Measurement of the top quark mass at DØ run II with the matrix element method in the lepton+jets final state [Elektronische Ressource] / vorgelegt von Philipp Schieferdecker

Schieferdecker, Aurelien Philipp

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• Physik

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• Publié par: ludwig-maximilians-universitat_munchen
• Publié le: 01 janvier 2005
• Nombre de lectures: 10
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 5 Mo

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Ludwig-Maximilians-Universit˜at Munc˜ hen
Fakult˜at fur˜ Physik
DISSERTATION
Measurement of the Top Quark Mass at D´ Run II
with the Matrix Element Method in the Lepton+Jets
Final State
vorgelegt von
Philipp Schieferdecker
geboren in
Munc˜ hen
Munc˜ hen, den 5. August 2005Ludwig-Maximilians-Universit˜at Munc˜ hen
Fakult˜at fur˜ Physik
DISSERTATION
Measurement of the Top Quark Mass at D´ Run II
with the Matrix Element Method in the Lepton+Jets
Final State
vorgelegt von
Philipp Schieferdecker
geboren in
Munc˜ hen
Munc˜ hen, den 5. August 2005Erstgutachterin: Prof. Dr. D. Schaile
Zweitgutachter: Prof. Dr. W. Dunn˜ weber
Tag der mundlic˜ hen Prufung:˜ 21.10.2005to my parents
para mi amor, mi vida, mi reina, mi consentida Ana Karina
\You’ll never walk alone!"
Sudtrib˜ uhne,˜ WestfalenstadionAcknowledgments
I owe special thanks to my thesis advisor Prof. Dr. Dorothee Schaile. She gave me a
huge leap of faith when she sent me ofi to Fermilab the flrst time, and I don’t think I ever
thanked her for that. She then supported me during my graduate years in any imaginable
way while allowing me the greatest possible freedom in choosing my research according to my
personal interests. Those interests of mine led to 18 months worth of projects concerning the
development of software for the ATLAS experiment, and I enjoyed tremendously to work with
Dr. Gun˜ ter Duckeck and Alexander Brandt during that time. I am thankful to Dr. Thomas
Beikircher, who injected me with the enthusiasm for the wonders of physics at an early age.
Years later, Prof. Dr. Christoph Paus made a real scientist out of me, and turned my enthusi-
asm into passion. Dr. Arnulf Quadt took me on the journey towards a top mass measurement
at D´, and guided me and my dear \Co-Forscher" Kevin Kroeninger during those all impor-
tant flrst steps. I think we both learned a lot during those endless nights following oversized
Mexican meals. My friend Dr. Mike Mulhearn convinced me to change direction on my own
terms at just the right time, and Dr. Daniel Whiteson gave me invaluable advice on how to
do so. I couldn’t have done it without the help of Dr. Frank Fiedler, who supported and
guided me until the measurement was flnally completed. Dr. Alan Magerkurth’s and Petra
Haefner’s contributions to the analysis presented in this thesis must not be forgotten. I en-
joyed the constant support by the D´ top group conveners: Prof. Dr. Chris Tully, Dr. Aurelio
Juste, Prof. Dr. Regina Demina, Dr. Ivor Fleck, and Dr. Erich Varnes. I am very grate-
ful to the members of the D´ Run II Editorial Board 011: Prof. Dr. Serban Protopopescu,
Prof. Dr. Pushpa Bhat, Dr. Gaston Gutierrez, Dr. Abid Patwa, and Dr. Scott Snyder. It is
only thanks to their scrutiny and exibilit y that this analysis is already published as a prelim-
inary result, which I am quite proud of. I cannot hope to appropriately express my gratitude
to my parents, Dr. Friedrich-Karl and Marion Schieferdecker, who always supported me on
my way, even though it led me painfully far away from home. Last but not least, I have to
thank my beloved wife Ana Karina, the greatest women in the world. She sacriflced a lot in
order to bounce around the planet to wherever I needed to be in the last flve years. <Viva
Colombia!