Abstract
dc:description.abstractA Feasibility Study for Electron-Muon Correlations at ALICE Nina Nathanson, February 2024 This analysis aims to assess the feasibility of using e-μ pairs as an alternative dilepton probe for heavy quark studies in proton-proton collisions. The e-μ channel would provide a much cleaner/low background signal than other currently-utilized probing methods, but it is statistics-limited, a re-striction which is of increased concern at ALICE due to the detector's geometry. With the use of Pythia simulations, the viability of undertaking an analysis of the channel using ALICE p-p data from LHC Run 3 is considered. The analysis finds that it is feasible to undertake a data study of the e-μ pairs and presents an estimate of the expected signal in a year of Run 3 data.
Degree
thesis:*- Grantor dc:publisher.institution
- Department of Physics
- Year dc:date.issued
- 2025
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Nathanson, Nina
- Advisors dc:contributor.advisor
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- Dietel, Thomas
- Buthelezi, Zinhle
- Fortsch, Siegfried
Subjects
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- Language dc:language.iso
- en
Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Handle dc:identifier.uri
- http://hdl.handle.net/11427/41850
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/41850