Identification of heavy, energetic, hadronically decaying particles using machine-learning techniques

Journal of Instrumentation, vol. 15, pp. P06005

Abstract

Machine-learning (ML) techniques are explored to identify and classify hadronic decays of highly Lorentz-boosted W/Z/Higgs bosons and top quarks.Techniques without ML have also been evaluated and are included for comparison.The identification performances of a variety of algorithms are characterized in simulated events and directly compared with data.The algorithms are validated using proton-proton collision data at √ s = 13 TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 35.9 fb -1 .Systematic uncertainties are assessed by comparing the results obtained using simulation and collision data.The new techniques studied in this paper provide significant performance improvements over non-ML techniques, reducing the background rate by up to an order of magnitude at the same signal efficiency.

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1. Albert M. Sirunyan

   A. Alikhanyan National Laboratory

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   The CMS collaboration Yerevan Physics Institute , Yerevan , Armenia

   Yerevan Physics Institute, Yerevan, Armenia

2. A. Tumasyan

   A. Alikhanyan National Laboratory

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   The CMS collaboration Yerevan Physics Institute , Yerevan , Armenia

   Yerevan Physics Institute, Yerevan, Armenia

3. W. Adam

   A. Alikhanyan National Laboratory · Institute of High Energy Physics

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   The CMS collaboration Yerevan Physics Institute , Yerevan , Armenia

   Institut für Hochenergiephysik, Wien, Austria

4. F. Ambrogi

   Institute of High Energy Physics

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   Institut für Hochenergiephysik , Wien , Austria

   Institut für Hochenergiephysik, Wien, Austria

5. T. Bergauer

   Institute of High Energy Physics

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   Institut für Hochenergiephysik , Wien , Austria

   Institut für Hochenergiephysik, Wien, Austria

6. M. Dragicevic

   Institute of High Energy Physics

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   Institut für Hochenergiephysik , Wien , Austria

   Institut für Hochenergiephysik, Wien, Austria

7. J. Erö

   Institute of High Energy Physics

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   Institut für Hochenergiephysik , Wien , Austria

   Institut für Hochenergiephysik, Wien, Austria

8. A. Escalante Del Valle

   Institute of High Energy Physics

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   Institut für Hochenergiephysik, Wien, Austria

9. M. Flechl

   Institute of High Energy Physics

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   Institut für Hochenergiephysik , Wien , Austria

   Institut für Hochenergiephysik, Wien, Austria

10. Rudolf Konrad Fruhwirth

    A. Alikhanyan National Laboratory · Institute of High Energy Physics

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    The CMS collaboration Yerevan Physics Institute , Yerevan , Armenia

    Institut für Hochenergiephysik, Wien, Austria

11. M. Jeitler

    Institute of High Energy Physics

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    Institut für Hochenergiephysik , Wien , Austria

    Institut für Hochenergiephysik, Wien, Austria

12. Natascha Krammer

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    Institut für Hochenergiephysik , Wien , Austria

    Institut für Hochenergiephysik, Wien, Austria

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    Institut für Hochenergiephysik , Wien , Austria

    Institut für Hochenergiephysik, Wien, Austria

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    Institut für Hochenergiephysik , Wien , Austria

    Institut für Hochenergiephysik, Wien, Austria

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    Institut für Hochenergiephysik , Wien , Austria

    Institut für Hochenergiephysik, Wien, Austria

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    Institut für Hochenergiephysik , Wien , Austria

    Institut für Hochenergiephysik, Wien, Austria

17. Navid K. Rad

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    Institute for Nuclear Problems , Minsk , Belarus

    Institut für Hochenergiephysik, Wien, Austria

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    Institute for Nuclear Problems , Minsk , Belarus

    Institut für Hochenergiephysik, Wien, Austria

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    Institute for Nuclear Problems , Minsk , Belarus

    Institut für Hochenergiephysik, Wien, Austria

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    University of Antwerp

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