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    Radiation Hard Hybrid Pixel Detectors, and a bbbar Cross Section Measurement at the CMS Experiment

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    2013-05-31
    Author
    Sibille, Jennifer Ann
    Publisher
    University of Kansas
    Format
    236 pages
    Type
    Dissertation
    Degree Level
    Ph.D.
    Discipline
    Physics & Astronomy
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    Abstract
    Measurements of heavy flavor quark production at hadron colliders provide a good test of the perturbative quantum chromodynamics (pQCD) theory. It is also essential to have a good understanding of the heavy quark production in the search for new physics. Heavy quarks contribute to backgrounds and signals in measurements of higher mass objects, such as the Higgs boson. A key component to each of these measurements is good vertex resolution. In order to ensure reliable operation of the pixel detector, as well as confidence in the results of analyses utilizing it, it is important to study the effects of the radiation on the detector. In the first part of this dissertation, the design of the CMS silicon pixel detector is described. Emphasis is placed on the effects of the high radiation environment on the detector operation. Measurements of the charge collection efficiency, interpixel capacitance, and other properties of the pixel sensors as a function of the radiation damage are presented. In the second part, a measurement of the inclusive bbbar production cross section using the b → μ D0 X, D0 → K π decay chain with data from the CMS experiment at the LHC is presented. The data were recorded with the CMS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider (CERN) in 2010 using unprescaled single muon triggers corresponding to a total luminosity of 25 pb-1. The differential cross section is measured for pT(μ D0) > 6 GeV/c and |η| 6 GeV/c and |η| +0.28-0.25(sys.) ± 0.17(B) ± 0.23(L) μb.
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    http://hdl.handle.net/1808/12283
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