Abstract
This paper describes the algorithms used by the CMS experiment to reconstruct and identify τ → hadrons + νtau; decays during Run 1 of the LHC. The performance of the algorithms is studied in proton-proton collisions recorded at a centre-of-mass energy of 8 TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 19.7 fb-1. The algorithms achieve an identification efficiency of 50-60%, with misidentification rates for quark and gluon jets, electrons, and muons between per mille and per cent levels.
Original language | English (US) |
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Article number | P01019 |
Journal | Journal of Instrumentation |
Volume | 11 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 29 2016 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© CERN 2016.
Keywords
- Large detector systems for particle and astroparticle physics
- Particle identification methods