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DecayoftheTau MajorLeptonic DecayChannels MajorHadronic DecayChannels Onechargedtrackinjet=49.5% 17.84 0.5% 17.36 0.5% m =1.78GeV/c 2 c =87.m Level1Tau


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DecayoftheTau

MajorLeptonic DecayChannels MajorHadronic DecayChannels

Onechargedtrackinjet=49.5% 17.84± 0.5% 17.36± 0.5%

mτ =1.78GeV/c2 cτ =87.m

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Level1Tau TriggerusingtheHadronic andElectromagnetic Calorimeters1 I

1. Takea12x12groupingoftriggertowersaroundanactivespotasagenericjet. 2. Each4x4regionshowedhasaτ1vetobitassociatedwithit.Ifmorethan2triggertowersinthe ECALorHCALareactivated,thisτ1vetobitisset.Eachtriggertowerhasaprogrammablethreshold

  • ftypicallyafewGeVs.

3. Agenericjetisrelabelled aTau Jetifnoneofitsnine4x4regionshaveaτ1vetobiton. 4. ThefourhighestET jetsandthefourhighestET jetsidentifiedasTau Jetsaresenttotheglobal triggerforconsiderationastriggerobjects.

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Level1Tau TriggerusingtheHadronic andElectromagnetic Calorimeters1 II

TheefficiencyofTau1JetidentificationusingLevel1 algorithmisplottedagainstthetransverseenergyof thejet. ThedropwithhighETmaybebecausehigher energiescauseneighbouring triggertowerstofire

  • ccassionally.

TheefficiencyofTau1JetidentificationusingLevel1 algorithmisplottedagainstpseudorapidity. Itfallsoffathighpseudorapidity presumablybecause theTau1Jetsareincidentonthecalorimetersathigher incidentanglesandtriggermultipletowers.

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Level2Tau TriggerusingtheElectromagneticCalorimeter1 I

  • Tau jetsaremorecollimatedthanQCDjets.

Define:<R2 =<η2 +<Φ2 Weexploitthiscollimationbyrequiringthatthe transverseenergydepositedintheneighbourhood (0.13<R<0.4)ofthehighesttowerbebelowacutoff energyPisol

cut.Thatis:

cut isol isol R T R T

P P E E < = − ∑

<

  • <
  • 13

. 4 .

Efficiencyofacceptingsimulation1generatedTau and QCDjetsfordifferentET werestudiedusingadetector simulation.Pisol

cut wasvariedfrom0GeV/c to14GeV/c

andefficiencieswereplottedagainstitasshowntothe left. ItwasseenthatQCDjetsarebestrejectedforPisol

cut =5

Gev.

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Level2Tau TriggerusingtheElectromagneticCalorimeter1 II

Asupermodule sectionoftheECALunderconstructionisshowntothe left.EachcrystalcrosssectioncorrespondstoR=9.2x1018,well abovetheRresolutionrequiredforthedefinitionofPisol

cut.

Pisol

cut =5GeV/c isusedinaMonteCarlotest.

AplotbetweentheTau jetidentificationefficiencyintheECALversus transverseenergyisshowntotheright.Theefficienciesofthe different channelsofhadronic decayareseparated. AplotbetweentheTau jet identificationefficiencyversusη isshowntotheright.Thedropin efficiencywithincreasingη isdue tothejethavingtopassthrough moretrackermaterialbefore hittingtheECAL.

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HighLevelTau TriggerusingthePixelDetector1 I

  • DirectionoftheTau JetAxisisdeterminedbyjet

reconstructioninthecalorimeter.

  • AMatchingConeofsolidangleRm aroundtheJetAxis

isdrawn.

  • OnlytrackswithintheMatchingConewithtransverse

momentumgreaterthanpm

T areconsidered.

  • Thetrackwiththehighesttransversemomentumamong

themiscalledtheLeadingTrack.

  • ASignalConeofsolidangleRs aroundtheLeading

Trackisdrawn.

  • AlltrackswithintheSignalConewhichhaveaz1

impactparameterlessthan<ztr awayfromthez1impact parameteroftheLeadingTrackareconsideredpartof theTau Jet.Theremustbe1or3suchtracks.

  • AnIsolationConeofsolidangleRI isdrawnaroundthe

JetAxis.

  • AlltrackswithintheIsolationConethathavez1impact

parameterlessthan<ztr awayfromthez1impact parameteroftheLeadingTrackandwithtransverse momentumgreaterthanpI

T areconsidered.Iftheyare

foundonlywithintheSignalCone,theisolationcriterion fortheTau Jetissatisfied.

