A new method to distinguish hadronically decaying boosted Z bosons from W bosons using the ATLAS detector

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Alconada Verzini, María Josefina; Alonso, Francisco; Arduh, Francisco Anuar; Dova, María Teresa; Monticelli, Fernando Gabriel; Wahlberg, Hernán Pablo; The ATLAS Collaboration
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2016
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The distribution of particles inside hadronic jets produced in the decay of boosted W and Z bosons can be used to discriminate such jets from the continuum background. Given that a jet has been identified as likely resulting from the hadronic decay of a boosted W or Z boson, this paper presents a technique for further differentiating Z bosons from W bosons. The variables used are jet mass, jet charge, and a b-tagging discriminant. A likelihood tagger is constructed from these variables and tested in the simulation of W′→ WZ for bosons in the transverse momentum range 200 GeV < pT< 400 GeV in √s= 8 TeV pp collisions with the ATLAS detector at the LHC. For Z-boson tagging efficiencies of ϵZ= 90 , 50, and 10 % , one can achieve W+-boson tagging rejection factors (1 / ϵW+) of 1.7, 8.3 and 1000, respectively. It is not possible to measure these efficiencies in the data due to the lack of a pure sample of high pT, hadronically decaying Z bosons. However, the modelling of the tagger inputs for boosted W bosons is studied in data using a tt¯ -enriched sample of events in 20.3 fb- 1 of data at √s= 8 TeV. The inputs are well modelled within uncertainties, which builds confidence in the expected tagger performance.
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spelling A new method to distinguish hadronically decaying boosted Z bosons from W bosons using the ATLAS detectorAlconada Verzini, María JosefinaAlonso, FranciscoArduh, Francisco AnuarDova, María TeresaMonticelli, Fernando GabrielWahlberg, Hernán PabloThe ATLAS CollaborationFísicaZ bosonsW bosonsjet massjet chargeb-tagging discriminantThe distribution of particles inside hadronic jets produced in the decay of boosted W and Z bosons can be used to discriminate such jets from the continuum background. Given that a jet has been identified as likely resulting from the hadronic decay of a boosted W or Z boson, this paper presents a technique for further differentiating Z bosons from W bosons. The variables used are jet mass, jet charge, and a b-tagging discriminant. A likelihood tagger is constructed from these variables and tested in the simulation of W′→ WZ for bosons in the transverse momentum range 200 GeV < pT< 400 GeV in √s= 8 TeV pp collisions with the ATLAS detector at the LHC. For Z-boson tagging efficiencies of ϵZ= 90 , 50, and 10 % , one can achieve W+-boson tagging rejection factors (1 / ϵW+) of 1.7, 8.3 and 1000, respectively. It is not possible to measure these efficiencies in the data due to the lack of a pure sample of high pT, hadronically decaying Z bosons. However, the modelling of the tagger inputs for boosted W bosons is studied in data using a tt¯ -enriched sample of events in 20.3 fb- 1 of data at √s= 8 TeV. The inputs are well modelled within uncertainties, which builds confidence in the expected tagger performance.La lista completa de autores que integran el documento puede consultarse en el archivoInstituto de Física La Plata2016info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionArticulohttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfhttp://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/86033enginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/issn/1434-6044info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1140/epjc/s10052-016-4065-1info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)reponame:SEDICI (UNLP)instname:Universidad Nacional de La Platainstacron:UNLP2025-09-29T11:16:49Zoai:sedici.unlp.edu.ar:10915/86033Institucionalhttp://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/Universidad públicaNo correspondehttp://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/oai/snrdalira@sedici.unlp.edu.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:13292025-09-29 11:16:49.307SEDICI (UNLP) - Universidad Nacional de La Platafalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv A new method to distinguish hadronically decaying boosted Z bosons from W bosons using the ATLAS detector
