Title Study of Excess Electronic Recoil Events in XENON1T Author(s) Shockley, Evan Publication Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2021. Description X, 119 p. 78 illus., 77 illus. in color : online resource Abstract Note This thesis summarizes the original analysis work performed by the author on data from XENON1T, a search for dark matter with a ton-size noble liquid detector operated at Gran Sasso Underground Laboratory in Italy. The nature of dark matter is one of the most open and pressing questions of modern physics, and the unique data acquired with this detector allows the exploration and investigation of several potential scenarios. The analysis of Dr. Shockley searches for a class of elusive elementary particles that interact with the electrons of ordinary atoms, instead of the nucleus. Results of the analysis present, with high confidence, an excess with respect to the expected background. Beyond more mundane explanations, this additional rate of electron-mediated interactions might be a first hint of physics beyond the standard model. This accessible thesis provides details on the detector, the data, and the theory, delivering to the reader an in-depth and coherent picture of the search for physics beyond the standard model ISBN,Price 9783030877521 Keyword(s) 1. ASTROPHYSICS 2. EBOOK 3. EBOOK - SPRINGER 4. Elementary particles (Physics) 5. Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory 6. MEASUREMENT 7. Measurement Science and Instrumentation 8. MEASURING INSTRUMENTS 9. PARTICLE PHYSICS 10. PARTICLES (NUCLEAR PHYSICS) 11. QUANTUM FIELD THEORY Item Type eBook Multi-Media Links Please Click here for eBook Circulation Data Accession#   Call# Status Issued To Return Due On Physical Location I11887     On Shelf