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HighLevelTau TriggerusingthePixelDetector1 II

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PerformanceofHighLevelTau TriggerwithH/A/h→τ+(jet)τ1(jet)

TwoschemesforHLTonthetable,really.

  • UsetheECAL+PixelDetector.Codename:.
  • UsetheSiliconTracker.Codename: .

Calo+Pxl Algorithm

RateofeventscomingoutofLevel1issuppressedbyafactorof3usingECALIsolationwith Pisol

cut=5GeV/c ononeofthetwojets.

1. Trackerisolationisappliedtobothjets.Trackreconstructionrequiredforthisisdone entirelybythePixelSystem. 3pixelhitsissufficienttoreconstructtracks.Essentially,2 ofthe3hitsareusedfirst andmatchedinrΦ andzr toestablishtrackcandidates.Thematchingcutsare

  • ptimised fortracksofpT~1GeV/c.Validpixelpairsarematchedwiththe3rd pixelhit

formingpixel1tracks.Themomentumofthesepixel1tracksisreconstructedwithouta primaryvertexconstraint.Alistofprimaryverticeswheretrackscrossthez1axisis drawnup.Primaryvertices(andtheirtracks)withatleast3tracksarekept,andthe restaredeleted. RM=0.1,pT

ltr=3GeV/c,RS=0.07,Ri=freeparameter.

2. Thefirstjetdefinesprimaryvertex.Alltracksofbothjetsmustoriginatethere,elsedeleted.

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PerformanceofCalo+Pxl withH/A/h→τ+(jet)τ1(jet)

Efficiencyofacceptingsignaleventsversus efficiencyofacceptingQCDmulti1jetevents isplottedontheright.TheCalo1Pxl algorithmisappliedtothefirstjet.Two HiggsBosonmassesofMH=200and500 GeV/c2 areused.Ri isvariedfrom0.2to0.6 instepsof0.05 TheCalo1Pxl algorithmisnowappliedto bothjets.Thefirstjetisusedtodecidethe primaryvertexwherefromalltracksinboth jetsmustoriginate.QCDsuppressionis definitelyimproved.

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H/A/h→τ+τ1→.,jetEventGenerationandPre1selection

  • Signal
  • H/A/h→τ+τ1 doneinPYTHIA
  • τ+τ1→(.νν)(hadronic jet+ν)doneinTAUOLA

Background

  • Drell Yan Z/γ*→τ+τ1 →(.νν)(hadronic jet+ν)producedintwobins:40<mττ <120

GeV/c2 andmττ >120GeV/c2

  • ττbb wasproducedwith 60<mττ <100GeV/c2 andmττ >100GeV/c2
  • W+jet wasproducedwithpT >20GeV/c
  • tt
  • Wt
  • SUSYbackgroundnegligible
  • MuonwasisolatedwithnochargedparticlewithpT >1GeV/c withinasolidangleof0.2
  • Tau1Jetisolatedwithatmost1chargedtrackatsolidangle>0.1and<0.4.Leadingtrackinthis

jetrequiredtohavepT >3GeV/c.

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H/A/h→τ+τ1→.,jetOfflineEventSelection

  • Tau1Jetidentification.IsalmostidenticaltoCalo1Pxl identification.Except:
  • insteadofhastilycreatedpixel1tracks,fullyreconstructedtracksareused.
  • insteadofusingJetAxisdefinedbyECAL,sumofthemomentaofreconstructedtracksisused.
  • theleadingtrackshouldhavepT >10GeV/c for1trackinsignalconeorpT >20GeV/c for3

tracksinsignalcone.

  • btaggingofatleastoneb1JetisrequiredtomakesurewearedealingwithbbH(A).Oneb1jetwithpT

>20GeV/c wasrequired.

  • Eventscontainingthedecayof(anearlyon1shell)Winto.+ν. arerejectedbyacutof60GeV/c2 on

theinvariantmassoftheW.

  • CentralJetVeto:AlleventscontainingmorethanjusttheTau andbjetsin|η|<2.5withET>20GeV

arerejected.Reducestt background.

  • EHCAL/pltr cut.
  • Reconstructedmuonandτ1jetcannotbebacktoback.
  • Eventswithnegativereconstructedneutrinoenergyrejected.
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H/A/h→τ+τ1→.,jetSignalAnalysis

Theproductioncrosssectionsandindividualselection efficienciesforsignalsofMA=200and500GeV/c2

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H/A/h→τ+τ1→.,jetBackgroundAnalysis

Theproductioncross sectionsandindividual selectionefficienciesfor backgroundprocesses.

