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\title{Discovery and measurement of the Higgs boson in the \WW decay channel}
\author{David Christopher Hall}

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\begin{frontmatter}
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\begin{mainmatter}
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  \chapter*{Introduction}
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    \label{chap:intro}
    \input{tex/introduction}

  \chapter{Theoretical motivation}
    \label{chap:motivation}
    \input{tex/motivation/intro}
    \section{The Standard Model of particle physics}
      \label{sec:sm}
      \input{tex/motivation/sm}
    \section{Electroweak unification}
      \label{sec:ewsb}
      \input{tex/motivation/ewsb}
    \section{Properties of the Higgs boson}
      \label{sec:properties}
      \input{tex/motivation/properties}
    \section{Pre-LHC constraints on the Higgs boson mass}
      \label{sec:prior_constraints}
      \input{tex/motivation/constraints}

  \chapter{Computational techniques for the LHC}
    \label{chap:tools}
    \input{tex/tools/intro}
    \section{Quantum chromodynamics}
      \label{sec:qcd}
      \input{tex/tools/qcd}
    \section{Monte Carlo event generation}
      \label{sec:mc}
      \input{tex/tools/mc}
    \section{Jet algorithms}
      \label{sec:jets}
      \input{tex/tools/jets}

  \chapter{The ATLAS experiment}
    \label{chap:experiment}
    \input{tex/experiment/intro}
    \section{The Large Hadron Collider}
      \label{sec:lhc}
      \input{tex/experiment/lhc}
    \section{\pp collision data}
      \label{sec:dataset}
      \input{tex/experiment/dataset}
    \section{The ATLAS detector}
      \label{sec:atlas}
      \input{tex/experiment/atlas}
  
  \chapter{Overview of the \HWW analysis}
    \label{chap:selection}
    \input{tex/selection/intro}
    \section{Experimental signature}
      \label{sec:signature}
      \input{tex/selection/signature}
    \section{Reconstruction of physics objects}
      \label{sec:objects}
      \input{tex/selection/objects}
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    \section{Event selection criteria}
      \label{sec:selection}
      \input{tex/selection/selection}

  \chapter{Signal modelling}
    \label{chap:signal}
    \input{tex/signal/intro}
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    \section{Jet-binned cross sections}
      \label{sec:ggf_jetbin}
      \input{tex/signal/jetbin}
    \newpage
    \section{Monte Carlo modelling}
      \label{sec:ggf_mc}
      \input{tex/signal/mc}

  \chapter{\WW measurement and modelling}
    \label{chap:ww}
    \input{tex/ww/intro}
    \section{Cross section measurement in the 0-jet bin}
      \label{sec:ww_meas}
      \input{tex/ww/meas}
    \section{Background estimation for \HWW search}
      \label{sec:ww_as_bkg}
      \input{tex/ww/bkg}

  \chapter{Other backgrounds}
    \label{chap:backgrounds}
    \input{tex/backgrounds/intro}
    \newpage
    \section{\Wjets and dijet}
      \label{sec:wjets}
      \input{tex/backgrounds/wjets}
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    \section{Non-\WW diboson}
      \label{sec:diboson}
      \input{tex/backgrounds/diboson}
    \section{Top}
      \label{sec:top}
      \input{tex/backgrounds/top}
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    \section{\DY}
      \label{sec:dy}
      \input{tex/backgrounds/dy}
    \section{Summary of normalisation factors}
      \label{sec:NFs}
      \input{tex/backgrounds/nf}

  \chapter{Experimental results}
    \label{chap:results}
    \input{tex/results/intro}
    \section{Systematic uncertainties}
      \label{sec:systematics}
      \input{tex/results/systematics}
    \section{Statistical model}
      \label{sec:stats}
      \input{tex/results/stats}
    \section{Results}
      \label{sec:results}
      \input{tex/results/results}

  \chapter{Status of Higgs physics}
    \label{chap:conclusions}
    \input{tex/conclusions/intro}
    \section{Properties of the discovered Higgs boson}
      \label{sec:searches}
      \input{tex/conclusions/searches}
    \section{Theoretical implications}
      \label{sec:implications}
      \input{tex/conclusions/implications}
    \section{Outlook}
      \label{sec:outlook}
      \input{tex/conclusions/outlook}

  \chapter{Conclusions}
    \label{chap:thesis_conclusions}
    \input{tex/conclusions/thesis}

\end{mainmatter}

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