title A new method to distinguish hadronically decaying boosted Z bosons from W bosons using the ATLAS detector
spellingShingle A new method to distinguish hadronically decaying boosted Z bosons from W bosons using the ATLAS detector
Alconada Verzini, María Josefina
Física
Z bosons
W bosons
jet mass
jet charge
b-tagging discriminant
title_short A new method to distinguish hadronically decaying boosted Z bosons from W bosons using the ATLAS detector
title_full A new method to distinguish hadronically decaying boosted Z bosons from W bosons using the ATLAS detector
title_fullStr A new method to distinguish hadronically decaying boosted Z bosons from W bosons using the ATLAS detector
title_full_unstemmed A new method to distinguish hadronically decaying boosted Z bosons from W bosons using the ATLAS detector
title_sort A new method to distinguish hadronically decaying boosted Z bosons from W bosons using the ATLAS detector
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Alconada Verzini, María Josefina
Alonso, Francisco
Arduh, Francisco Anuar
Dova, María Teresa
Monticelli, Fernando Gabriel
Wahlberg, Hernán Pablo
The ATLAS Collaboration
author Alconada Verzini, María Josefina
author_facet Alconada Verzini, María Josefina
Alonso, Francisco
Arduh, Francisco Anuar
Dova, María Teresa
Monticelli, Fernando Gabriel
Wahlberg, Hernán Pablo
The ATLAS Collaboration
author_role author
author2 Alonso, Francisco
Arduh, Francisco Anuar
Dova, María Teresa
Monticelli, Fernando Gabriel
Wahlberg, Hernán Pablo
The ATLAS Collaboration
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Física
Z bosons
W bosons
jet mass
jet charge
b-tagging discriminant
topic Física
Z bosons
W bosons
jet mass
jet charge
b-tagging discriminant
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv The distribution of particles inside hadronic jets produced in the decay of boosted W and Z bosons can be used to discriminate such jets from the continuum background. Given that a jet has been identified as likely resulting from the hadronic decay of a boosted W or Z boson, this paper presents a technique for further differentiating Z bosons from W bosons. The variables used are jet mass, jet charge, and a b-tagging discriminant. A likelihood tagger is constructed from these variables and tested in the simulation of W′→ WZ for bosons in the transverse momentum range 200 GeV < pT< 400 GeV in √s= 8 TeV pp collisions with the ATLAS detector at the LHC. For Z-boson tagging efficiencies of ϵZ= 90 , 50, and 10 % , one can achieve W+-boson tagging rejection factors (1 / ϵW+) of 1.7, 8.3 and 1000, respectively. It is not possible to measure these efficiencies in the data due to the lack of a pure sample of high pT, hadronically decaying Z bosons. However, the modelling of the tagger inputs for boosted W bosons is studied in data using a tt¯ -enriched sample of events in 20.3 fb- 1 of data at √s= 8 TeV. The inputs are well modelled within uncertainties, which builds confidence in the expected tagger performance.
La lista completa de autores que integran el documento puede consultarse en el archivo
Instituto de Física La Plata
description The distribution of particles inside hadronic jets produced in the decay of boosted W and Z bosons can be used to discriminate such jets from the continuum background. Given that a jet has been identified as likely resulting from the hadronic decay of a boosted W or Z boson, this paper presents a technique for further differentiating Z bosons from W bosons. The variables used are jet mass, jet charge, and a b-tagging discriminant. A likelihood tagger is constructed from these variables and tested in the simulation of W′→ WZ for bosons in the transverse momentum range 200 GeV < pT< 400 GeV in √s= 8 TeV pp collisions with the ATLAS detector at the LHC. For Z-boson tagging efficiencies of ϵZ= 90 , 50, and 10 % , one can achieve W+-boson tagging rejection factors (1 / ϵW+) of 1.7, 8.3 and 1000, respectively. It is not possible to measure these efficiencies in the data due to the lack of a pure sample of high pT, hadronically decaying Z bosons. However, the modelling of the tagger inputs for boosted W bosons is studied in data using a tt¯ -enriched sample of events in 20.3 fb- 1 of data at √s= 8 TeV. The inputs are well modelled within uncertainties, which builds confidence in the expected tagger performance.
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