Measurement of the inclusive jet cross section

Project Information

JET X SECTION

Grant agreement ID: 252986

Project closed

Start date 1 September 2010

End date 31 August 2012

Funded under

• Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013)

Total cost € 174 770,80

EU contribution € 174 770,80

Coordinated by

ORGANISATION EUROPEENNE POUR LA RECHERCHE NUCLEAIRE
Switzerland

Objective

The goal of this proposal is to contribute to the measurement of the inclusive jet cross section in the ATLAS detector at 10TeV using the proton-proton collisions of the LHC. The aim is to profit my experience in the US with jet calibration and bring it to Europe. In addition the wide experience of the CERN scientists in the field will help me to boost my career as a physicist. The work plan is first to focus in the jet trigger efficiencies and to set the global scale using the luminosity provided by the accelerator. The jet scale would be a simple Pt correction with a big uncertainty. In a second phase weighting techniques will be used to optimize the resolution. These are based in the identification of hadronic and electromagnetic depositions and apply weights on an event by event basis to correct the calorimeter non compensation. In each of the two stages the measurement will be compared with the standard model prediction. Finally the last phase is a fine tuning of the whole process using more refined techniques for resolution improvement and better measurement of the luminosity. The measurement of the inclusive jet cross section is a key measurement to understand the parton distribution functions and explore new physics as quark compositeness or extra dimensions while being a background of almost any measurement or search at the LHC.

Fields of science (EuroSciVoc)

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• natural sciences › physical sciences › theoretical physics › particle physics › quarks

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Programme(s)

• FP7-PEOPLE - Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013)

Topic(s)

• FP7-PEOPLE-2009-IIF - Marie Curie Action: "International Incoming Fellowships"

Call for proposal

FP7-PEOPLE-2009-IIF
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Funding Scheme

MC-IIF - International Incoming Fellowships (IIF)

Coordinator

ORGANISATION EUROPEENNE POUR LA RECHERCHE NUCLEAIRE

• EU contribution: € 174 770,80
• Address: ESPLANADE DES PARTICULES 1 PARCELLE 11482 DE MEYRIN BATIMENT CADASTRAL 1046 ; 1211 Meyrin ; Switzerland
• Region: Schweiz/Suisse/Svizzera › Région lémanique › Genève
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Total cost: No data