Search for new resonances in the four-lepton channel and implementation of the LED integrator panel for the PROMETEO system in the ATLAS Tile Calorimeter
| dc.contributor.author | Mtintsilana, Onesimo | |
| dc.contributor.co-supervisor | Kumar, Mukesh | |
| dc.contributor.supervisor | Mellado, Bruce | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-10-22T08:44:51Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-10-22T08:44:51Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2024 | |
| dc.description | A thesis submitted to the Faculty of Science, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, in fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, Johannesburg 2024 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) has transformed our understanding of fundamental particles and forces, notably with the seminal discovery of the Higgs boson in 2012, which completed the Standard Model (SM) of particle physics. Despite its success, the SM leaves numerous unanswered questions, motivating a quest for new physics. This thesis explores three main avenues: Firstly, it investigates the possibility of an extended Higgs sector or alternative SM extensions, focusing on heavy ZZ resonances that decay into four leptons. Using a dataset of 139 fb−1 from proton-proton collisions at the LHC, this study explores both gluon-gluon fusion and vector-boson fusion production mechanisms. Although no significant signal for a new resonance is observed, upper limits on the production cross section of spin-0 or spin-2 particles are established. These limits provide constraints on specific theoretical models, such as Type-I and Type-II two-Higgs doublet models for spin-0 resonances, and the Randall-Sundrum model for spin-2 resonances. Intriguingly, the combined results of ATLAS and CMS for Run 2 and Run 3 data in the final state of 4 leptons exhibit an excess around 250 GeV, reaching a significance of 2.4σ which is in the region of interest of the multi-lepton anomalies.. In the second part, the analysis extends to heavy boson decays resulting in a final state with four leptons, specifically focusing on the R boson or the A boson decays into a combination of the SM Higgs boson and another boson, denoted S, which further decays into dark-matter candidates. No evidence contradicting SM predictions is found, yielding stringent upper limits on the production cross-sections of these hypothesised bosons and their branching ratios at a 95% confidence level. Lastly, the thesis highlights advancements in Higgs boson studies and new particle discovery potential in the upcoming High-Luminosity LHC era starting in 2029, emphasising improvements to the ATLAS detector electronics, particularly the integration of a new LED Integrator Panel within the Prometeo portable readout module system, enabling precise calibration and monitoring of individual detector components | |
| dc.description.submitter | MM2024 | |
| dc.faculty | Faculty of Science | |
| dc.identifier | https://orcid.org/ 0000-0003-2168-4854 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Mtintsilana, Onesimo. (2024). Search for new resonances in the four-lepton channel and implementation of the LED integrator panel for the PROMETEO system in the ATLAS Tile Calorimeter [PhD thesis, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg]. WireDSpace.https://hdl.handle.net/10539/41803 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10539/41803 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | |
| dc.rights | © 2024 University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. | |
| dc.rights.holder | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | |
| dc.school | School of Physics | |
| dc.subject | Large Hadron Collider | |
| dc.subject | Higgs Boson | |
| dc.subject | Standard Model | |
| dc.subject | Heavy ZZ Resonances | |
| dc.subject | Randall-Sundrum Model | |
| dc.subject | High-Luminosity LHC | |
| dc.subject | ATLAS Detector | |
| dc.subject | LED Integrator Panel | |
| dc.subject | Multi-Lepton Anomalies | |
| dc.subject | UCTD | |
| dc.subject.other | SDG-9: Industry, innovation and infrastructure | |
| dc.title | Search for new resonances in the four-lepton channel and implementation of the LED integrator panel for the PROMETEO system in the ATLAS Tile Calorimeter | |
| dc.type | Thesis |