# Theses ## Ph.D. Theses (since 1988) Sort**Name****Ph.D. Year****Thesis Title****Advisor**Laura Bruce 2026 The Long Game: Searches for Massive, Long-lived Particles at 13.6 TeV with the ATLAS Experiment Masahiro Morii Kees Benkendorfer 2025 Wayfinding: Searching for hints of new physics using a weakly-supervised anomaly search and a measurement of high-pT ttZ production with the ATLAS experiment Masahiro Morii Gustavs Kehris 2025 [Probing muon + b-jet resonances in pp collisions with the ATLAS detector](https://dash.harvard.edu/entities/publication/de2e55c1-3194-43f2-886a-845d42544a9f) John Huth Anthony Badea 2023 [Search for massive particles producing all hadronic final states in proton-proton collisions at the LHC with the ATLAS detector](https://cds.cern.ch/record/2872562) John Huth Gabriel Rabanal 2023 Measuring the production of three massive vector bosons in the four-lepton channel in pp collisions at √s = 13 TeV with the ATLAS experiment at the LHC Melissa Franklin Anne Fortman 2023 [Searching for heavy, charged, long-lived particles via ionization energy loss and time-of-flight in the ATLAS detector using 140 fb−1of √s= 13 TeV proton-proton collision data](https://dash.harvard.edu/handle/1/37375754) Melissa Franklin Brendon Bullard 2022 [The first differential cross section measurements of tt¯ produced with a W boson in pp collisions](https://dash.harvard.edu/handle/1/37372303) Masahiro Morii Ann Wang 2021 [A search for long-lived particles with large ionization energy loss in the ATLAS silicon pixel detector using 139 fb^{−1} of sqrt{s} = 13 TeV pp collisions](https://dash.harvard.edu/handle/1/37368428) Melissa Franklin Nicholas Mondrik 2020 [Calibration Hardware and Methodology for Large Photometric Surveys](https://www.proquest.com/docview/2467855267?pq-origsite=gscholar&fromopenview=true) Christopher Stubbs Karri DiPetrillo 2019 [Search for long-lived, massive particles in events with a displaced vertex and a displaced muon using s√=13 TeVs=13 TeV pppp-collisions with the ATLAS detector](https://cds.cern.ch/record/2677474) Melissa Franklin Julia Gonski 2019 [Probing Natural Supersymmetry With Initial State Radiation: The Search For Stops And Higgsinos At ATLAS](https://cds.cern.ch/record/2675976) Masahiro Morii Jennifer Roloff 2019 [Exploring the Standard Model and beyond with jets from proton-proton collisions at s√=13 TeV with the ATLAS Experiment](https://cds.cern.ch/record/2677419) John Huth Stephen Kam Wah Chan 2018 [Generically Orthogonal Decompositions of Collision Events and Measurement Combinations in Standard Model VH(bb̅) Searches with the ATLAS Detector](http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:40050029) John Huth Baojia Tong 2018 [Search for pair production of Higgs bosons in the four b quark final state with the ATLAS detector](https://cds.cern.ch/record/2634867) Melissa Franklin Michael William Coughlin 2017 [Gravitational Wave Astronomy in the LSST Era](https://dash.harvard.edu/handle/1/37944940) Christopher Stubbs Gareth Kafka 2017 [A Search for Sterile Neutrinos at the NOνA Far Detector](https://dash.harvard.edu/handle/1/37944958) Gary Feldman Siyuan Sun 2017 [Search for the Supersymmetric Partner to the Top Quark Using Recoils Against Strong Initial State Radiation](https://dash.harvard.edu/handle/1/40046569) Melissa Franklin Emma Tolley 2017 [Search for Evidence of Dark Matter Production in Monojet Events with the ATLAS Detector](https://dash.harvard.edu/handle/1/37944978) Masahiro Morii Brian Clark 2016 [A Search for New Resonant Phenomena in Dijet Final States with the ATLAS Detector at the Large Hadron Collider](https://dash.harvard.edu/handle/1/33493365) John Huth Tomo Lazovich 2016 [Observation of the Higgs boson in the WW\* channel and search for Higgs boson pair production in the bb̄bb̄ channel with the ATLAS detector](https://dash.harvard.edu/handle/1/33493490) Melissa Franklin Kevin Michael Mercurio 2015 [A Search for the Higgs Boson Produced in Association with a Vector Boson Using the ATLAS