The production of direct photons in association with jets can be used to probe gluon parton distribution functions as well as to test perturbative Quantum Chromodynamics. This thesis presents the measurement of the triple differential cross section for photon plus jet evehts as a function of photon transverse momentum (pɣT), photon pseudorapidity (ηɣ), and jet pseudorapidity (ηjet). The measurement is made using 19.7 fb⁻¹ of data collected by the Compact Muon Solenoid detector in proton-proton collisions at the center-of-mass energy of 8 TeV. The kinematic regions probed are 40 [less than] pɣT [less than] 1000 GeV, |ηɣ| [less than] 2.5 and |ηjet| [less than] 2.5. These results are compared to next-to-leading order theoretical predictions. / A Dissertation submitted to the Department of Physics in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. / Summer Semester 2016. / June 3, 2016. / Includes bibliographical references. / Andrew Askew, Professor Co-Directing Dissertation; Susan Blessing, Professor Co-Directing Dissertation; Qing-Xiang Sang, University Representative; Todd Adams, Committee Member; Joseph Owens, Committee Member; Jorge Piekarewicz, Committee Member.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_366078 |
| Contributors | Khatiwada, Ajeeta (authoraut), Askew, Andrew (professor co-directing dissertation), Blessing, Susan K., 1961- (professor co-directing dissertation), Sang, Qing-Xiang Amy (university representative), Adams, Todd (committee member), Owens, Joseph F. (committee member), Piekarewicz, Jorge, 1956- (committee member), Florida State University (degree granting institution), College of Arts and Sciences (degree granting college), Department of Physics (degree granting department) |
| Publisher | Florida State University, Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English, English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, text |
| Format | 1 online resource (231 pages), computer, application/pdf |
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