Measurement of the Top Quark Mass in the Dilepton Final State Using the Matrix Element Method

The top quark, discovered in 1995 at the Fermilab Tevatron Collider, is the heaviest known elementary particle. The precise knowledge of its mass yields important constraints on the mass of the as-yet-undiscovered Higgs boson and allows one to probe for physics beyond the Standard Model. With an exc...

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Main Author: Grohsjean, Alexander
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2010, 2010
Edition:1st ed. 2010
Series:Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research
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