Publication
Title
Performance of reconstruction and identification of leptons decaying to hadrons and in pp collisions at =13 TeV
Author
Institution/Organisation
CMS Collaboration
Abstract
The algorithm developed by the CMS Collaboration to reconstruct and identify tau leptons produced in proton-proton collisions at root s = 7 and 8 TeV, via their decays to hadrons and a neutrino, has been significantly improved. The changes include a revised reconstruction of pi(0) candidates, and improvements in multivariate discriminants to separate tau leptons from jets and electrons. The algorithm is extended to reconstruct tau leptons in highly Lorentz-boosted pair production, and in the high-level trigger. The performance of the algorithm is studied using proton-proton collisions recorded during 2016 at root s = 13 TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 35.9 fb(-1). The performance is evaluated in terms of the efficiency for a genuine tau lepton to pass the identification criteria and of the probabilities for jets, electrons, and muons to be misidentified as tau leptons. The results are found to be very close to those expected from Monte Carlo simulation.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Journal of instrumentation. - Bristol, 2006, currens
Publication
Bristol : Institute of Physics , 2018
ISSN
1748-0221
DOI
10.1088/1748-0221/13/10/P10005
Volume/pages
13 (2018) , 70 p.
Article Reference
P10005
ISI
000445999500005
Medium
E-only publicatie
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