Determining Systematic Uncertainties in the Search for the Doubly Charged Higgs Boson
Session Number
PHYS 14
Advisor(s)
Dr. Peter Dong, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy
Discipline
Physical Science
Start Date
17-4-2025 10:15 AM
End Date
17-4-2025 10:30 AM
Abstract
To resolve parity violation through the weak force, the doubly charged Higgs boson arises through the Left- Right Symmetric model. In search of the boson at the Large Hadron Collider, I determine systematic uncertainties to determine the accuracy of our mass limit. Specifically, analyzing the impact of the parton distribution function (PDF) , which determines how quarks and gluons interact in a collision, I determined the impact of the PDF on the signal of the boson. Afterwards, generating the data via Monte Carlo at a higher mass of 5000 GeV, I measured the significance of the intrinsic width on the signal. In particular, I compare the events generate at each mass from plus or minus one standard deviation in comparison to the baseline.
Determining Systematic Uncertainties in the Search for the Doubly Charged Higgs Boson
To resolve parity violation through the weak force, the doubly charged Higgs boson arises through the Left- Right Symmetric model. In search of the boson at the Large Hadron Collider, I determine systematic uncertainties to determine the accuracy of our mass limit. Specifically, analyzing the impact of the parton distribution function (PDF) , which determines how quarks and gluons interact in a collision, I determined the impact of the PDF on the signal of the boson. Afterwards, generating the data via Monte Carlo at a higher mass of 5000 GeV, I measured the significance of the intrinsic width on the signal. In particular, I compare the events generate at each mass from plus or minus one standard deviation in comparison to the baseline.