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Fundamental Interactions : Proceedings of the 21st Lake Louise Winter Institute.
Title:
Fundamental Interactions : Proceedings of the 21st Lake Louise Winter Institute.
Author:
Astbury, Alan.
ISBN:
9789812772541
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (396 pages)
Contents:
CONTENTS -- Preface -- Making Precision Measurements at Hadron Colliders: Two Lectures -- Lecture I: The Electroweak Scale: Top, the W and Z, and the Higgs via Mw and Mtop -- 1. Introduction and Purpose -- 2. Problems in Making Precision Measurements -- 3. Some History and Cultural Background -- 4. The Tevatron and the LHC -- 5. The Anatomy of Detectors at Hadron Collider: Basics -- 6. Calibration Techniques: CDF as an Example -- 7. W and Z°Production as PDF Probes -- 8. 'QCD'- Jet Production, Quark and Gluons, ISR, FSR -- 9. Min Bias, Zero Bias, and the UEV: 'Soft' Physics -- 10. The MTop - Mw Plane and the Higgs Mass -- 11. Measuring the Top Quark Mass and Cross-section -- 12. Theoretical Motivation and Experimental Caution -- 13. Direct Search for the Higgs -- 14. Precision Measurements in B Physics -- 15. Expert Topics: Challenges for Students -- 16. Summary -- 17. Acknowledgments -- References -- Evidence for a Quark-Gluon Plasma at RHIC -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Large Energy and Particle Densities Created at RHIC -- 3. Observation of Strong Elliptic Flow at RHIC -- 4. Is the System Thermalized? -- 5. Suppression of Large Transverse Momentum Particles -- 6. Effects of Jet Quenching on Azimuthal Correlations -- 7. J/ψ -- 8. Summary and Conclusions -- References -- Fundamental Experiments at Low Energies -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Symmetry tests by low-energy experiments -- CPT invariance and parity violation -- Electric Dipole Moment -- Absolute mass of the neutrino -- Scalar or Tensor Contributions to Weak Interaction -- Unitarity of the CKM Matrix -- Test of QED and Fundamental Constants -- Conclusion -- References -- Neutrino Physics: A Selective Overview -- 1. Neutrinos In The Standard Model -- 2. Phenomenology Of Neutrino Oscillation -- 3. Evidence For Neutrino Flavour Oscillation.

4. Future Directions In Neutrino Oscillation -- 5. Altering The Standard Model To Accommodate Neutrino Mass -- 6. Determining The Absolute Mass Scale Of Neutrinos -- 7. Conclusions -- References -- Low-Energy Tests of the Standard Model -- 1. Lecture I -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Effective field theory approach -- 1.3. Standard Model as an effective field theory -- 1.4. MSSM as an effective theory -- 2. Lecture II -- 2.1. Different types of EDMs -- 2.2. Anatomy of EDMs -- 2.3. EDMs and SUSY -- 3. Conclusions -- References -- Charged Particle Multiplicities in Ultra-Relativistic AU+AU and CU+CU Collisions -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Multiplicity at mid-rapidity -- 3. System size dependence -- 4. Summary -- References -- Standard Model Physics at CMS -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Top Quark Physics -- 3. Gauge Boson Couplings -- 4. Drell-Yan production of lepton pairs -- 5. B-Physics: Bs → μ+μ- -- 6. Conclusion -- References -- Recent Results in Diffractive ep Scattering at HERA -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Inclusive Diffraction -- 3. Diffractive Dijet and D* Production -- 4. Diffractive Vector Meson Production and DVCS -- References -- High-PT Suppression in Heavy Ion Collisions From the Brahms Experiment at RHIC -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The BRAHMS Experiment -- 3. Overview of High-PT suppression -- 4. Rcp results from CuCu -- 5. Summary -- References -- The Suppression of High PT Non-Photonic Electrons in AU+AU Collisions at at √SNN = 200 GEV at RHIC -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Electron identification in STAR -- 3. Non-photonic electron spectra and RAA -- 4. Conclusions -- References -- Direct CP Violation Results in K± → 3π± Decays from NA48/2 Experiment at CERN -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Beams and Detector -- 3. Measurement Method -- 4. Data Analysis -- 5. Result and Conclusions -- References.

Neutrino Astronomy at the South Pole -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Detection of high energy neutrinos in ice -- 3. Detector hardware -- 4. Research topics -- 5. Conclusions -- References -- Direct CP Violation in B Decays at BELLE -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Recent Direct CP violation measurements at Belle -- 3. Summary and Conclusions -- References -- Standard Model Physics With The ATLAS Early Data -- 1. Introduction -- 2. SM program with the ATLAS early data -- References -- Leptonic B Decays -- 1. B° → ℓ+ℓ- -- 2. B± → ℓ±vℓ -- 3. B° → invisible and B° → vvγ -- 4. Summary -- References -- Searches for the Higgs Boson in CMS -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Discovery Potential for the Standard Model Higgs Boson -- 3. Discovery Potential for the MSSM Higgs Bosons -- 4. Conclusions -- References -- New Physics at EP Collisions -- 1. Introduction -- 2. R-parity violating SUSY -- 3. Leptoquarks -- 4. General search for new physics -- 5. Isolated leptons -- 6. Multi-leptons -- 7. Conclusion -- Recent Electroweak Results From DØ -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Description of the DØ Detector -- 3. W and Z Cross Sections -- 4. Z boson rapidity -- 5. W Boson Width -- 6. Diboson Production -- 7. Conclusion -- References -- Search for Exotic Physics with ATLAS -- 1. Exotic Physics in ATLAS -- 2. Selected topics -- 3. Conclusion -- References -- Getting Ready for Physics at the LHC with the CMS Detector -- 1. Goals and Needs -- 2. The CMS Experiment -- 3. From Cosmic Rays to first LHC Collisions -- 4. Help from Others -- 5. Conclusions -- References -- W and Z Cross Section Measurement at CDF -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Cross section measurements -- 3. σ(pp → W) x BF(W → ev) in 1.2<

