Monte Carlo simulation of particle production and decay at high-energy colliders
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- Detecting and understanding new physics at the LHC and other future colliders depends on having an understanding of what kinds of signals to look for above the Standard Model background. Event generators are used to simulate the physics events we can expect to see at these colliders and facilitate the search for and analysis of interesting signals. In this thesis we discuss the pandora event generator and its use for generating collider events with Beyond the Standard Model particles and their decays. First we will describe the physics fundamental to event generators, the particular philosophy behind the pandora generator, and how it compares to other available tools. Second, we will discuss how that particular philosophy was implemented and how the implementation facilitates incorporating new BSM physics. Finally we will discuss several physics results generated using pandora, displaying its various features.
Description
| Type of resource | text |
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| Form | electronic; electronic resource; remote |
| Extent | 1 online resource. |
| Publication date | 2010 |
| Issuance | monographic |
| Language | English |
Creators/Contributors
| Associated with | Davenport, Michael Edmund |
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| Associated with | Stanford University, Department of Physics |
| Primary advisor | Peskin, Michael Edward, 1951- |
| Thesis advisor | Peskin, Michael Edward, 1951- |
| Thesis advisor | Hewett, JoAnne L |
| Thesis advisor | Kachru, Shamit, 1970- |
| Advisor | Hewett, JoAnne L |
| Advisor | Kachru, Shamit, 1970- |
Subjects
| Genre | Theses |
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Bibliographic information
| Statement of responsibility | Michael Edmund Davenport. |
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| Note | Submitted to the Department of Physics. |
| Thesis | Thesis (Ph.D.)--Stanford University, 2010. |
| Location | electronic resource |
Access conditions
- Copyright
- © 2010 by Michael Edmund Davenport
- License
- This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 3.0 Unported license (CC BY-NC).
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