Search for Weakly-interacting Long-lived Particles in Proton-Proton Collisions at sqrt(s) = 8 TeV with the ATLAS Detector

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dc.contributor.advisorWatts, Gordon Ten_US
dc.contributor.authorHarris, Orin Michaelen_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-07-25T17:53:47Z
dc.date.available2013-07-25T17:53:47Z
dc.date.issued2013-07-25
dc.date.submitted2013en_US
dc.descriptionThesis (Ph.D.)--University of Washington, 2013en_US
dc.description.abstractA search for the decay of a light Higgs boson to a pair of weakly-interacting, long-lived particles in 20.8 fb-1 of proton-proton collisions at sqrt(s) = 8 TeV recorded in 2012 by the ATLAS detector is presented. The strategy requires that both of the long-lived particles decay just before or inside the hadronic calorimeter. No statistically significant excess of events is observed above the expected background and limits on the Higgs boson production and branching ratio to weakly-interacting, long-lived particles are derived as a function of the particle's proper decay length.en_US
dc.embargo.termsNo embargoen_US
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dc.identifier.otherHarris_washington_0250E_12018.pdfen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1773/23563
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.rightsCopyright is held by the individual authors.en_US
dc.subjectATLAS; Hidden Valley; Higgs; High Energy Physics; LHC; Long-Lived Particleen_US
dc.subject.otherPhysicsen_US
dc.subject.otherphysicsen_US
dc.titleSearch for Weakly-interacting Long-lived Particles in Proton-Proton Collisions at sqrt(s) = 8 TeV with the ATLAS Detectoren_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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