Getting to Higgs

Finding Evidence for W

Assignment Check Review

More General Background Bkgrd Source

Forensic Tools

What does the data look like?
Found info: Source 1 - Source 2 - Source 3 Background Search Find out what transverse momentum is.
How is it measured?
What will it tell us about "tagging" Ws?
Found info: Source 4 Evidence Look at data.
How do we analyze data?
What graph can we draw?
How does transverse mass depend on dataset?
Found info: Source 5 - Source 6

More about the Data

Find correction factor from Z mass data.
Find W mass.
Found info: Source 7

Now we know how to study & use the data.

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