Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Scientific paper
2011-10-24
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
22 pages, 10 figures
Scientific paper
Factorization underpins our ability to make predictions at the LHC, both in Monte Carlo simulations and direct calculations. An improved theoretical understanding of jet substructure can lead to calculations that can confront data and validate the Monte Carlo description of jets. We derive constraints on jet substructure algorithms from factorization, focusing on the broad class of jet observables where the soft and collinear dynamics of QCD dominate. A necessary condition for factorization is that the phase space constraints on soft and collinear dynamics for a given observable are independent of each other. This condition allows us to use a simple power counting analysis to place strong constraints on the form of jet substructure methods that can factorize. We illustrate this approach by considering four substructure algorithms, the mass-drop filter Higgs tagger, pruning, trimming, and N-subjettiness. We find that factorization constrains the scaling of parameters in all of the substructure algorithms, and that the generic declustering and filtering techniques do not factorize. However, we determine simple modifications that can be made to allow for factorization.
Walsh Jonathan R.
Zuberi Saba
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