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Measurements of the W-pair production rate and the W mass using four-jet
events at LEP
van Dierendonck, D.N.
Publication date
2002
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van Dierendonck, D. N. (2002). Measurements of the W-pair production rate and the W mass
using four-jet events at LEP.
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Acknowledgements s
Manyy people have contributed to this thesis and to the work described in it. This is probably truee for every thesis, but as I got RSI halfway through the adventure it is certainly more true forr me. Many people lent me their hands, time, patience and often even their brain. Alex, Joana,, Martijn , Pieter Jan, Sandra: "thank you" doesn't even begin to express my feelings.
Alex,, your big knowledge combined with your kind heart made asking your help very tempting,, and especially when I was doing my mass analysis using voice recognition soft-waree your help was invaluable. By the time that was done I think your office mate also recognizedd my voice.
Butt despite all the help I got from other people the person who certainly spent most time onn my thesis (apart from me) is Paul de Jong. Paul, I think your name should also appear as ann author. You started working with me when my health was bad and continued despite the factt that it kept getting worse. There was a period when you seemed to have more faith in aa happy end than I did, and I cannot tell you how happy I am that you were right. Still, the lackk of progress must have exasperated you on many occasions. I don't think I have thanked youu often enough during the long, long period of writing but let me be clear about it now: thiss thesis would not have been finished if it was not for you and for that I will always be grateful. .
Goingg back to the start of this thesis, I want to thank Frits Erné for having confidence in me,, starting by hiring me and later by giving me a lot of freedom during my time in Geneva. Itt is a pity we didn't finish this thesis together. I want to thank Frank Linde for taking over ass my main promotor. Frank, thanks as well for your continued belief in me when my health gott worse, and for your flexibility. I have appreciated your direct style and admired your lightning-fastt brain on many occasions. Paul, apart from, greatly, appreciating the enormous amountt of help you gave me I also want to thank you for your many useful suggestions and yourr infinite supply of constructive ideas as a co-promotor. At CERN I have enjoyed sharing ann office for a while with Gerjan Bobbink. Gerjan, thank you for keeping the bureaucratic stufff far away from me as well as for your kindness and your interest.
II have enjoyed working in the L3 collaboration in general and in the W physics group inn particular. Alan, Arno, Luca, Mario, Raja and all the others I forgot to mention: thanks forr the interesting discussions and the friendly atmosphere. Alex, in the times when I could stilll type abundantly I enjoyed our fruitful collaboration very much. A very special thanks goess to Martin Griinewald. Martin, when I was new in the W group you gave me excellent
Acknowledgements s
guidancee and later you followed up with excellent ideas whenever I needed. Asking your advicee was always very useful.
Nielss Kjaer always came with challenging and educational ideas from the DELPHI camp, thanks. .
Keess Huyser, thanks a bundle for the, of course last minute, help with the intricate adobe programs. .
Too everybody the L3 group at NIKHEF, whose only students nowadays are Mark and Vinod,, my thanks for the interesting discussions and the help. Gerhard, thanks for teaching mee how to catch all those interesting bugs that from time to time popped up in my code.
Forr helping me understand the statistics mystery that absolutely nobody I knew could figuree out I want to thank professor Richard Gill. In my opinion the experimental HEP communityy should consult statisticians more often.
Forr the dinners in Geneva, Amsterdam or wherever they took place, for the skiing with thee flying dutchman, for supporting me every time I was demotivated, for the bridge adven-tures,, for the parties and simply for all the nice times we had together my thanks goes to Alan,, Ann & Andre, Ari, Bart, Bert & Tanja, Bob, Chris, Ernst, Frank & Tasja, Frenk, Ilmar, Ivoo & Julia, Jannes, Lisbet, Marat, Martijn, Martin, Michiel, Mike & Nienke, Mirna & Ger-hard,, Myfanwy, Patrick, Pieter Jan & Ludmila, the Rene's of all ages, Simon, Saali and last butt not least Sandra & Jord, who could easily open a restaurant and finally got me cooking. Alex,, your subtle & cynical humor cheered me up on many occasions; it was great having youu around! A very warm thanks goes to Kaia & Rego: there were weeks when I spent more timee at your place than at my own. Without you my time in Geneva would not have been thee same. Daniel, thanks for all the wonderful and on occasion very lively discussions. You havee an amazing mind. Marianne, thanks for the friendship and support.
Professorr Gerard 't Hooft kindly provided me the calculations used for my cover, thank youu very much!
Off the people who are helping me overcome my RSI I want to thank Peter van Kervel forr continuing to treat me even while he was writing a book. The people at Physical Sense developedd a new way of looking at RSI, contradicting much of the existing "knowledge". Thankss for taking me in and make me finally get better! Jelle, Riet: you are geniuses. Henry, thankss for teaching me all the right moves again, and for all the patience!
Mijnn vader, mijn moeder en mijn zus hebben altijd onvoorwaardelijk van me gehouden. Bedanktt voor alles!
Joana,, your love and support were simply invaluable. Witfiout you the "laadste loodjes" wouldd have been much heavier. I love your merry character, the way you enjoy life, and, of course,, you. Te amo muito!
