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Finding physics signals with event deconstruction

Soper, Davison E.; Spannowsky, Michael

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Authors

Davison E. Soper



Abstract

We develop a matrix element based reconstruction method called event deconstruction. The method uses information from the hard matrix element and a parton shower to assign probabilities to whether a final state was initiated by a signal or background process. We apply this method in the signal process of a Z′ decaying to boosted top quarks in an all hadronic final state and discuss envisioned improvements of the method. We find that event deconstruction can considerably improve on existing reconstruction techniques.

Citation

Soper, D. E., & Spannowsky, M. (2014). Finding physics signals with event deconstruction. Physical Review D, 89(9), Article 094005. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.89.094005

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Feb 24, 2014
Online Publication Date May 8, 2014
Publication Date May 8, 2014
Deposit Date Dec 12, 2014
Publicly Available Date Mar 28, 2024
Journal Physical Review D
Print ISSN 1550-7998
Electronic ISSN 1550-2368
Publisher American Physical Society
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 89
Issue 9
Article Number 094005
DOI https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.89.094005

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