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Title: | Measurements of simplified template cross sections in the H→WW* decay and interpretations with effective field theory | ||||||
Author: | Zemaityte, Gabija |
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0000 0004 8507 0402
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Awarding Body: | University of Oxford | ||||||
Current Institution: | University of Oxford | ||||||
Date of Award: | 2019 | ||||||
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This thesis discusses the measurement of the Higgs boson production cross-sections in the H→WW*→ eυμυ decay channel and the Effective Field Theory (EFT) interpretations of combined Higgs boson measurements. The results are obtained using 36 fb-1 proton-proton collision data produced at the Large Hadron Collider at a centre-of-mass energy of 13 TeV, and recorded by the ATLAS detector in 2015 and 2016. The measured H→WW* cross-sections are defined within the Simplified Template Cross Sections (STXS) framework, where the gluon-gluon fusion (ggF) and vector boson fusion production modes are studied. In the case of the ggF production mode the cross-sections are measured as a function of transverse momentum and number of jets. With the H→WW* measurements high transverse momentum can be accessed, which is sensitive to new physics. Seven cross-section measurements with the STXS framework are perfomed using the H→WW* decay. This thesis also presents the first ATLAS EFT interpretation of combined Higgs boson data in H→γγ and H→ΖΖ* →4l channels. Finally, the EFT interpretation is also performed including measurements from the H→γγ, H→ΖΖ* → 4l, and H→WW* channels. The constraints are obtained on the EFT parameters sensitive to modifications of the Higgs boson couplings to strong and electroweak gauge bosons, and to the top quark.
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Supervisor: | Becker, Kathrin ; Issever, Cigdem | Sponsor: | Clarendon Fund | ||||
Qualification Name: | Thesis (Ph.D.) | Qualification Level: | Doctoral | ||||
EThOS ID: | uk.bl.ethos.799962 | DOI: | Not available | ||||
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