Prompt photons at the LHC : selection, measurements of single- and di-photon production cross sections, and Higgs boson searches with the ATLAS detector

This document, prepared to obtain the "Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches", is a compendium of the photon-related analysis activities I carried on within ATLAS in the past four years and a half. The activities I will describe can be broadly classified into three categories: optimization...

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Main Author: Marchiori, Giovanni
Language:English
Published: Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris VI 2013
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Online Access:http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00919608
http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/docs/00/91/96/08/PDF/HDR.pdf