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Supervisorâ#x80;#x99;s Foreword; Abstract; Acknowledgements; Contents; Introduction; Part I Theoretical Bases; 1 The Standard Model of Particle Physics; 1.1 Elementary Particles and Forces; 1.2 Standard Model Lagrangian; 1.3 Scalar Sector; 1.3.1 Electroweak Symmetry Breaking; 1.3.2 SM H Production Modes; 1.3.3 SM H Decay Modes; 1.3.4 The SM Scalar Boson at the LHC; 1.4 Chapter Summary; References; 2 Physics Beyond the Standard Model; 2.1 Motivations for New Physics; 2.1.1 Neutrino Masses; 2.1.2 Dark Matter and Dark Energy; 2.1.3 Asymmetry Between Matter and Antimatter; 2.1.4 Free Parameters in the SM.
2.1.5 Hierarchy Problem2.1.6 Coupling Unification; 2.2 Two-Higgs-doublet Models; 2.2.1 Formalism; 2.2.2 Decoupling and Alignment Limits; 2.2.3 Light Scalars in 2HDM; 2.3 Supersymmetry; 2.3.1 Minimal Supersymmetric Extension of the SM (MSSM); 2.3.2 Scalar Sector in the MSSM; 2.4 Two-Higgs-doublet Models + a Singlet; 2.4.1 Introduction to 2HDM+S; 2.4.2 Exotic Decays of the 125-GeV Particle; 2.5 Search for BSM Physics in the Scalar Sector; 2.6 Precision Measurements Versus Direct Discovery in the Case of the SM+S; 2.7 Chapter Summary; References; 3 Statistics; 3.1 Likelihood; 3.1.1 Basics.
3.1.2 Introducing Systematic Uncertainties3.2 Maximum Likelihood Fit; 3.3 Exclusion Limits; 3.4 Significance; 3.5 Goodness-of-fit Test; 3.6 Boosted Decision Trees; 3.7 K-Nearest Neighbor Classifier; 3.8 Chapter Summary; References; Part II Experimental Bases; 4 Experimental Setup; 4.1 Large Hadron Collider; 4.1.1 Proton Production and Acceleration; 4.1.2 Experiments; 4.1.3 Data Taking and LHC Schedule; 4.2 Compact Muon Solenoid; 4.2.1 Overview of the CMS Detector; 4.2.2 Tracker; 4.2.3 Electromagnetic Calorimeter; 4.2.4 Hadronic Calorimeter; 4.2.5 Magnet; 4.2.6 Muon System; 4.2.7 Trigger.
4.3 Chapter SummaryReferences; 5 Event Generation, Simulation and Reconstruction; 5.1 Event Generation and Simulation; 5.2 Object Reconstruction and Identification; 5.2.1 Particle-Flow; 5.2.2 Tracks and Vertices; 5.2.3 Jets; 5.2.4 Electrons; 5.2.5 Muons; 5.2.6 Taus; 5.2.7 Transverse Missing Energy; 5.3 Chapter Summary; References; 6 Tau Lepton Reconstruction and Identification; 6.1 HPS Algorithm Description; 6.1.1 Reconstruction; 6.1.2 Identification; 6.2 HPS Algorithm Performance in Run-1; 6.2.1 Expected Performance; 6.2.2 Tau Identification Efficiency in Data.
6.2.3 Anti-lepton Discriminator Efficiency6.2.4 ÎơrightarrowÏ#x84;h and erightarrowÏ#x84;h Misidentification Rates; 6.2.5 Other Performance Measurements; 6.3 HPS Algorithm in Run-2; 6.3.1 Modifications with Respect to Run-1; 6.3.2 Performance in 2015 Data; 6.4 Chapter Summary; References; Part III SM Physics Analyses; 7 Search for the SM Scalar in the ZHrightarrowellellÏ#x84;Ï#x84; Channel; 7.1 Analysis Overview; 7.2 Selection; 7.2.1 Z Boson Candidate Selection; 7.2.2 H Boson Candidate Selection; 7.2.3 Other Common Selection Criteria; 7.3 Background Estimation; 7.3.1 Irreducible Process Estimation7.3.2 Reducible Process Estimation.
2.1.5 Hierarchy Problem2.1.6 Coupling Unification; 2.2 Two-Higgs-doublet Models; 2.2.1 Formalism; 2.2.2 Decoupling and Alignment Limits; 2.2.3 Light Scalars in 2HDM; 2.3 Supersymmetry; 2.3.1 Minimal Supersymmetric Extension of the SM (MSSM); 2.3.2 Scalar Sector in the MSSM; 2.4 Two-Higgs-doublet Models + a Singlet; 2.4.1 Introduction to 2HDM+S; 2.4.2 Exotic Decays of the 125-GeV Particle; 2.5 Search for BSM Physics in the Scalar Sector; 2.6 Precision Measurements Versus Direct Discovery in the Case of the SM+S; 2.7 Chapter Summary; References; 3 Statistics; 3.1 Likelihood; 3.1.1 Basics.
3.1.2 Introducing Systematic Uncertainties3.2 Maximum Likelihood Fit; 3.3 Exclusion Limits; 3.4 Significance; 3.5 Goodness-of-fit Test; 3.6 Boosted Decision Trees; 3.7 K-Nearest Neighbor Classifier; 3.8 Chapter Summary; References; Part II Experimental Bases; 4 Experimental Setup; 4.1 Large Hadron Collider; 4.1.1 Proton Production and Acceleration; 4.1.2 Experiments; 4.1.3 Data Taking and LHC Schedule; 4.2 Compact Muon Solenoid; 4.2.1 Overview of the CMS Detector; 4.2.2 Tracker; 4.2.3 Electromagnetic Calorimeter; 4.2.4 Hadronic Calorimeter; 4.2.5 Magnet; 4.2.6 Muon System; 4.2.7 Trigger.
4.3 Chapter SummaryReferences; 5 Event Generation, Simulation and Reconstruction; 5.1 Event Generation and Simulation; 5.2 Object Reconstruction and Identification; 5.2.1 Particle-Flow; 5.2.2 Tracks and Vertices; 5.2.3 Jets; 5.2.4 Electrons; 5.2.5 Muons; 5.2.6 Taus; 5.2.7 Transverse Missing Energy; 5.3 Chapter Summary; References; 6 Tau Lepton Reconstruction and Identification; 6.1 HPS Algorithm Description; 6.1.1 Reconstruction; 6.1.2 Identification; 6.2 HPS Algorithm Performance in Run-1; 6.2.1 Expected Performance; 6.2.2 Tau Identification Efficiency in Data.
6.2.3 Anti-lepton Discriminator Efficiency6.2.4 ÎơrightarrowÏ#x84;h and erightarrowÏ#x84;h Misidentification Rates; 6.2.5 Other Performance Measurements; 6.3 HPS Algorithm in Run-2; 6.3.1 Modifications with Respect to Run-1; 6.3.2 Performance in 2015 Data; 6.4 Chapter Summary; References; Part III SM Physics Analyses; 7 Search for the SM Scalar in the ZHrightarrowellellÏ#x84;Ï#x84; Channel; 7.1 Analysis Overview; 7.2 Selection; 7.2.1 Z Boson Candidate Selection; 7.2.2 H Boson Candidate Selection; 7.2.3 Other Common Selection Criteria; 7.3 Background Estimation; 7.3.1 Irreducible Process Estimation7.3.2 Reducible Process Estimation.