Parameterisation of electromagnetic showers and search for large extra dimensions in pp collisions at √s _372 14 TeV [Elektronische Ressource] / by Joanna Weng

Joanna WengParameterisation of electromagnetic showers and search forlarge extra dimensions in pp collisions at √s = 14 TeVParameterisation of electromagneticshowers and search for large extradimensions in pp collisions at√s = 14 TeV by Joanna WengDissertation, Universität Karlsruhe (TH)Fakultät für Physik, 2006Referenten: Prof. Dr. Günter Quast, Prof. Dr. Albert De RoeckImpressumUniversitätsverlag Karlsruhec/o UniversitätsbibliothekStraße am Forum 2D-76131 Karlsruhewww.uvka.deDieses Werk ist unter folgender Creative Commons-Lizenz lizenziert: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/de/Universitätsverlag Karlsruhe 2006 Print on DemandISBN-13: 978-3-86644-091-3ISBN-10: 3-86644-091-XThe reasonable man adapts himself to the world;the unreasonable one persists in tryingto adapt the world to himself.Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.George Bernard ShawContentsIntroduction 51 The CMS detector at the Large Hadron Collider 91.1 The Large Hadron Collider . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91.2 The CMS detector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152 The CMS software 232.1 Overview of CMS software components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232.2 Monte Carlo event generators in CMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252.2.1 General overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252.2.2 The event generator SHERPA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282.2.