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Analytic Boosted Boson Discrimination

Andrew J. Larkoski
(
- MIT, Cambridge, CTP
)
,
Ian Moult
(
- MIT, Cambridge, CTP
)
,
Duff Neill
(
- MIT, Cambridge, CTP
)

Jul 10, 2015

133 pages

Published in:

JHEP 05 (2016) 117

Published: May 20, 2016

e-Print:

1507.03018 [hep-ph]

DOI:

10.1007/JHEP05(2016)117

Report number:

MIT-CTP-4681

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Abstract: (Springer)

Observables which discriminate boosted topologies from massive QCD jets are of great importance for the success of the jet substructure program at the Large Hadron Collider. Such observables, while both widely and successfully used, have been studied almost exclusively with Monte Carlo simulations. In this paper we present the first all-orders factorization theorem for a two-prong discriminant based on a jet shape variable, D

_{2}

, valid for both signal and background jets. Our factorization theorem simultaneously describes the production of both collinear and soft subjets, and we introduce a novel zero-bin procedure to correctly describe the transition region between these limits. By proving an all orders factorization theorem, we enable a systematically improvable description, and allow for precision comparisons between data, Monte Carlo, and first principles QCD calculations for jet substructure observables. Using our factorization theorem, we present numerical results for the discrimination of a boosted Z boson from massive QCD background jets. We compare our results with Monte Carlo predictions which allows for a detailed understanding of the extent to which these generators accurately describe the formation of two-prong QCD jets, and informs their usage in substructure analyses. Our calculation also provides considerable insight into the discrimination power and calculability of jet substructure observables in general.

Note:

135 pages, 34 figures v2. Fixed bug in parton level Herwig analysis in Fig. 13 v3. Additional discussion on zero-bin procedure and hadronization corrections v4. removed mention of angular veto in Pythia8 v5. JHEP version; removed discussion of comparing parton-level Monte Carlo to analytics

Jets
QCD Phenomenology
CERN LHC Coll
p p: scattering
jet: production
shape analysis: jet
jet: background
Z0: boosted particle
Z0: particle identification
quantum chromodynamics: factorization

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