The Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) Experiment operates at the Large Hadron Collider
(LHC) which is the highest energy particle accelerator in the world. CMS is a general purpose
detector designed to investigate a wide range of physics, including the search for the Higgs
boson. The measurement of photon production in the CMS experiment is crucial since it
represents an irreducible background for many new physics searches, such as decay of Higgs
to two photon, supersymmetry and extra-dimensions. The study of beam halo contamination
is important for the correct measurement of photon production. This thesis presents a way
to identify and remove this contamination by using the timing and the shower shape of the
photons.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:METU/oai:etd.lib.metu.edu.tr:http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12613584/index.pdf |
| Date | 01 September 2011 |
| Creators | Yildirim, Eda |
| Contributors | Guler, Ali Murat |
| Publisher | METU |
| Source Sets | Middle East Technical Univ. |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | M.S. Thesis |
| Format | text/pdf |
| Rights | To liberate the content for public access |
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