Identification of high transverse momentum top quarks in pp collisions at s√=8s=8 TeV with the ATLAS detector

Spannowsky, Michael; collaboration, ATLAS

doi:10.1007/jhep06(2016)093

Identification of high transverse momentum top quarks in pp collisions at s√=8s=8 TeV with the ATLAS detector

Spannowsky, Michael; collaboration, ATLAS

Authors

Professor Michael Spannowsky michael.spannowsky@durham.ac.uk
Director

ATLAS collaboration

Abstract

This paper presents studies of the performance of several jet-substructure techniques, which are used to identify hadronically decaying top quarks with high transverse momentum contained in large-radius jets. The efficiency of identifying top quarks is measured using a sample of top-quark pairs and the rate of wrongly identifying jets from other quarks or gluons as top quarks is measured using multijet events collected with the ATLAS experiment in 20.3 fb−1 of 8 TeV proton-proton collisions at the Large Hadron Collider. Predictions from Monte Carlo simulations are found to provide an accurate description of the performance. The techniques are compared in terms of signal efficiency and background rejection using simulations, covering a larger range in jet transverse momenta than accessible in the dataset. Additionally, a novel technique is developed that is optimized to reconstruct top quarks in events with many jets.

Citation

Spannowsky, M., & collaboration, A. (2016). Identification of high transverse momentum top quarks in pp collisions at s√=8s=8 TeV with the ATLAS detector. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2016(06), Article 093. https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep06%282016%29093

Journal Article Type	Article
Acceptance Date	Jun 9, 2016
Online Publication Date	Jun 16, 2016
Publication Date	Jun 16, 2016
Deposit Date	Nov 10, 2016
Publicly Available Date	Jan 25, 2017
Journal	Journal of High Energy Physics
Print ISSN	1126-6708
Publisher	Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati (SISSA)
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	2016
Issue	06
Article Number	093
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep06%282016%29093

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