Search for B → K(*) Neutrino Anti-Neutrino Decays Using a New Probabilistic Full Reconstruction Method [Elektronische Ressource] / Sebastian Neubauer. Betreuer: M. Feindt

(∗)Search for B → K νν¯ DecaysUsing a New Probabilistic FullReconstruction MethodZur Erlangung des akademischen Grades einesDoktors der Naturwissenschaftenvon der Fakult¨ at fur¨ Physik desKarlsruher Institut fur¨ Technologie (KIT)genehmigteDissertationvonDipl.-Phys. Sebastian Neubaueraus Schw¨abisch Gmund¨Tag der mundlic¨ hen Prufung:¨ 18. November 2011Referent: Prof. Dr. M. FeindtKorreferent: Prof. Dr. G. Quast2ContentsI. Introduction 11. Introduction 3II. Theoretical Foundations 52. The Standard Model of Particle Physics 72.1.StructureoftheStandardModel........................... 72.1.1.TheLeptons.................................. 82.1.2.TheQuarks................................... 92.2.ForcesoftheStandardModel............................. 92.2.1.TheElectroweakForce 92.2.2.TheStrongForce................................ 12.3.BeyondtheStandardModel.............................. 132.4.RareBDecays..................................... 143. Parameter Estimation 153.1.CountingExperiments................................. 153.1.1.FrequentistApproach 173.1.2.BayesianApproach............................... 203.1.3.Markov-ChainMonteCarloMethod..................... 213.1.4.LimitEstimationwithSystematicUncertainties .............. 214. Multivariate Analysis Algorithms 234.1.Introduction....................................... 234.2.ArtificialNeuralNetworks 234.3. Preprocessing in NeuroBayes ............................. 24III.