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Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory
Zhao **-Shan
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Open AccessPerformance of the ATLAS detector using first collision data
More than half a million minimum-bias events of LHC collision data were collected by the ATLAS experiment in December 2009 at centre-of-mass energies of 0.9 TeV and 2.36 TeV. This paper reports on studies of t...
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Open AccessDrift Time Measurement in the ATLAS Liquid Argon Electromagnetic Calorimeter using Cosmic Muons
The ionization signals in the liquid argon of the ATLAS electromagnetic calorimeter are studied in detail using cosmic muons. In particular, the drift time of the ionization electrons is measured and used to a...
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Open AccessReadiness of the ATLAS liquid argon calorimeter for LHC collisions
The ATLAS liquid argon calorimeter has been operating continuously since August 2006. At this time, only part of the calorimeter was readout, but since the beginning of 2008, all calorimeter cells have been co...
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Open AccessReadiness of the ATLAS Tile Calorimeter for LHC collisions
The Tile hadronic calorimeter of the ATLAS detector has undergone extensive testing in the experimental hall since its installation in late 2005. The readout, control and calibration systems have been fully op...
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Open AccessThe ATLAS Inner Detector commissioning and calibration
The ATLAS Inner Detector is a composite tracking system consisting of silicon pixels, silicon strips and straw tubes in a 2 T magnetic field. Its installation was completed in August 2008 and the detector took...
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Open AccessCommissioning of the ATLAS Muon Spectrometer with cosmic rays
The ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider has collected several hundred million cosmic ray events during 2008 and 2009. These data were used to commission the Muon Spectrometer and to study the performan...
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Open AccessThe ATLAS Simulation Infrastructure
The simulation software for the ATLAS Experiment at the Large Hadron Collider is being used for large-scale production of events on the LHC Computing Grid. This simulation requires many components, from the ge...
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Open AccessMeasurement of the W → ℓν and Z/γ * → ℓℓ production cross sections in proton-proton collisions at \( \sqrt {s} = 7\;{\text{TeV}} \) with the ATLAS detector
First measurements of the W → ℓν and Z/γ * → ℓℓ (ℓ = e, μ) production cross sections in proton-proton collisions at
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Open AccessMeasurement of inclusive jet and dijet cross sections in proton-proton collisions at 7 TeV centre-of-mass energy with the ATLAS detector
Jet cross sections have been measured for the first time in proton-proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 7 TeV using the ATLAS detector. The measurement uses an integrated luminosity of 17 nb−1 recorded...
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Open AccessStudies of the performance of the ATLAS detector using cosmic-ray muons
Muons from cosmic-ray interactions in the atmosphere provide a high-statistics source of particles that can be used to study the performance and calibration of the ATLAS detector. Cosmic-ray muons can penetrat...
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Open AccessLuminosity determination in pp collisions at \(\sqrt{s} = 7\) TeV using the ATLAS detector at the LHC
Measurements of luminosity obtained using the ATLAS detector during early running of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at \(\sqrt{s} = 7\) ...
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Open AccessMeasurements of underlying-event properties using neutral and charged particles in pp collisions at \(\sqrt{s}=900\) GeV and \(\sqrt{s}=7\) TeV with the ATLAS detector at the LHC
We present first measurements of charged and neutral particle-flow correlations in pp collisions using the ATLAS calorimeters. Data were collected in 2009 and 2010 at centre-of-mass energies of 900 GeV and 7 TeV....
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Open AccessMeasurement of dijet production with a veto on additional central jet activity in pp collisions at \( \sqrt {s} = 7 \) TeV using the ATLAS detector
A measurement of jet activity in the rapidity interval bounded by a dijet system is presented. Events are vetoed if a jet with transverse momentum greater than 20 GeV is found between the two boundary jets. Th...
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Open AccessMeasurement of Wγ and Zγ production in proton-proton collisions at \( \sqrt {s} = 7 \) TeV with the ATLAS detector
We present studies of W and Z bosons with associated high energy photons produced in pp collisions at \( \sqrt {s} = 7 \) ...
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Open AccessLimits on the production of the standard model Higgs boson in pp collisions at \(\sqrt{s} = 7\) TeV with the ATLAS detector
A search for the Standard Model Higgs boson at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) running at a centre-of-mass energy of 7 TeV is reported, based on a total integrated luminosity of up to 40 pb−1 collected by the ATL...
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Open AccessInclusive search for same-sign dilepton signatures in pp collisions at \( \sqrt {s} = 7 \) TeV with the ATLAS detector
An inclusive search is presented for new physics in events with two isolated leptons (e or μ) having the same electric charge. The data are selected from events collected from pp collisions at
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Open AccessMeasurement of multi-jet cross sections in proton–proton collisions at a 7 TeV center-of-mass energy
Inclusive multi-jet production is studied in proton–proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 7 TeV, using the ATLAS detector. The data sample corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 2.4 pb−1. Results on...
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Open AccessMeasurement of the jet fragmentation function and transverse profile in proton–proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 7 TeV with the ATLAS detector
The jet fragmentation function and transverse profile for jets with 25 GeV<p T jet<500 GeV and |η jet|<1.2 produced in proton–proton collisions with a center-of-mass energy of 7 TeV are presented. The measurement...
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Open AccessMeasurement of the inclusive and dijet cross-sections of b-jets in pp collisions at \(\sqrt{s}=7\mbox{~TeV}\) with the ATLAS detector
The inclusive and dijet production cross-sections have been measured for jets containing b-hadrons (b-jets) in proton–proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of
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Open AccessElectron performance measurements with the ATLAS detector using the 2010 LHC proton-proton collision data
Detailed measurements of the electron performance of the ATLAS detector at the LHC are reported, using decays of the Z, W and J/ψ particles. Data collected in 2010 at
