A Hierarchical NeuroBayes-based Algorithm for Full Reconstruction of B Mesons at B Factories

Details A Hierarchical NeuroBayes-based Algorithm for Full Reconstruction of B Mesons at B Factories A Hierarchical NeuroBayes-based Algorithm for Full Reconstruction of B Mesons at B Factories

2011-02-18

arxiv.org/abs/1102.3876v2

Nucl.Instrum.Meth.A654:432-440,2011

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Experiment

Scientific paper

10.1016/j.nima.2011.06.008

We describe a new B-meson full reconstruction algorithm designed for the Belle experiment at the B-factory KEKB, an asymmetric e+e- collider that collected a data sample of 771.6 x 10^6 BBbar pairs during its running time. To maximize the number of reconstructed B decay channels, it utilizes a hierarchical reconstruction procedure and probabilistic calculus instead of classical selection cuts. The multivariate analysis package NeuroBayes was used extensively to hold the balance between highest possible efficiency, robustness and acceptable consumption of CPU time. In total, 1104 exclusive decay channels were reconstructed, employing 71 neural networks altogether. Overall, we correctly reconstruct one B+/- or B0 candidate in 0.28% or 0.18% of the BBbar events, respectively. Compared to the cut-based classical reconstruction algorithm used at the Belle experiment, this is an improvement in efficiency by roughly a factor of 2, depending on the analysis considered. The new framework also features the ability to choose the desired purity or efficiency of the fully reconstructed sample freely. If the same purity as for the classical full reconstruction code is desired ~25%, the efficiency is still larger by nearly a factor of 2. If, on the other hand, the efficiency is chosen at a similar level as the classical full reconstruction, the purity rises from ~25% to nearly 90%.

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