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Title: Towards an understanding of the correlations in jet substructure

Abstract

Over the past decade, a large number of jet substructure observables have been proposed in the literature, and explored at the LHC experiments. Such observables attempt to utilize the internal structure of jets in order to distinguish those initiated by quarks, gluons, or by boosted heavy objects, such as top quarks and W bosons. This report, originating from and motivated by the BOOST2013 workshop, presents original particle-level studies that aim to improve our understanding of the relationships between jet substructure observables, their complementarity, and their dependence on the underlying jet properties, particularly the jet radius and jet transverse momentum. This is explored in the context of quark/gluon discrimination, boosted W boson tagging and boosted top quark tagging.

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Research Org.:
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States); Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)
OSTI Identifier:
1214807
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1257956
Report Number(s):
BNL-112254-2016-JA
Journal ID: ISSN 1434-6044; PII: 3587
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC03-76SF00515; SC00112704
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
European Physical Journal. C, Particles and Fields
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 75; Journal Issue: 9; Journal ID: ISSN 1434-6044
Publisher:
Springer
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS

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Adams, D., Arce, A., Asquith, L., Backovic, M., Barillari, T., Berta, P., Bertolini, D., Buckley, A., Butterworth, J., Camacho Toro, R.  C., Caudron, J., Chien, Y. -T., Cogan, J., Cooper, B., Curtin, D., Debenedetti, C., Dolen, J., Eklund, M., El Hedri, S., Ellis, S.  D., Embry, T., Ferencek, D., Ferrando, J., Fleischmann, S., Freytsis, M., Giulini, M., Han, Z., Hare, D., Harris, P., Hinzmann, A., Hoing, R., Hornig, A., Jankowiak, M., Johns, K., Kasieczka, G., Kogler, R., Lampl, W., Larkoski, A.  J., Lee, C., Leone, R., Loch, P., Lopez Mateos, D., Lou, H. K., Low, M., Maksimovic, P., Marchesini, I., Marzani, S., Masetti, L., McCarthy, R., Menke, S., Miller, D.  W., Mishra, K., Nachman, B., Nef, P., O’Grady, F.  T., Ovcharova, A., Picazio, A., Pollard, C., Potter-Landua, B., Potter, C., Rappoccio, S., Rojo, J., Rutherfoord, J., Salam, G.  P., Schabinger, R.  M., Schwartzman, A., Schwartz, M.  D., Shuve, B., Sinervo, P., Soper, D., Sosa Corral, D.  E., Spannowsky, M., Strauss, E., Swiatlowski, M., Thaler, J., Thomas, C., Thompson, E., Tran, N.  V., Tseng, J., Usai, E., Valery, L., Veatch, J., Vos, M., Waalewijn, W., Wacker, J., and Young, C. Towards an understanding of the correlations in jet substructure. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.1140/epjc/s10052-015-3587-2.
Adams, D., Arce, A., Asquith, L., Backovic, M., Barillari, T., Berta, P., Bertolini, D., Buckley, A., Butterworth, J., Camacho Toro, R.  C., Caudron, J., Chien, Y. -T., Cogan, J., Cooper, B., Curtin, D., Debenedetti, C., Dolen, J., Eklund, M., El Hedri, S., Ellis, S.  D., Embry, T., Ferencek, D., Ferrando, J., Fleischmann, S., Freytsis, M., Giulini, M., Han, Z., Hare, D., Harris, P., Hinzmann, A., Hoing, R., Hornig, A., Jankowiak, M., Johns, K., Kasieczka, G., Kogler, R., Lampl, W., Larkoski, A.  J., Lee, C., Leone, R., Loch, P., Lopez Mateos, D., Lou, H. K., Low, M., Maksimovic, P., Marchesini, I., Marzani, S., Masetti, L., McCarthy, R., Menke, S., Miller, D.  W., Mishra, K., Nachman, B., Nef, P., O’Grady, F.  T., Ovcharova, A., Picazio, A., Pollard, C., Potter-Landua, B., Potter, C., Rappoccio, S., Rojo, J., Rutherfoord, J., Salam, G.  P., Schabinger, R.  M., Schwartzman, A., Schwartz, M.  D., Shuve, B., Sinervo, P., Soper, D., Sosa Corral, D.  E., Spannowsky, M., Strauss, E., Swiatlowski, M., Thaler, J., Thomas, C., Thompson, E., Tran, N.  V., Tseng, J., Usai, E., Valery, L., Veatch, J., Vos, M., Waalewijn, W., Wacker, J., & Young, C. Towards an understanding of the correlations in jet substructure. United States. https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-015-3587-2
