Search for a standart model Higgs Boson in CMS via vector boson fusion in the H-WW-lvlv channel and optimization of energy reconstruction in CMS using test beam 2006 data

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One of the goals of the LHC is to test the existence of the Higgs Boson. This thesis presents a study of the potential to discover the Standard Model Higgs boson in the vector boson fusion (VBF) channel for the Higgs mass range 120-200 GeV/c2. The decay of Higgs bosons into WW* final state with both W-bosons decaying leptonically is considered. The main backgrounds are tt_+j and W+W-jj. This study, based on a full simulation of the CMS detector at the LHC, shows that a 5(Sigma) discovery can be done with an integrated luminosity of 12-72 fb-1 for 130-200 GeV/c2 Higgs bosons. Due to the uncertainties in the backgrounds, it is important to measure the backgrounds from data. This study shows that the major background can be measured directly to 7% with 30 fb-1. After discovering the Higgs boson mass using transverse mass template distributions is investigated in the VBF channel. The performance of the combined CMS electromagnetic and hadronic calorimeters (EB+HB) was measured at the H2 test beam at the CERN SPS during 2006 with various partivles in a large momentum range, 1-350 GeV/c. Another major contribution of this thesis is developing the method to optimize the energy reconstruction for the combined EB+HB system with which the corrected responses become 100% with 6% fluctuation and the stochastic resolution is improved from 111% to 94%.
Higgs bosons., Elementary Particle Physics.
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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/17289
Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences, Thesis

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E. Yazgan, “Search for a standart model Higgs Boson in CMS via vector boson fusion in the H-WW-lvlv channel and optimization of energy reconstruction in CMS using test beam 2006 data,” Ph.D. - Doctoral Program, Middle East Technical University, 2007.
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