Reconstruction and identification of tau lepton decays to hadrons and tau neutrino at CMS

V. Khachatryan , M. Besançon (1) , F. Couderc (1) , M. Dejardin (1) , D. Denegri (1) , B. Fabbro (1) , J.L. Faure , C. Favaro (1) , F. Ferri (1) , S. Ganjour (1) , A. Givernaud (1) , P. Gras (1) , G. Hamel De Monchenault (1) , P. Jarry (1) , E. Locci (1) , M. Machet (1) , J. Malcles (1) , J. Rander (1) , A. Rosowsky (1) , M. Titov (1) , A. Zghiche (1) , I. Antropov (2) , S. Baffioni (2) , F. Beaudette (2) , P. Busson (2) , L. Cadamuro (2) , E. Chapon (2) , C. Charlot (2) , T. Dahms (2) , O. Davignon (2) , N. Filipovic (2) , A. Florent (2) , R. Granier De Cassagnac (2) , S. Lisniak (2) , L. Mastrolorenzo (2) , P. Mine (2) , I.N. Naranjo (2) , M. Nguyen (2) , C. Ochando (2) , G. Ortona (2) , P. Paganini (2) , P. Pigard (2) , S. Regnard (2) , R. Salerno (2) , J.B. Sauvan (2) , Y. Sirois (2) , T. Strebler (2) , Y. Yilmaz (2) , A. Zabi (2) , J.-L. Agram (3) , J. Andrea (3) , A. Aubin (3) , D. Bloch (3) , J.-M. Brom (3) , M. Buttignol (3) , E.C. Chabert (3) , N. Chanon (3) , C. Collard (3) , E. Conte17 , X. Coubez (3) , J.-C. Fontaine (3) , D. Gele (3) , U. Goerlach (3) , C. Goetzmann (3) , A.-C. Le Bihan (3) , J.A. Merlin , K. Skovpen (3) , P. Van Hove (3) , S. Gadrat (4) , S. Beauceron (5) , C. Bernet (5) , G. Boudoul (5) , E. Bouvier (5) , C.A. Carrillo Montoya (5) , R. Chierici (5) , D. Contardo (5) , B. Courbon (5) , P. Depasse (5) , H. El Mamouni (5) , J. Fan (5) , J. Fay (5) , S. Gascon (5) , M. Gouzevitch (5) , B. Ille (5) , Fabienne Lagarde (5) , I.B. Laktineh (5) , M. Lethuillier (5) , L. Mirabito (5) , A.L. Pequegnot (5) , S. Perries (5) , J.D. Ruiz Alvarez (5) , D. Sabes (5) , L. Sgandurra (5) , V. Sordini (5) , M. Vander Donckt (5) , P. Verdier (5) , S. Viret (5) , H. Xiao (5)

1 IRFU - Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers
2 LLR - Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet
3 IPHC - Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien
4 CC-IN2P3 - Centre de Calcul de l'IN2P3
5 IPNL - Institut de Physique Nucléaire de Lyon

This paper describes the algorithms used by the CMS experiment to reconstruct and identify tau to hadrons + tau 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 inverse femtobarns. 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.

Domaines: Physique des Hautes Energies - Expérience [hep-ex]

V. Khachatryan, M. Besançon, F. Couderc, M. Dejardin, D. Denegri, et al.. Reconstruction and identification of tau lepton decays to hadrons and tau neutrino at CMS. Journal of Instrumentation, 2016, 11, pp.P01019. ⟨10.1088/1748-0221/11/01/P01019⟩. ⟨in2p3-01220805⟩