The potential for probing the Standard Model of elementary particle physics by measuring
the interactions of W -bosons with Z0-bosons and photons (WW
and WWZ
triple gauge-boson couplings) using TeV-scale proton-proton collisions is described in
the context of the ATLAS detector at the 14 TeV Large Hadron Collider (LHC).
The ATLAS detector and LHC are currently under construction at the European
Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), with the rst data expected in 2006.
New analysis techniques are presented in this thesis: (1) A new strategy for placing
limits on the consistency of measured anomalous triple gauge-boson coupling parameters
with the Standard Model is presented. The strategy removes the ambiguities of
form factors, by reporting the limits as a function of a cuto operating on the diboson
system invariant mass. (2) The `optimal observables' analysis strategy is investigated
in the context of hadron colliders, and found to be not competitive, as compared to
other strategies. (3) Techniques for measuring the energy dependence of anomalous
couplings are presented .. . / Graduate / 0798
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:uvic.ca/oai:dspace.library.uvic.ca:1828/4581 |
| Date | 30 April 2013 |
| Creators | Dobbs, Matthew |
| Contributors | Lefebvre, Michel |
| Source Sets | University of Victoria |
| Language | English, English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | Available to the World Wide Web |
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