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Autores principales: Kalinowski, Artur, Matyszkiewicz, Wiktor
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Publicado: 2025
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Acceso en línea:https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.26069
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author Kalinowski, Artur
Matyszkiewicz, Wiktor
author_facet Kalinowski, Artur
Matyszkiewicz, Wiktor
contents The quality of the invariant mass reconstruction of the di-τ system is crucial for searches and analyses of di-τ resonances. Due to the presence of neutrinos in the final state, the τ τ invariant mass cannot be calculated directly at hadron colliders, where the longitudinal momentum sum constraint cannot be applied. A number of approaches have been adopted to mitigate this issue. The most general one uses Matrix Element (ME) integration for likelihood estimation, followed by invariant mass reconstruction as the value maximizing the likelihood. However, this method has a significant computational cost due to the need for integration over the phase space of the decay products. We propose an algorithm that reduces the computational cost by two orders of magnitude, while maintaining the resolution of the invariant mass reconstruction at a level comparable to the ME-based method. Moreover, we introduce additional features to estimate the uncertainty of the reconstructed mass and the kinematics of the initial τ leptons (e.g., their momenta).
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spellingShingle Efficient tau-pair invariant mass reconstruction with simplified matrix element techniques
Kalinowski, Artur
Matyszkiewicz, Wiktor
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
High Energy Physics - Experiment
The quality of the invariant mass reconstruction of the di-τ system is crucial for searches and analyses of di-τ resonances. Due to the presence of neutrinos in the final state, the τ τ invariant mass cannot be calculated directly at hadron colliders, where the longitudinal momentum sum constraint cannot be applied. A number of approaches have been adopted to mitigate this issue. The most general one uses Matrix Element (ME) integration for likelihood estimation, followed by invariant mass reconstruction as the value maximizing the likelihood. However, this method has a significant computational cost due to the need for integration over the phase space of the decay products. We propose an algorithm that reduces the computational cost by two orders of magnitude, while maintaining the resolution of the invariant mass reconstruction at a level comparable to the ME-based method. Moreover, we introduce additional features to estimate the uncertainty of the reconstructed mass and the kinematics of the initial τ leptons (e.g., their momenta).
title Efficient tau-pair invariant mass reconstruction with simplified matrix element techniques
topic High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
High Energy Physics - Experiment
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.26069