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H/A/h→τ+τ1→.,jetSystematicUncertainties

  • NonZ/γ*backgroundeventshave12%systematicuncertaintyfromMonteCarlosimulation.
  • Z/γ*
  • Drell Yan processtoττ hassystematicerrorof8%tothenumberofevents.Contributionsfrom

b1tagginguncertaintyandjetscaleuncertainty.

  • ττbbhas15%systematicuncertainty.
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H/A/h→τ+τ1→.,jetHiggsReconstructionandDiscoveryReach

  • 20fb11 worthofdatasimulated.LowmassHiggssignal

pronouncednear200GeV.Notsothe500GeV Higgs.

  • 5σ discoveryareawithoutuncertaintyisborderedwiththe

solidcurve.Withsystematicuncertaintyborderedwith dashedcurve.

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H/A/h→τ+τ1→e,jetEventGeneration

Signal

  • H/A/h→τ+τ1 doneinPYTHIA
  • τ+τ1→(.νν)(hadronic jet+ν)doneinTAUOLA

Background

  • Z/γ*→τ+τ1 →e+hadronic jet+missingenergy
  • bb Z/γ*,Z/γ*1>ττ 1>e+τ(jet)+missingenergy
  • tt 1>bbW1W2,W1 1>τ(jet)+missingenergy,W2 1>e+missingenergyorW2 1>τ,e,

missingenergyandτ1>e+missingenergy

  • W1t1>bW1W2,W1 1>τ+missingenergy,W2 1>e+missingenergyorW2 1>τ,e,missing

energyandτ1>e+missingenergy.(GeneratedwithTOPREX.) Thebackgroundsthatcanfakethesignalwhereahadronic jetoranelectroncanbeidentified asaτ1jetare:

  • W+jet,W1>e+missingenergy
  • Z/γ*1>e+e1
  • bb1Z/γ*,Z/γ*1>e+e1
  • tt 1>bbW1W2,W11>jet+jet,W21>e+missingenergy
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H/A/h→τ+τ1→e,jetOfflineEventSelection

  • Theisolatedelectronfromthedecayofoneofthetau leptonswasfirstsearchedfor.The

reconstructedelectronswerefirstrequiredtobeisolatedinthetrackerdemandingthatnotrack withpT >1GeV/c wasfoundwithinthesolid1angleR=0.4aroundtheelectrontrajectory.The ratioofhadronic clusterenergytoelectromagneticenergywasrequiredwascutwithTheratioof supercluster energytotrackmomentumwasgivenathreshold.Thepurityoftheselected electronswasfoundtobe97.5%.

  • Thetau1jetidentificationwasidenticaltotheoneusedinττ 1>.+jetanalysis.
  • Athresholdof0.35onwasusedtorejecthighlyenergeticelectronsthatmaybefaking

jets,similartothethresholdusedinττ 1>.+jetanalysis.

  • Thechargesofthetau1jetandelectronwererequiredtobeopposite.
  • Atleastonejetfromtheeventwasrequiredtobeab1jetwithET >20GeV and|η|<2.5.This

reducesthett background.Thisvetoefficiencywasfoundtobe60%forthesignaland5%inthe background.

  • Eventswithelectronsandjetsbacktobackwererejectedwitha cutof

ltr HCAL

p E f =

( ) ( )

9962 . , cos − >

T T E

p

  • ϕ
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H/A/h→τ+τ1→e,jetSignalAnalysis

Theefficienciesofallthecutsonsignaleventswithtanβ=20andMA=130– 500GeV/c2 andthenumberofproducedeventsat30fb11 tricklingthroughthe selectioncriteriaas#ofevents(percentageefficiency).

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H/A/h→τ+τ1→e,jetBackgroundAnalysis

At30fb11 ofevents,number

  • fDrell Yan eventstrickling

throughselectioncriterion. At30fb11 ,otherbackground eventstricklingthroughthe selectioncriterion.

