A feasibility study for electron-muon correlations at ALICE

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dc.contributor.advisorDietel, Thomas
dc.contributor.advisorButhelezi, Zinhle
dc.contributor.advisorFortsch, Siegfried
dc.contributor.authorNathanson, Nina
dc.date.accessioned2025-09-18T09:39:15Z
dc.date.available2025-09-18T09:39:15Z
dc.date.issued2025
dc.date.updated2025-09-18T07:33:37Z
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.
dc.identifier.apacitationNathanson, N. (2025). <i>A feasibility study for electron-muon correlations at ALICE</i>. (). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Physics. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/41850en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationNathanson, Nina. <i>"A feasibility study for electron-muon correlations at ALICE."</i> ., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Physics, 2025. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/41850en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationNathanson, N. 2025. A feasibility study for electron-muon correlations at ALICE. . University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Physics. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/41850en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Nathanson, Nina AB - A 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. DA - 2025 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town KW - Electron-muon KW - ALICE LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2025 T1 - A feasibility study for electron-muon correlations at ALICE TI - A feasibility study for electron-muon correlations at ALICE UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/41850 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/41850
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationNathanson N. A feasibility study for electron-muon correlations at ALICE. []. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Physics, 2025 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/41850en_ZA
dc.language.isoen
dc.language.rfc3066eng
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Physics
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Science
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subjectElectron-muon
dc.subjectALICE
dc.titleA feasibility study for electron-muon correlations at ALICE
dc.typeThesis / Dissertation
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationlevelMSc
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