Practical Collider Physics (Hardcover)

Hardcover. Practical Collider Physics provides a self-contained summary of all of thenecessary theoretical, experimental and statistical knowledge required toanalyse hadron collider data, focussing on the skills and techniques that arerarely covered in standard textbooks. It covers topics including partondistribution functions, resummation, parton showers, hadronisation, and theunderlying event and jet algorithms, all of which are vital for understandingthe form and function of Monte Carlo generators. A detailed overview of the ATLAS and CMSdetectors is also provided, along with their object-reconstruction algorithms,followed by a pedagogical introduction to computing and data-processingapproaches, data-analysis basics, and detailed methods for high-precision measurementsand particle searches. This book is appropriate for honours-levelundergraduates and masters students, as well as supporting taught-course andpractical aspects of a PhD in particle physics.Key FeaturesProvides a detailed reference on current LHC analysis techniquesCovers all of the necessary theoretical, experimental and statisticalknowledge required to perform a complete hadron collider data analysisA unique collaboration between particle experimentalists and theoristsCovers complex topics at a level that makes it accessible to final year undergraduatestudents Practical Collider Physics provides the first self-contained reference guidefor the practical know-how involved in hadron collider physics, including boththeoretical and experimental topics, and the statistical knowledge required toanalyse hadron collider data. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…