Sipica, Valentin: Prospects for measuring the branching ratio of the rare B 0 s my + my - decay with the ATLAS experimentPerspektiven der Messung der Zerfallsrate des seltenen Zerfalls B 0 s my + my - mit dem ATLAS-Experiment. 2011
Inhalt
- Abstract
- Contents
- Introduction
- Rare Decays of B-Mesons in Theory and Experiment
- Standard Model of Particle Physics
- Bs(d)0 +- in the Standard Model
- Bs0 +- in New Physics Models
- Experimental Evidence
- The ATLAS Experiment
- The Large Hadron Collider
- The ATLAS Detector
- Luminosity Determination at ATLAS
- Trigger System
- ATLAS Computing Infrastructure
- The Strategy for the Study of Rare Leptonic B Decays
- Data Samples
- Monte Carlo Production
- Review of Data Samples
- Event Generation
- Event Simulation
- Digitisation
- Event Reconstruction
- Study of the Acceptance Ratio
- Procedure for Determining the Acceptance Ratio
- b-quark Fragmentation Ratio
- Determining the Cross Section Ratio
- Trigger Studies
- Trigger Efficiency Determination
- Trigger Efficiency as a Function of Kinematic Variables
- Alternative Trigger Scenarios
- Offline Event Selection
- Reconstruction of Bs0 and B+ Candidates
- Trigger Selection
- Baseline Selection
- Cut Based Selection
- Event Selection in the Reference Channel
- Determination of Efficiencies
- Trigger Efficiency
- Reconstruction Efficiency
- Baseline Selection Efficiency
- Cut Selection Efficiency
- Summary of Efficiency Calculation
- Analysis of the Background Sample
- Prospects for Measuring the Bs0 +- Branching Ratio
- Exclusion Limit Calculation
- Upper Limit Estimates on the Branching Ratio
- Cut Optimisation
- Sensitivity to the Bs0 +-Branching Ratio
- Summary
- Summary
- Kinematic Truth Variables of Generated Data Samples
- Kinematic Variables Used in the Acceptance Studies
- Estimating Systematic Uncertainties due to Correlations Between Selection Variables
- Procedure for Determining Uncertainties
- Preserving the Correlations
- Transformation to a Gaussian Shape
- Toy Monte Carlo Simulation
- Efficiency Study
- Upper Limit on the Bs0 +- Branching Ratio as a Function of the Integrated Luminosity
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Bibliography
- Acknowledgment