New Resonances and Spectroscopy at BELLE -- 1. Introduction -- 2. X(3872) -- 3. Z(3930) -- 4. Y(3940) -- 5. X(3940) -- References -- Cosmic Neutrinos Beyond the Standard Model -- References -- Lepton Flavor Violating τ Decays at BABAR -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The BABAR Detector at PEP II -- 3. Event Selection -- 4. Further τ± → μ±γ and τ± → e±γ Selection and Results -- 5. Further τ → ℓhh Selection and Results -- 6. Summary and Acknowledgement -- References -- Measurement of sin 2Φ1 in b → c and b → s Decays at Belle -- 1. Introduction -- 2. sin 2Φ1 from b → ccs decays -- 3. sin 2Φ1 from b → sqq penguin decays -- References -- DVCS Measurements with Nuclear Targets at HERMES -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The HERMES Experiment -- 3. The DVCS Measurements -- 4. Conclusion -- 5. Acknowledgments -- References -- Measurement of Forward-Backward Asymmetry in B → K*ℓ+ℓ at BELLE -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Measurement of Forward-Backward Asymmetry in B → K*ℓ+ℓ- -- 3. Conclusion -- References -- The Latest from MINOS -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Neutrinos at Fermilab -- 3. MINOS detectors -- 4. Charged Current (CC) analysis for vμ oscillation -- 5. Conclusion -- References -- Black Holes and Quasistable Remnants at the LHC -- 1. LXDs, black holes and quasi stable remnants -- 2. Discriminating quasi stable remnants from a final decay -- 3. Summary -- References -- Noncommutative Geometry and the Particle Content of the Universe -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Noncommutative geometry -- 3. Mildly noncommutative geometries -- 4. Conclusion -- References -- A Study of Mixing in the B0S - B0S System Using the DØ Detector -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Detector Description -- 3. Data sample -- 4. Flavor Tagging -- 5. Experimental Observables Ameasi -- 6. Amplitude method -- 7. Results and conclusions -- 8. Ackowledgments -- References.

Expected Physics Performance of the LHCB Experiment -- 1. Introduction -- 2. B0s mixing, phase and ∆Γs -- 3. The α phase -- 4. The γ phase -- 5. Rare decays -- 6. Conclusion -- References -- Isoscalar Extraction of ∆S in the Nucleon at HERMES from Semi-Inclusive DIS -- 1. Introduction -- 2. 5-flavor ∆q separation -- 3. Isoscalar Analysis -- 4. Conclusions -- References -- Electroweak Physics at HERA -- 1. Combined QCD and EW Fit of HERA I data -- 2. Polarised CC and NC cross sections from HERA II data -- 3. Single W± production in HERA I and HERA II data -- 4. Conclusions -- References -- Recent Results on Radiative Penguin and Leptonic B Decays at BABAR -- 1. B → Xsγ -- 2. B → K(*)ℓ+ℓ- -- 3. B+ → τ+v -- References -- The Cobra Double Beta Decay Experiment -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Current Status -- 3. The 64 Array -- 4. Future Plans -- References -- Proton Structure from HERA -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Direct determination of gluon PDF -- 3. Flavor decomposition of quark PDFs -- 4. PDFs at large Q² and large x -- 5. Summary -- References -- The LHCB Tracking System and Its Performance -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Tracking System -- 3. Tracking Strategy and Performance -- 4. Conclusion -- References -- New States at BABAR -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Investigation of the X(3872) -- 3. Inclusive charmonia in B decay -- 4. The Y(4260) -- References -- Measurement of the CKM Angle γ at BABAR: Status and Prospects. -- 1. Introduction -- 2. An Overview of Methods for the 7 Measurement -- 3. Alternative Paths to γ -- 4. Conclusions -- References -- Search for New Phenomena at the DØ Experiment -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Search for Associated Chargino/Neutralino Production -- 3. Search for Squarks and Gluinos in Jets and ET Topology -- 4. Search for Direct Production of Scalar Top and Bottom Quarks.

5. Search for Charged Massive Stable Particles (CMSP).
Abstract:
This proceedings volume contains the latest developments in particle physics in collider experiments. The contributions cover new results such as the production of quark-gluon plasma in the heavy-ion collider, the new techniques for precision measurement at low energies, and the status of neutrino physics at various laboratories including the new facilities that are at the planning stage. Sample Chapter(s). Chapter 1: Making Precision Measurements at Hadron Colliders: Two Lectures (1,408 KB). Contents: Making Precision Measurements at Hadron Colliders: Two Lectures (H J Frisch); Evidence for a Quark-Gluon Plasma at RHC (J Harris); Neutrino Physics: A Selective Overview (S Oser); Low-Energy Tests of the Standard Model (M Pospelov); Leptonic B Decays (M-C Chang); Cosmic Neutrinos Beyond the Standard Model (U Harbach); Proton Structure from HERA (K Nagano); New Phenomena Searches at CDF (A Soha); Electroweak Results at LEP2 (P Spagnolo); and other papers. Readership: Graduate students, academics and researchers in particle and nuclear physics.
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