Energy correlation functions for jet substructure

DOI10.1007/JHEP06(2013)108zbMATH Open1342.81689arXiv1305.0007WikidataQ60351969 ScholiaQ60351969MaRDI QIDQ303428FDOQ303428

Authors: Andrew J. Larkoski, G. Salam, Jesse Thaler 

Publication date: 12 August 2016

Published in: Journal of High Energy Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We show how generalized energy correlation functions can be used as a powerful probe of jet substructure. These correlation functions are based on the energies and pair-wise angles of particles within a jet, with (N+1)-point correlators sensitive to N-prong substructure. Unlike many previous jet substructure methods, these correlation functions do not require the explicit identification of subjet regions. In addition, the correlation functions are better probes of certain soft and collinear features that are masked by other methods. We present three Monte Carlo case studies to illustrate the utility of these observables: 2-point correlators for quark/gluon discrimination, 3-point correlators for boosted W/Z/Higgs boson identification, and 4-point correlators for boosted top quark identification. For quark/gluon discrimination, the 2-point correlator is particularly powerful, as can be understood via a next-to-leading logarithmic calculation. For boosted 2-prong resonances the benefit depends on the mass of the resonance.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1305.0007

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zbMATH Keywords

QCD phenomenologyjets

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Strong interaction, including quantum chromodynamics (81V05)

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• Celestial blocks and transverse spin in the three-point energy correlator
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• Deep Learning in the Natural Sciences: Applications to Physics
• Energy correlations in the end-point region

Uses Software

• HERWIG 5.1
• MadGraph
• PYTHIA8
• FastJet
• Herwig++

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