The Tevatron Energy Doubler: A Superconducting Accelerator

Edwards, H.

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“…The Tevatron [24] In tt production at this pp collision energy, about 85% of the time a quark from the proton interacts with an antiquark from the antiproton, while the rest of the time the fundamental interaction is between two gluons [26]. From this data, members of the DØ collaboration reconstruct and measure the properties of the initial, inter-mediate, and final-state particles participating in the collision events.…”

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Searches for Lorentz Violation in Top-Quark Production and Decay at Hadron Colliders

Whittington

2012

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AcknowledgmentsThe journey to reach this point has been long but rewarding. Physics has proven to be a challenging subject, and the experience has rewarded me with rich new perspectives on the world and its workings. I owe many thanks to a number of people who have provided valuable contributions to my growth as a physicist. First and foremost among my colleagues, I wish to thank my thesis advisor HalEvans. His contagious enthusiasm for particle physics propelled me through several periods of doldrums during my graduate studies. He has been an example to look toward time and again, both as a researcher and teacher. I look forward to my career in physics with confidence thanks in large part to his guidance. PrefaceThis document is the culmination of my graduate education in physics. It is a summary of the motivation, methods, and results of the analysis I conducted at experiments using the world's two largest particle accelerators. Out of necessity for efficient communication of the methods and results there will be judicious use of moderately advanced analytical and computational mathematics. However, for the casual reader (my family and friends), as well as for the introductory graduate student (whose daunting learning curve I remember well), I endeavor at every point to include a clear written description of each step. The introduction is intended to be useful for the graduate student beginning his or her career, while still remaining accessible to the non-scientist with an interest in particle physics and the research discussed herein. Why study physics?There seems to be a general perception that to study physics is to tackle one of the most difficult disciplines in academia. For this reason, many prospective young students seem to find themselves averted from the idea. It is true that the material is difficult, in large part because of the daunting mathematical skills required to arrive at formal results. Nonetheless, it is a worthwhile subject to pursue. Even an viii introduction to the fundamental concepts of physics bestows unique and valuable new perspectives. As Carl Sagan put it, "The cosmos is rich beyond measure -in elegant facts, in exquisite interrelationships, in the subtle machinery of awe."1 As one delves further into the intricacies of physics, more of this complex beauty is revealed.When one understands how physical phenomena operate at the general level, they There is also much to be gained by pushing the boundaries of knowledge and studying the advanced frontiers of pure physics. Researchers continue to probe deeper into big questions about the nature of the universe. Particle physicists are designing ever grander experiments in an effort to discover the fundamental constituents of x matter. Cutting-edge accelerator facilities are producing energy densities consistent with the earliest moments after the big bang, seeking to find the origin of mass, extra dimensions of space, or new fundamental forces. This is an exciting time to be involved in physics research.xi Denver W. Whittington SEARC...

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“…This chapter seeks to provide a basic overview of the accelerator and detector. More detailed information can be found in references [24]- [25].…”

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Searches for Lorentz Violation in Top-Quark Production and Decay at Hadron Colliders

Whittington

2012

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“…How the Tevatron accelerates these particles is extremely interesting, important, and will not be described here in any detail. It has been described by others in [17]. I provide a standard schematic of it in Fig.…”

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Search for new physics coupling to the Z boson

Scott¹

2007

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“…The UA2 experiment made the first measurement of the W -boson mass at a relative precision below 1% [6]. The CDF [7] and DØ [8] experiments at the Fermilab TeVatron [9], another pp collider, were the first to push the precision to the 0.1% level. More recently, measurements made at the CERN e + e − -collider, LEP, by the Aleph [10], Delphi [11], L3 [12], and Opal [13] experiments, have also reached relative precisions of 0.1%.…”

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Precision Measurements of the W Boson Mass

Glenzinski

Heintz

2000

Annu. Rev. Nucl. Part. Sci.

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The Standard Model of electroweak interactions has had great success in describing the observed data over the last three decades. The precision of experimental measurements affords tests of the Standard Model at the quantum loop level beyond leading order. Despite this great success it is important to continue confronting experimental measurements with the Standard Model predictions as any deviation would signal new physics. As a fundamental parameter of the Standard Model, the mass of the W -boson, MW , is of particular importance. Aside from being an important test of the SM itself, a precision measurement of MW can be used to constrain the mass of the Higgs boson, MH . In this article we review the principal experimental techniques for determining MW and discuss their combination into a single precision MW measurement, which is then used to yield constraints on MH . We conclude by briefly discussing future prospects for precision measurements of the W -boson mass.

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The Tevatron Energy Doubler: A Superconducting Accelerator

Cited by 69 publications

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Searches for Lorentz Violation in Top-Quark Production and Decay at Hadron Colliders

Searches for Lorentz Violation in Top-Quark Production and Decay at Hadron Colliders

Search for new physics coupling to the Z boson

Precision Measurements of the W Boson Mass

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