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Searching for processes with invisible particles using a matrix element-based method

Ferreira de Lima, Danilo Enoque; Mattelaer, Olivier; Spannowsky, Michael

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Authors

Danilo Enoque Ferreira de Lima

Olivier Mattelaer



Abstract

We propose a fully flexible method to discriminate between signal and background using a matrix element-based method in the presence of multiple invisible particles. The proposed method performs a mapping of the measured final state onto an observable which improves the separation between signal and background using their matrix elements. To show how performant this generic method is in separating signal from background, we apply it to the prominent partly invisible decay of a Higgs boson into a muon–antimuon pair and two muon-neutrinos via two W bosons.

Citation

Ferreira de Lima, D. E., Mattelaer, O., & Spannowsky, M. (2018). Searching for processes with invisible particles using a matrix element-based method. Physics Letters B, 787, 100-104. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2018.10.044

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Oct 22, 2018
Online Publication Date Oct 25, 2018
Publication Date Oct 25, 2018
Deposit Date Nov 8, 2018
Publicly Available Date Nov 8, 2018
Journal Physics Letters B
Print ISSN 0370-2693
Publisher Elsevier
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 787
Pages 100-104
DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2018.10.044

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