Tau Reconstruction, Identification Algorithms and Performance in ATLAS

TY - JOUR

T1 - Tau Reconstruction, Identification Algorithms and Performance in ATLAS

AU - Simonyan, M.

PY - 2013/1/1

Y1 - 2013/1/1

N2 - Tau leptons play an important role in the physics program at the LHC. They are used not only in searches for new phenomena like the Higgs boson or Supersymmetry and electroweak measurements but also in detector related studies like the determination of the missing transverse energy scale. Optimal identification of hadronically decaying tau leptons is achieved by using detailed information from tracking and calorimeter detector components. Variables describing the properties of calorimeter energy deposits and track reconstruction within tau candidates are combined in multi-variate discriminants, to achieve high rejection against backgrounds, which is challenging in a high particle density environments. The identification efficiencies are measured in W→ τν and Z→ ττ events, and compared with the prediction of the Monte Carlo simulation. The energy scale uncertainties for tau leptons are determined by investigating single hadron calorimeter response, as well as kinematic distributions in Z→ ττ events.

AB - Tau leptons play an important role in the physics program at the LHC. They are used not only in searches for new phenomena like the Higgs boson or Supersymmetry and electroweak measurements but also in detector related studies like the determination of the missing transverse energy scale. Optimal identification of hadronically decaying tau leptons is achieved by using detailed information from tracking and calorimeter detector components. Variables describing the properties of calorimeter energy deposits and track reconstruction within tau candidates are combined in multi-variate discriminants, to achieve high rejection against backgrounds, which is challenging in a high particle density environments. The identification efficiencies are measured in W→ τν and Z→ ττ events, and compared with the prediction of the Monte Carlo simulation. The energy scale uncertainties for tau leptons are determined by investigating single hadron calorimeter response, as well as kinematic distributions in Z→ ττ events.

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84875800344&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1016/j.nuclphysbps.2012.11.005

DO - 10.1016/j.nuclphysbps.2012.11.005

M3 - Journal article

AN - SCOPUS:84875800344

SN - 0550-3213

VL - 234

SP - 21

EP - 24

JO - Nuclear Physics, Section B

JF - Nuclear Physics, Section B

ER -