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By John Alison

The examine awarded right here contains vital contributions at the commissioning of the ATLAS scan and the invention of the Higgs boson. The thesis describes crucial paintings at the alignment of the interior tracker through the commissioning of the scan and improvement of the electron identity set of rules. the following research makes a speciality of the hunt for the Higgs boson within the WW channel, together with the improvement of a style to version the severe W+jet heritage. moreover, the thesis presents first-class introductions, appropriate for non-specialists, to Higgs physics, to the LHC, and to the ATLAS experiment.

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