Adams, D., Arce, A., Asquith, L., Backovic, M., Barillari, T., Berta, P., Bertolini, D., Buckley, A., Butterworth, J., Camacho Toro, R.  C., Caudron, J., Chien, Y. -T., Cogan, J., Cooper, B., Curtin, D., Debenedetti, C., Dolen, J., Eklund, M., El Hedri, S., Ellis, S.  D., Embry, T., Ferencek, D., Ferrando, J., Fleischmann, S., Freytsis, M., Giulini, M., Han, Z., Hare, D., Harris, P., Hinzmann, A., Hoing, R., Hornig, A., Jankowiak, M., Johns, K., Kasieczka, G., Kogler, R., Lampl, W., Larkoski, A.  J., Lee, C., Leone, R., Loch, P., Lopez Mateos, D., Lou, H. K., Low, M., Maksimovic, P., Marchesini, I., Marzani, S., Masetti, L., McCarthy, R., Menke, S., Miller, D.  W., Mishra, K., Nachman, B., Nef, P., O’Grady, F.  T., Ovcharova, A., Picazio, A., Pollard, C., Potter-Landua, B., Potter, C., Rappoccio, S., Rojo, J., Rutherfoord, J., Salam, G.  P., Schabinger, R.  M., Schwartzman, A., Schwartz, M.  D., Shuve, B., Sinervo, P., Soper, D., Sosa Corral, D.  E., Spannowsky, M., Strauss, E., Swiatlowski, M., Thaler, J., Thomas, C., Thompson, E., Tran, N.  V., Tseng, J., Usai, E., Valery, L., Veatch, J., Vos, M., Waalewijn, W., Wacker, J., and Young, C. Wed . "Towards an understanding of the correlations in jet substructure". United States. https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-015-3587-2. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1214807.
@article{osti_1214807,
title = {Towards an understanding of the correlations in jet substructure},
author = {Adams, D. and Arce, A. and Asquith, L. and Backovic, M. and Barillari, T. and Berta, P. and Bertolini, D. and Buckley, A. and Butterworth, J. and Camacho Toro, R.  C. and Caudron, J. and Chien, Y. -T. and Cogan, J. and Cooper, B. and Curtin, D. and Debenedetti, C. and Dolen, J. and Eklund, M. and El Hedri, S. and Ellis, S.  D. and Embry, T. and Ferencek, D. and Ferrando, J. and Fleischmann, S. and Freytsis, M. and Giulini, M. and Han, Z. and Hare, D. and Harris, P. and Hinzmann, A. and Hoing, R. and Hornig, A. and Jankowiak, M. and Johns, K. and Kasieczka, G. and Kogler, R. and Lampl, W. and Larkoski, A.  J. and Lee, C. and Leone, R. and Loch, P. and Lopez Mateos, D. and Lou, H. K. and Low, M. and Maksimovic, P. and Marchesini, I. and Marzani, S. and Masetti, L. and McCarthy, R. and Menke, S. and Miller, D.  W. and Mishra, K. and Nachman, B. and Nef, P. and O’Grady, F.  T. and Ovcharova, A. and Picazio, A. and Pollard, C. and Potter-Landua, B. and Potter, C. and Rappoccio, S. and Rojo, J. and Rutherfoord, J. and Salam, G.  P. and Schabinger, R.  M. and Schwartzman, A. and Schwartz, M.  D. and Shuve, B. and Sinervo, P. and Soper, D. and Sosa Corral, D.  E. and Spannowsky, M. and Strauss, E. and Swiatlowski, M. and Thaler, J. and Thomas, C. and Thompson, E. and Tran, N.  V. and Tseng, J. and Usai, E. and Valery, L. and Veatch, J. and Vos, M. and Waalewijn, W. and Wacker, J. and Young, C.},
abstractNote = {Over the past decade, a large number of jet substructure observables have been proposed in the literature, and explored at the LHC experiments. Such observables attempt to utilize the internal structure of jets in order to distinguish those initiated by quarks, gluons, or by boosted heavy objects, such as top quarks and W bosons. This report, originating from and motivated by the BOOST2013 workshop, presents original particle-level studies that aim to improve our understanding of the relationships between jet substructure observables, their complementarity, and their dependence on the underlying jet properties, particularly the jet radius and jet transverse momentum. This is explored in the context of quark/gluon discrimination, boosted W boson tagging and boosted top quark tagging.},
doi = {10.1140/epjc/s10052-015-3587-2},
journal = {European Physical Journal. C, Particles and Fields},
number = 9,
volume = 75,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Sep 09 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Wed Sep 09 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
}

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