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Title: Fuzzy jets

Abstract

Collimated streams of particles produced in high energy physics experiments are organized using clustering algorithms to form jets . To construct jets, the experimental collaborations based at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) primarily use agglomerative hierarchical clustering schemes known as sequential recombination. We propose a new class of algorithms for clustering jets that use infrared and collinear safe mixture models. These new algorithms, known as fuzzy jets , are clustered using maximum likelihood techniques and can dynamically determine various properties of jets like their size. We show that the fuzzy jet size adds additional information to conventional jet tagging variables in boosted topologies. Furthermore, we study the impact of pileup and show that with some slight modifications to the algorithm, fuzzy jets can be stable up to high pileup interaction multiplicities.

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [3];  [1]
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  1. Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA (United States)
  2. Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA (United States); SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
  3. SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
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Research Org.:
SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC)
OSTI Identifier:
1260836
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-76SF00515
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Journal of High Energy Physics (Online)
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: Journal of High Energy Physics (Online); Journal Volume: 2016; Journal Issue: 6; Journal ID: ISSN 1029-8479
Publisher:
Springer Berlin
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; 97 MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTING; jets

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Mackey, Lester, Nachman, Benjamin, Schwartzman, Ariel, and Stansbury, Conrad. Fuzzy jets. United States: N. p., 2016. Web. doi:10.1007/JHEP06(2016)010.
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Mackey, Lester, Nachman, Benjamin, Schwartzman, Ariel, & Stansbury, Conrad. Fuzzy jets. United States. https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP06(2016)010
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Mackey, Lester, Nachman, Benjamin, Schwartzman, Ariel, and Stansbury, Conrad. Wed . "Fuzzy jets". United States. https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP06(2016)010. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1260836.
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@article{osti_1260836,
title = {Fuzzy jets},
author = {Mackey, Lester and Nachman, Benjamin and Schwartzman, Ariel and Stansbury, Conrad},
abstractNote = {Collimated streams of particles produced in high energy physics experiments are organized using clustering algorithms to form jets . To construct jets, the experimental collaborations based at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) primarily use agglomerative hierarchical clustering schemes known as sequential recombination. We propose a new class of algorithms for clustering jets that use infrared and collinear safe mixture models. These new algorithms, known as fuzzy jets , are clustered using maximum likelihood techniques and can dynamically determine various properties of jets like their size. We show that the fuzzy jet size adds additional information to conventional jet tagging variables in boosted topologies. Furthermore, we study the impact of pileup and show that with some slight modifications to the algorithm, fuzzy jets can be stable up to high pileup interaction multiplicities.},
doi = {10.1007/JHEP06(2016)010},
journal = {Journal of High Energy Physics (Online)},
number = 6,
volume = 2016,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 2016},
month = {Wed Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 2016}
}
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