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H/A/h→τ+τ1→e,jetSystematicUncertainties

Sourcesofuncertainty:

  • Uncertaintyofelectronreconstructionandidentification~2%
  • Uncertaintyincalorimeterenergyscalefortau reconstructiongaveuncertaintiesof:

Z/γ*1 5.1% bbZ/γ*1 3.8% tt – 7.3% Wt– 11.3% W+jet – 11.8%

  • UncertaintyofcrosssectionsattheLHCare:

Z/γ*1 1% bbZ/γ*1 14.2% tt – 5.6% Wt– 5.6% W+jet – 5.6% Totaluncertaintiesinnumberofeventsforthebackgroundprocesses: Z/γ*1 8.1% bbZ/γ*1 15.9% tt – 11.1% Wt– 14.0% W+jet – 14.5%

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H/A/h→τ+τ1→e,jetHiggsReconstruction

Thereconstructedinvariantττ massdistributionforMA=200GeV/c2,tanβ = 20andMA=300GeV/c2,tanβ =25for30fb11worthofdata.Thedashedline showsthesumoftheZ/γ*andbbZ/γ*backgrounds.

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H/A/h→τ+τ1→e,jetDiscoveryReach

The 5σdiscoveryareasforthischannelofexplorationintheMA1tanβ planefor simulationswithoutandwithsystematicuncertaintieswith30fb11 ofdata.

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H/A/h→τ+τ1→jet,jetEventGenerationandPre1selection

  • Signal
  • gg → H/A/h→τ+τ1 doneinPYTHIA
  • τ+τ1→(.νν)(hadronic jet+ν)doneinTAUOLA

Background

  • tt,Drell Yan productionofZ/γ*thatdecayintotau jets,W+jet,Wt– alldonein

PYTHIA.AllWandZwereforcedtodecayintotau1leptons.

  • Hadronisation oftau doneusingTAUOLA.
  • Theττbb backgroundwasgeneratedwithCOMPHEPandpropagatedtoPYTHIAfor

showeringandhadronisation anddecayoftau leptons.

  • TheZ/γ*generationwassplitintothreebinsofinvariantmass 80<mττ <130GeV/c2,130

<mττ <300GeV/c2andmττ >300GeV/c2.

  • TheW+jet backgroundwasgeneratedwithpT >65GeV/c.
  • Alleventswerepre1selectedatgenerationleveltohavetwotau1likejets.Ajetisselectedas

tau1likeifithasET >50GeV,|η|<2.4andthetransversemomentumoftheleadingtrackpT >30GeV/c.

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H/A/h→τ+τ1→jet,jetOfflineEventSelection

  • ET >50GeV wasrequiredonbothtau1jetsforMA =200GeV/c2.ForhigherHiggsBoson

massesasymmetricalcutswereusedonthetwojets:100and50GeV forMA =500GeV/c2,150 and50GeV forMA=800GeV/c2.ThisisseentorejectQCDjetsmoreeffectively.

  • Tau identificationwasdoneusingTrackerIsolationdescribedbefore.Theparametersusedwere

stricterthantheonesatHighLevelTriggerandareRm=0.1,RS=0.04,Ri=0.5,pT

ltr=35GeV/c and

pT

i=1GeV/c.OneorthreechargedtracksinthesignalconewererequiredforlowmassHiggs

whileeffectivebackgroundrejectionwaspossiblewiththestrictconditionofonlyonecharged trackinthesignalcone.Thetwotau1jetcandidateswererequiredtohaveoppositecharges.

  • Atleastoneb1taggedjetwasrequiredintheevent.
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H/A/h→τ+τ1→jet,jetSignalAnalysis

Theefficienciesatthetriggerandofflinelevelsofeventselection.Ntracks =1or3forMA =200GeV/c2 andNtracks =1forMA =500and800GeV/c2.

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H/A/h→τ+τ1→jet,jetBackgroundAnalysis

TheQCDmulti1jet backgroundefficiencies. Group1:TheLevelOneand calorimetrictau1jet reconstructionatHighLevel andOffline. Group2:Tau1jetisolationat HLTandoffline. Group3:Extrab1taggedjet andHiggsmass reconstruction.

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H/A/h→τ+τ1→jet,jetBackgroundAnalysis

Thenumberofexpectedeventswith60fb11andefficienciesoftheselectionsforthesomeof remainingreduciblebackgroundevents.

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H/A/h→τ+τ1→jet,jetHiggsReconstruction

Thereconstructedinvariantmττ massesforthesignalsofMA =200GeV/c2 andtanβ =20whileFigure 18showsthesameforMA =500GeV/c2 andtanβ =30.Thethicksolidlineistheisolatedsignal.The normalsolidhistogramisthesignal+background.ThedashedhistogramistheQCD1jetbackground. Thesolid1dashedhistogramistheirreduciblebackground.

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H/A/h→τ+τ1→jet,jetDiscoveryReach

The reachesof51σdiscoveryintheMA1tanβplanewithandwithoutsystematicuncertainties.