Detector at the LHC](/file_url/156) John Huth William R. Spearman 2015 [Measurement of the mass and natural width of the Higgs boson in the H to ZZ to 4l decay channel with the ATLAS detector](/file_url/163) João Pedro Barreiro Guimarães da Costa Andy Yen 2015 [Search for Weak Gaugino Production in Final States with One Lepton, Two b-jets Consistent with a Higgs Boson, and Missing Transverse Momentum with the ATLAS Detector](/file_url/165) John Huth Daniyar Nurgaliev 2014 [A Study of the Radial and Azimuthal Gas Distribution in Massive Galaxy Clusters](https://dash.harvard.edu/handle/1/12274621) Christopher Stubbs Laura Elizabeth Jeanty 2013 [Measurement of the WZ production cross section in proton-proton collisions at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV and limits on anomalous triple gauge couplings with the ATLAS detector](/file_url/149) Melissa Franklin Giovanni Zevi Della Porta 2013 [Measurement of the cross-section for W boson production in association with b-jets in proton-proton collisions at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV at the LHC using the ATLAS detector](/file_url/167) Melissa Franklin Antonio Copete 2013 [BAT Slew Survey (BATSS): Slew Data Analysis for the Swift-BAT Coded Aperture Imaging Telescope](https://dash.harvard.edu/handle/1/10436321) Christopher Stubbs Gautham Narayan 2013 [Light Curves of Type Ia Supernovae and Preliminary Cosmological Constraints from the ESSENCE Survey](https://dash.harvard.edu/handle/1/11129185) Christopher Stubbs Jonathan Ruel 2013 [Optical Spectroscopy and Velocity Dispersions of SZ-selected Galaxy Clusters](https://dash.harvard.edu/handle/1/11125996) Christopher Stubbs Michael Aaron Kagan 2012 [Measurement of the W±Z production cross section and limits on anomalous triple gauge couplings at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV using the ATLAS detector](/file_url/150) Masahiro Morii Corry Louise Lee-Boehm 2011 [B0 Meson decays to ρ0K\*0, f0K\*0, and ρ-K\*+, Including Higher K\* Resonances](/file_url/153) Masahiro Morii Ben Campbell Smith 2011 [Measurement of the transverse momentum spectrum of W mesons produced at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV using the ATLAS detector](/file_url/162) Masahiro Morii Verena Ingrid Martinez Outschoorn 2011 [Measurement of the Charge Asymmetry of W Bosons Produced in pp Collisions at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV using the ATLAS Detector](/file_url/155) João Pedro Barreiro Guimarães da Costa Srivas Prasad 2011 [Measurement of the Cross Section of W Bosons Produced in pp Collisions at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV With the ATLAS Detector](/file_url/157) João Pedro Barreiro Guimarães da Costa Fredrick William High 2010 [The Dawn of Wide-Field Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Cluster Surveys: Efficient Optical Follow-Up](/file_url/133) Christopher Stubbs Steven Cavanaugh 2010 [A Measurement of Electron Neutrino Appearance in the MINOS Experiment After Four Years of Data](/file_url/148) Gary Feldman Lashkar Kashif 2010 [Measurement of the Z boson cross-section in the dimuon channel in pp collisions at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV](/file_url/151) John Huth Joshua Boehm 2009 [Measurement of Electron Neutrino Appearance with the MINOS Experiment](/file_url/147) Gary Feldman Kris Chaisanguanthum 2008 [An Enquiry Concerning Charmless Semileptonic Decays of Bottom Mesons](/file_url/140) Masahiro Morii John Paul Chou 2008 [tt-bar Production Cross Section Measurement using Soft Electron Tagging in pp-bar Collisions at sqrt(s) = 1.96 TeV](/file_url/139) Melissa Franklin Andrey V. Lebedev 2007 [Ratio of Pion Kaon Production in Proton Carbon Interactions](/file_url/152) Gary Feldman Sin Man Seun 2007 [Measurement of π-K Ratios from the NuMI Target](/file_url/160) Gary Feldman Daniel Sherman 2007 [Measurement of the Top Quark Pair Production Cross Section with 1.12 fb-1 of pp-bar Collisions at sqrt(s) = 1.96 