CMS Pixel Detector Upgrade and Top Quark Pole Mass Determination

1. Introduction to Particle Physics at Hadron Colliders
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2. The CMS Experiment at the LHC
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Part I. Test Beam Measurements and Data Acquisition for the Phase I Upgrade of the CMS Pixel Detector

3. Basic Concepts of Semiconductor Tracking Detectors
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4. The CMS Pixel Detector for Phase I
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5. Simulation of CMS Pixel Detector Modules
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6. The pxar Data Acquisition and Calibration Framework
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7. Test Beams at the DESY-II Synchrotron
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8. Qualification of the Phase I Readout Chip
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9. Improving the Position Resolution Using the Cluster Skewness
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Part II. Determination of the Normalized t+jet Invariant Mass Distribution and Measurement of the Top Quark Mass

10. Introduction to Top Quark Physics and the Measurement
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11. Simulation of Collision Events
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12. Object Reconstruction and Event Selection
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13. Systematic Uncertainties
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14. Measurement of the Top Quark Mass from the







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15. Measurement of the Top Quark Mass from Differential



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Keywords: Physics, Particle Acceleration and Detection, Beam Physics, Quantum Field Theories, String Theory, Measurement Science and Instrumentation