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Searches for the Supersymmetric Partner of the Top Quark, Dark Matter and Dark Energy at the ATLAS Experiment

  • Nominated as an outstanding Ph.D. thesis by the Max-Planck-Institute for Physics, München, Germany
  • Addressing three different physics scenarios sharing the same final state
  • First thesis with ATLAS muon spectrometer performance measurement of LHC Run 2
  • First thesis with collider-based constraints on Dark Energy

Part of the book series: Springer Theses (Springer Theses)

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
  2. Introduction

    • Nicolas Maximilian Köhler
    Pages 1-2
  3. The Theory of Elementary Particle Physics

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 3-3
    2. The Standard Model of Particle Physics

      • Nicolas Maximilian Köhler
      Pages 5-16
    3. Dark Matter and Dark Energy

      • Nicolas Maximilian Köhler
      Pages 17-25
    4. Supersymmetry

      • Nicolas Maximilian Köhler
      Pages 27-33
  4. The Experimental Setup

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 35-35
    2. The Large Hadron Collider at CERN

      • Nicolas Maximilian Köhler
      Pages 37-44
    3. The ATLAS Detector

      • Nicolas Maximilian Köhler
      Pages 45-57
  5. Performance of Muon Reconstruction and Identification

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 59-59
    2. Muon Reconstruction and Identification

      • Nicolas Maximilian Köhler
      Pages 61-66
    3. Muon Efficiency Measurement

      • Nicolas Maximilian Köhler
      Pages 67-79
  6. Searches for New Particles Decaying into Jets and Missing Transverse Energy

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 91-91
    2. Searches for New Particles

      • Nicolas Maximilian Köhler
      Pages 93-102
    3. The Search for the Light Top Squark

      • Nicolas Maximilian Köhler
      Pages 103-160
    4. The Search for Dark Matter

      • Nicolas Maximilian Köhler
      Pages 161-179
    5. The Search for Dark Energy

      • Nicolas Maximilian Köhler
      Pages 181-189
    6. Sensitivity Studies Exploiting Multivariate Techniques

      • Nicolas Maximilian Köhler
      Pages 191-206
    7. Summary

      • Nicolas Maximilian Köhler
      Pages 207-208

About this book

Astrophysical observations implying the existence of Dark Matter and Dark Energy, which are not described by the Standard Model (SM) of particle physics, have led to extensions of the SM predicting new particles that could be directly produced at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN. Based on 2015 and 2016 ATLAS proton-proton collision data, this thesis presents searches for the supersymmetric partner of the top quark, for Dark Matter, and for DarkEnergy, in signatures with jets and missing transverse energy.

Muon detection is key to some of the most important LHC physics results, including the discovery of the Higgs boson and the measurement of its properties. The efficiency with which muons can be detected with the ATLAS detector is measured using Z boson decays. The performance of high-precision Monitored Drift Tube muon chambers under background rates similar to the ones expected for the High Luminosity-LHC is studied.



Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Experimental Physics, CERN, Meyrin, Switzerland

    Nicolas Maximilian Köhler

About the author

Nicolas Köhler passed his undergraduate studies at the University of Konstanz, Germany, spending 5 months at Canada's national particle accelerator centre (TRIUMF) to write his Bachelor thesis. During his Masters studies at the Technical University of Munich, Germany, he specialised in experimental particle physics, completing both his Master and PhD theses at the Max Planck Institute for Physics. His doctoral degree, granted "with highest distinction" in August 2018, was recognised as being an outstanding contribution to the ATLAS collaboration in the context of a PhD thesis. At present, he is a fellow at the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN).

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Searches for the Supersymmetric Partner of the Top Quark, Dark Matter and Dark Energy at the ATLAS Experiment

  • Authors: Nicolas Maximilian Köhler

  • Series Title: Springer Theses

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-25988-4

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-25987-7Published: 24 September 2019

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-25990-7Published: 24 September 2020

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-25988-4Published: 13 September 2019

  • Series ISSN: 2190-5053

  • Series E-ISSN: 2190-5061

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 263

  • Number of Illustrations: 218 b/w illustrations, 164 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory, Cosmology, Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics

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eBook USD 84.99
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Softcover Book USD 109.99
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