9-13 July 2012
Africa/Johannesburg timezone
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Measurement of the Missing Transverse Momentum based on tracks in proton-proton collisions at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV centre-of-mass energy with the ATLAS detector

10 Jul 2012, 15:30
20m
Oral Presentation Track B - Nuclear, Particle and Radiation Physics NPRP

Speaker

Mrs Claire Lee (University of Johannesburg)

Apply to be<br> consider for a student <br> &nbsp; award (Yes / No)?

Yes

Level for award<br>&nbsp;(Hons, MSc, <br> &nbsp; PhD)?

PhD

Abstract content <br> &nbsp; (Max 300 words)

The estimation of missing transverse energy (MET) is essential for a wide range of physics analyses, from Standard Model and precision electroweak measurements to searches for the Higgs boson and new physics such as supersymmetry. The MET is calculated using measurements from the ATLAS calorimeters, and while the performance and systematics of the calorimeter and MET is well understood, the measurement itself is highly dependent on pileup in the event. We calculate the missing transverse momentum (or, track MET) using tracks coming from the signal vertex to get a pileup-independent alternative measurement of the MET, with uncorrelated systematic effects. The track MET also is less affected by cosmics and beam background due to the quality cuts required to include a track in the calculation. We present the performance of the track MET measurement in ATLAS in several physics processes, and discuss its application in Higgs boson searches.

Main supervisor (name and email)<br>and his / her institution

Simon Connell, University of Johannesburg
simonhconnell@gmail.com

Would you like to <br> submit a short paper <br> for the Conference <br> Proceedings (Yes / No)?

Yes

Primary author

Mrs Claire Lee (University of Johannesburg)

Co-author

Dr Rachid Mazini (Academia Sinica)

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