CMS Pixel Detector Upgrade and Top Quark Pole Mass Determination By Dr. Simon SpannagelEnglish | PDF | 2017 | 286 Pages | ISBN : 3319588796 | 14.31 MB
This thesis addresses two different topics, both vital for implementing modern high-energy physics experiments: detector development and data analysis. Providing a concise introduction to both the standard model of particle physics and the basic principles of semiconductor tracking detectors, it presents the first measurement of the top quark pole mass from the differential cross-section of tt+J events in the dileptonic tt decay channel.