Abstract
We explore the ability of three-particle templates to distinguish color neutral objects from QCD background. This method is particularly useful to identify the standard model Higgs, as well as other massive neutral particles. Simple cut-based analysis in the overlap distributions of the signal and background is shown to provide a significant rejection power. By combining with other discriminating variables, such as planar flow, and several variables that depend on the partonic template, three-particle templates are used to characterize the influence of gluon emission and color flow in collider events. The performance of the method is discussed for the case of a highly boosted Higgs in association with a leptonically decaying W boson.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 114046 |
| Journal | Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology |
| Volume | 85 |
| Issue number | 11 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2012 Jun 26 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Nuclear and High Energy Physics
- Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)
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Almeida, L. G., Erdoǧan, O., Juknevich, J., Lee, S. J., Perez, G., & Sterman, G. (2012). Three-particle templates for a boosted Higgs boson. Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, 85(11), [114046]. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.85.114046