BOOST 2016: 8th International Workshop on Boosted Object Phenomenology, Reconstruction and Searches in HEP

Thinking outside the ROCs: Designing Decorrelated Taggers (DDT) for jet substructure

19 Jul 2016, 11:15

20m

RAI-H-041 (Zurich)

Plenary

Speaker

Salvatore Rappoccio (State University of New York (US))

Description

We explore the scale-dependence and correlations of jet substructure observables to improve upon existing techniques in the identification of highly Lorentz-boosted objects. Modified observables are designed to remove correlations from existing theoretically well-understood observables, providing practical advantages for experimental measurements and searches for new phenomena. We study such observables in W jet tagging and provide recommendations for observables based on considerations beyond signal and background efficiencies.

Summary

We explore the scale-dependence and correlations of jet substructure observables to improve upon existing techniques in the identification of highly Lorentz-boosted objects. Modified observables are designed to remove correlations from existing theoretically well-understood observables, providing practical advantages for experimental measurements and searches for new phenomena. We study such observables in W jet tagging and provide recommendations for observables based on considerations beyond signal and background efficiencies.

Presentation materials

rappoccio_ddt_boost2016.pdf