Model has increasingly become limiting for searches for physics beyond it. In this thesis, a measurement performed using 36.2 fb−1 of integrated luminosity recorded by the ATLAS experiment during Large Hadron Collider Run 2 of a crucial benchmark process for Standard Model modelling is presented; W boson production in association with jets. This is the first such measurement in the W → μν decay channel at √s =13 TeV. Differential cross-sections, in observables sensitive to the modelling of quantum chromodynamics, are presented for both charge-independent and charge-separated W production, and compared to two cutting-edge calculations evolved to next-to-next-to-leading order in quantum chromodynamics. In addition, this process strongly constrains fits of the Parton Distribution Functions of the proton; an analysis of the structure of the proton using several previous ATLAS measurements, including W boson production in association with jets at √s=8 TeV, will also be presented.

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Conroy, E. (2024). Precision measurements of the standard model; PDFs, pile-up and production of W+jets at 13 TEV with the ATLAS detector [PhD thesis]. University of Oxford.

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Conroy, E. Precision Measurements of the Standard Model; PDFs, Pile-up and Production of W+Jets at 13 TEV with the ATLAS Detector. University of Oxford, 2024.

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Conroy, E. 2024. “Precision Measurements of the Standard Model; PDFs, Pile-up and Production of W+Jets at 13 TEV with the ATLAS Detector.” PhD thesis, University of Oxford.
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