This document investigates experimental and theoretical issues relating to the detection of physics beyond the Standard Model using the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS). First, the structure of the CMS detector is reviewed. Particular attention is paid to the hardware and software components of the pixel tracking system. A description is presented of the algorithms that are used to reconstruct physics objects such as electrons and jets. Next, theoretical motivations are given for seeking new physics processes in the energy regime that is accessible by CMS. Two different theories, the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model and the Littlest Higgs model with T-parity, are introduced as extensions of the Standard Model. Their experimental signatures are considered, and a technique for discriminating between them using CMS observations is studied with Monte Carlo computer simulations. The remainder of the document focuses on a search for evidence of a new physics signature using CMS events that contain two electrons, two jets, and large missing transverse energy. A data-driven technique for estimating the QCD background due to fake electrons is developed, tested, and applied to this channel. The other background estimates are obtained from Monte Carlo simulations, and several sources of systematic uncertainty are surveyed. A correction factor to the Monte Carlo backgrounds is calculated from the electron recon- struction efficiencies in data and in simulation, which are measured using a tag and probe procedure. A statistical model is developed for propagating all of the background uncertainties to the calculation of the signal. Both Bayesian and semi-frequentist measures of significance are considered. The expected value of the signal is s = 0.238 ± 0.996 (stat) ± 0.304 (sys) events, and its 95% confidence interval is [0, 4.4].

The BU CMS group led by PI Tulika Bose has made several significant contributions to the CMS trigger and to the analysis of the data collected by the CMS experiment. Group members have played a leading role in the optimization of trigger algorithms, the development of trigger menus, and the online operation of the CMS High-Level Trigger. The group's data analysis projects have concentrated on a broad spectrum of topics that take full advantage of their strengths in jets and calorimetry, trigger, lepton identification as well as their considerable experience in hadron collider physics. Their publications cover several searches for new heavy gauge bosons, vector-like quarks as well as diboson resonances.

The handbook centers on detection techniques in the field of particle physics, medical imaging and related subjects. It is structured into three parts. The first one is dealing with basic ideas of particle detectors, followed by applications of these devices in high energy physics and other fields. In the last part the large field of medical imaging using similar detection techniques is described. The different chapters of the book are written by world experts in their field. Clear instructions on the detection techniques and principles in terms of relevant operation parameters for scientists and graduate students are given.Detailed tables and diagrams will make this a very useful handbook for the application of these techniques in many different fields like physics, medicine, biology and other areas of natural science.

This second open access volume of the handbook series deals with detectors, large experimental facilities and data handling, both for accelerator and non-accelerator based experiments. It also covers applications in medicine and life sciences. A joint CERN-Springer initiative, the "Particle Physics Reference Library" provides revised and updated contributions based on previously published material in the well-known Landolt-Boernstein series on particle physics, accelerators and detectors (volumes 21A, B1,B2,C), which took stock of the field approximately one decade ago. Central to this new initiative is publication under full open access

Oliver Pooth describes the silicon strip tracker of the CMS detector and discusses methods of quality control that are new to the field of particle detector physics. These methods were established to guarantee a uniform behaviour of all detector modules which were built and tested in various places worldwide.

This book provides a general description of the search for and discovery of the Higgs boson (particle) at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider. The goal is to provide a relatively brief overview of the issues, instruments and techniques relevant for this search; written by a physicist who was directly involved. The Higgs boson mat be the one particle that was studied the most before its discovery and the story from postulation in 1964 to detection in 2012 is a fascinating one. The story is told here while detailing the fundamentals of particle physics.

This book describes the fundamentals of particle detectors as well as their applications. Detector development is an important part of nuclear, particle and astroparticle physics, and through its applications in radiation imaging, it paves the way for advancements in the biomedical and materials sciences. Knowledge in detector physics is one of the required skills of an experimental physicist in these fields. The breadth of knowledge required for detector development comprises many areas of physics and technology, starting from interactions of particles with matter, gas- and solid-state physics, over charge transport and signal development, to elements of microelectronics. The book's aim is to describe the fundamentals of detectors and their different variants and implementations as clearly as possible and as deeply as needed for a thorough understanding. While this comprehensive opus contains all the materials taught in experimental particle physics lectures or modules addressing detector physics at the Master's level, it also goes well beyond these basic requirements. This is an essential text for students who want to deepen their knowledge in this field. It is also a highly useful guide for lecturers and scientists looking for a starting point for detector development work.