Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Experiment
Scientific paper
2011-05-30
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Experiment
13 pages, method extended with 3D boost finder
Scientific paper
In proton-proton collisions at LHC energies, Z and low mass Higgs bosons would be produced with high and predominantly longitudinal boost with respect to the beam axis. This note describes a new analysis tool devised to handle this situation in cases when such bosons decay to a pair of tau-leptons. The tool reconstructs the rest frame of the tau+tau- pair by finding the boost that minimises the acollinearity between the visible tau decay products. In most cases this gives a reasonable approximation to the rest frame of the decaying boson. It is shown how the reconstructed rest frame allows for a new method of mass estimation. Also a considerable gain in sensitivity to helicity correlations is obtained by analysing the tau-jets in the reconstructed frame instead of using the laboratory momenta and energies, particularly when both tau-leptons decay hadronically.
Burgess Thomas
Rosendahl Peter L.
Stugu Bjarne
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