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Light-quark and gluon jet discrimination in pp collisions at vs=7 TeV with the ATLAS detector

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posted on 2023-06-09, 06:03 authored by Benedict AllbrookeBenedict Allbrooke, Lily AsquithLily Asquith, Alessandro CerriAlessandro Cerri, C A Chavez Barajas, Antonella De SantoAntonella De Santo, Fabrizio SalvatoreFabrizio Salvatore, I Santoyo Castillo, K Suruliz, Mark SuttonMark Sutton, Iacopo Vivarelli, et al. The ATLAS Collaboration
A likelihood-based discriminant for the identification of quark- and gluon-initiated jets is built and validated using 4.7 fb -1 of proton–proton collision data at vs=7 TeV collected with the ATLAS detector at the LHC. Data samples with enriched quark or gluon content are used in the construction and validation of templates of jet properties that are the input to the likelihood-based discriminant. The discriminating power of the jet tagger is established in both data and Monte Carlo samples within a systematic uncertainty of ˜ 10–20 %. In data, light-quark jets can be tagged with an efficiency of ˜50% while achieving a gluon-jet mis-tag rate of ˜25% in a pT range between 40 GeV and 360 GeV for jets in the acceptance of the tracker. The rejection of gluon-jets found in the data is significantly below what is attainable using a Pythia 6 Monte Carlo simulation, where gluon-jet mis-tag rates of 10 % can be reached for a 50 % selection efficiency of light-quark jets using the same jet properties.

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ATLAS; G0275; STFC-SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FACILITIES COUNCIL; ST/I006048/1

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Journal

European Physical Journal C

ISSN

1434-6044

Publisher

Springer Verlag

Issue

3023

Volume

74

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  • Physics and Astronomy Publications

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  • Experimental Particle Physics Research Group Publications

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  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2017-05-03

First Open Access (FOA) Date

2017-05-03

First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date

2017-05-03

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