dc.contributor.advisor | Michael WIlliams. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Hardin, John Melvin | en_US |
dc.contributor.other | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics. | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-11-15T16:36:43Z | |
dc.date.available | 2018-11-15T16:36:43Z | |
dc.date.copyright | 2018 | en_US |
dc.date.issued | 2018 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/119104 | |
dc.description | Thesis: Ph. D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Physics, 2018. | en_US |
dc.description | Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. | en_US |
dc.description | Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-140). | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | MIT'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.statementofresponsibility | by John Melvin Hardin. | en_US |
dc.format.extent | 140 pages | en_US |
dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
dc.publisher | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | en_US |
dc.rights | MIT 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.uri | http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 | en_US |
dc.subject | Physics. | en_US |
dc.title | Upgrading particle identification and searching for leptophobic bosons at GlueX | en_US |
dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
dc.description.degree | Ph. D. | en_US |
dc.contributor.department | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics | |
dc.identifier.oclc | 1059519943 | en_US |