TeV](/file_url/161) Melissa Franklin Ingyin Zaw 2007 [Search for the Flavor Changing Neutral Current Decay t → qZ in pp-bar Collisions at sqrt(s) = 1.96 TeV](/file_url/166) Melissa Franklin Ayana Holloway 2006 [The First Direct Limit on the t Quark Lifetime](/file_url/132) Melissa Franklin Salvatore Rappoccio 2005 [Measurement of the tt-bar Production Cross Section in pp-bar Collisions at 1.96 TeV](/file_url/159) Andrew Foland Robyn Madrak 2003 [Measurement of the Λb Lifetime in the Decay Mode Λb → J/ψ Λ](/file_url/154) Melissa Franklin Daniel Kim 2002 [Properties of Inclusive B → ψ Production](/file_url/136) George Brandenburg Carter Hall 2002 [Measurement of the Isolated Direct Photon Cross Section with Conversions in pp-bar Collisions at 1.8 TeV](/file_url/134) Melissa Franklin Stephen Bailey 2001 [A Study of B → J/ψ K(\*)0 X Decays](/file_url/144) John Huth Alexey Ershov 2001 [Beauty Meson Decays to Charmonium](/file_url/135) George Brandenburg David Daniels 2000 [A Search for νμ → ντ Neutrino Oscillations in the τ → ρ Decay Channel Using the NOMAD Detector](/file_url/138) Gary Feldman Maria Spiropulu 2000 [A Blind Search for Supersymmetry in pp-bar Collisions at 1.8 TeV Using the Missing Energy plus Multijet Channel](/file_url/128) John Huth Thomas Dignan 1998 [A Search for νμ to νe Oscillations with the NOMAD Detector at the CERN SPS](/file_url/168) Gary Feldman Andrew Gordon 1998 [Measurement of the W Boson Mass With the Collider Detector at Fermilab](/file_url/99) Melissa Franklin Fotis Ptohos 1998 [Measurement of the t tbar Production Cross Section using Heavy Flavor Tags in W+ → 3 Jet Events in pbar p Collisions at 1.8 TeV](/file_url/158) Melissa Franklin Thomas Baumann 1996 A Search for Third Generation Leptoquarks in pbar p Collisions at 1.8 TeV David Kestenbaum 1996 Observation of t tbar Production using a Soft Lepton b Tag in pbar p Collisions at 1.8 TeV Rowan Hamilton 1996 [Measurement of Photon-Charm Production in pbar p Collisions at 1.8 TeV](/file_url/175) John Huth Ashutosh Kotwal 1995 Proton and Deuteron Structure Functions in Muon Scattering at 470 GeV Tiehui Liu 1995 D Dbar Mixing and Doubly Cabibbo Suppressed Decays Michael Saulnier 1995 Measurement of Neutral B Meson Properties Janet Conrad 1993 A Study of the Q2 Dependence of the QCD Coupling Constant from the Transverse Momentum of Jets in Deep Inelastic Muon Scattering Ian Scott 1993 A Measurement of the Polarization of Tau Leptons in Z Decays with the L3 Detector at LEP Colin Jessop 1993 A Search for the Top Quark decaying to the Charged Higgs Boson in pbar p Collisions at 1.8 TeV Qingfang Wang 1991 Measurement of the Z0 Decays to Muon Pairs With the L3 Detector at LEP Johnny Ng 1991 Measurement of the Z Boson pT Distribution in pbar p Collisions at 1.8 TeV Jeffrey Wolinski 1991 Study of Lambda-like Baryons in e+e- Annihilation Michael Schmitt 1991 Deep Inelastic Exclusive Rho Production Using 485 GeV Muons William Trischuk 1990 A Measurement of the W Boson Mass in 1.8 TeV Proton-Antiproton Collisons Douglas Michael 1990 A Study of Transverse Momentum and Jets using Forward Hadrons and Photons in Deep Inelastic Muon Scattering at 490 GeV/c Dong Xiao 1990 Charmless Semileptonic Decays of the B Mesons Edward Kearns 1990 Z0 Production Cross Section at the Fermilab Tevatron Peter Hurst 1990 A Measurement of sin(θw) from the Forward-Backward Asymmetry in pbar p → Z0 → e+e− Interactions at 1.8 TeV Ira Joseph Kroll 1989 A Search for Long-Lived Strongly-Produced Heavy Particles in Proton-Antiproton Collisions at Center-of-Mass Energy 630 GeV David N. Brown 1989 A Search for Double Parton Interactions in Proton-Antiproton Collisions at 1.8 TeV Robert Carey 1989 Angular Distributions of Three Jet Events in Proton-Antiproton Collsions at the Fermilab Tevatron Alan Schwartz 1988 Measurement of the Ratio σ-BR(W → lν)/σ-BR(Z → l+l–) and Interpretation at the CERN Proton Antiproton Collider Richard St. Denis 1988 Dijet Angular Distributions in Proton-Antiproton Collisions at the Fermilab Tevatron