This thesis presents the measurement of the inclusive jet cross section using data collected in 2010 by the ATLAS detector, with a particular focus on the reconstruction and calibration techniques used for jets in this measurement and on the estimate of the systematic uncertainty on their energy scale. The inclusive jet cross section measurement is used as input to fits of parton distribution functions. Although the PDF analysis in this thesis is preliminary and its main purpose is to serve as a proof of principle for future studies, improvements in the knowledge of the gluon density are observed thanks to the inclusion of ATLAS data.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:bl.uk/oai:ethos.bl.uk:589630 |
| Date | January 2012 |
| Creators | Doglioni, Caterina |
| Contributors | Cooper-Sarkar, Amanda |
| Publisher | University of Oxford |
| Source Sets | Ethos UK |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Source | http://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-30538-2 |
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