Degree Type
Dissertation
Date of Award
2012
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy
Department
Physics and Astronomy
First Advisor
James H Cochran
Abstract
The ATLAS detector is used to search for high-mass states, such as heavy charged gauge bosons (W'), decaying to a muon and a neutrino. Results are presented based on the analysis of pp collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 7 TeV corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 1.04 fb-1. No excess beyond standard model expectations is observed. A W' with sequential standard model couplings is excluded at 95% confidence level for masses below 1.98 TeV. Results from the muon channel are also combined with the electron channel to further extend the mass limit up to 2.15 TeV. This is the most stringent limit published to date.
Copyright Owner
Alaettin Serhan Mete
Copyright Date
2012
Language
en
Date Available
2012-10-31
File Format
application/pdf
File Size
133 pages
Recommended Citation
Mete, Alaettin Serhan, "Search for a heavy charged gauge boson decaying to a muon and a neutrino in 1 fb-1 of proton-proton collisions at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV using the ATLAS Detector" (2012). Graduate Theses and Dissertations. 12405.
https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/etd/12405
