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dc.contributor.advisorMichael WIlliams.en_US
dc.contributor.authorHardin, John Melvinen_US
dc.contributor.otherMassachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2018-11-15T16:36:43Z
dc.date.available2018-11-15T16:36:43Z
dc.date.copyright2018en_US
dc.date.issued2018en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/119104
dc.descriptionThesis: Ph. D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Physics, 2018.en_US
dc.descriptionCataloged from PDF version of thesis.en_US
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (pages 137-140).en_US
dc.description.abstractMIT's contribution to the GLUEX project was the design and implementation of upgraded particle identification (PID) for the GLUEX strangeness program. The development of a Cherenkov detector known as a DIRC (Detection of Internally Reflected Cherenkov light) is presented. The design begins with a DIRC configuration implemented as a prototype for the SuperB experiment, and modifications to this design are made based on simulations and tests of components. A novel method of reconstructing DIRC patterns is presented. In addition to detector design, a search for a leptophobic boson using GLUEX data is also presented. The process of preparing for a general 3[pi] and [pi]⁰[gamma] bump hunt is discussed along with the expected sensitivity of this search to the specific model of a B boson, which is a proposed particle generated by a U(1) gauge symmetry associated with baryon number. This preparation includes the data-driven determination of GLUEX properties such as reconstruction efficiencies and invariant mass resolution. A paper containing these results is expected to go into GLUEX review this summer.en_US
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityby John Melvin Hardin.en_US
dc.format.extent140 pagesen_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherMassachusetts Institute of Technologyen_US
dc.rightsMIT theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed, downloaded, or printed from this source but further reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission.en_US
dc.rights.urihttp://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582en_US
dc.subjectPhysics.en_US
dc.titleUpgrading particle identification and searching for leptophobic bosons at GlueXen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.description.degreePh. D.en_US
dc.contributor.departmentMassachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
dc.identifier.oclc1059519943en_US


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