Jet Physics at High Energy Colliders
Contributors: Schwartz, Matthew; Franklin, Melissa; Reece, Matthew
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Description: The future of new physics searches at the LHC will be to look for hadronic signals with jets. In order to distinguish a hadronic signal from its background, it is important to develop advanced collider physics techniques that make accurate theoretical predictions. This work centers on phenomenological and formal studies of Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD), including resummation of hadronic observables using Soft Collinear Effective Theory (SCET), calculating anomalous dimensions of multi-Wilson line operators in AdS, and improving jet physics analysis using multiple event interpretations.
Notes: Keywords: effective field theory, jet algorithm, jet physics, quantum chromodynamics, soft collinear effective theory, Wilson line.

Thesis Ph.D. Harvard University 2013