Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Physics, 2011. / Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-173). / Charged-hadron pseudorapidity densities and multiplicity distributions in protonproton collisions at [the square root of sigma] = 0.9, 2.36, 7.0 TeV were measured with the inner tracking system of the CMS detector at the LHC. The charged-hadron yield was obtained by counting the number of hit-pairs (tracklets). The charged-particle multiplicity per unit of pseudorapidity dNch/d[eta] [eta]<0.5 at [the square root of sigma] = 7.0 TeV is 5.78 i 0.01(stat.) i 0.23(syst.) for nonsingle- diffractive events, higher than predicted by commonly used models. The relative increase in charged-particle multiplicity from [the square root of sigma] = 0.9 to 7 TeV is 66.1% ± 1.0%(stat.) ± 4.2%(syst.) and strong KNO violation is observed in the multiplicity distributions. Results are compared with low energy measurements. / by Yen-Jie Lee. / Ph.D.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:MIT/oai:dspace.mit.edu:1721.1/68876 |
| Date | January 2011 |
| Creators | Lee, Yen-Jie |
| Contributors | Wit Busza., Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Physics., Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Physics. |
| Publisher | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Source Sets | M.I.T. Theses and Dissertation |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | 189, [1], xv, 19, 14 p., application/pdf |
| Rights | M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission., http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 |
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