Measurement of the photon identification efficiencies with the ATLAS detector using LHC Run 2 data collected in 2015 and 2016

dc.contributor.authorAaboud, M.
dc.contributor.authorAad, G.
dc.contributor.authorAbbott, B.
dc.contributor.authorAbdinov, O.
dc.contributor.authorAbeloos, B.
dc.contributor.authorAbhayasinghe, D.K.
dc.contributor.authorAbidi, S.H.
dc.contributor.authorAbouZeid, O.S.
dc.contributor.authorAbraham, N.L.
dc.contributor.authorAbramowicz, H.
dc.contributor.authorAlbert, Justin
dc.contributor.authorAnelli, Christopher R.
dc.contributor.authorChiu, Y.H.
dc.contributor.authorGhasemi Bostanabad, M.
dc.contributor.authorHamano, Kenji
dc.contributor.authorHill, Ewan Chin
dc.contributor.authorKeeler, Richard
dc.contributor.authorKowalewski, Robert
dc.contributor.authorLefebvre, Michel
dc.contributor.authoret al.
dc.date.accessioned2020-11-10T18:58:26Z
dc.date.available2020-11-10T18:58:26Z
dc.date.copyright2019en_US
dc.date.issued2019
dc.description.abstractThe efficiency of the photon identification criteria in the ATLAS detector is measured using 36.1 fb1 to 36.7 fb1 of pp collision data at s√=13 TeV collected in 2015 and 2016. The efficiencies are measured separately for converted and unconverted isolated photons, in four different pseudorapidity regions, for transverse momenta between 10 GeV and 1.5 TeV. The results from the combination of three data-driven techniques are compared with the predictions from simulation after correcting the variables describing the shape of electromagnetic showers in simulation for the average differences observed relative to data. Data-to-simulation efficiency ratios are determined to account for the small residual efficiency differences. These factors are measured with uncertainties between 0.5% and 5% depending on the photon transverse momentum and pseudorapidity. The impact of the isolation criteria on the photon identification efficiency, and that of additional soft pp interactions, are also discussed. The probability of reconstructing an electron as a photon candidate is measured in data, and compared with the predictions from simulation. The efficiency of the reconstruction of photon conversions is measured using a sample of photon candidates from Z→μμγ events, exploiting the properties of the ratio of the energies deposited in the first and second longitudinal layers of the ATLAS electromagnetic calorimeter.en_US
dc.description.reviewstatusRevieweden_US
dc.description.scholarlevelFacultyen_US
dc.description.sponsorshipWe thank CERN for the very successful operation of the LHC, as well as the support staff from our institutions without whom ATLAS could not be operated efficiently. We acknowledge the support of ANPCyT, Argentina; YerPhI, Armenia; ARC, Australia; BMWFW and FWF, Austria; ANAS, Azerbaijan; SSTC, Belarus; CNPq and FAPESP, Brazil; NSERC, NRC and CFI, Canada; CERN; CONICYT, Chile; CAS,MOST and NSFC, China; COLCIENCIAS, Colombia; MSMT CR, MPO CR and VSC CR, Czech Republic; DNRF and DNSRC, Denmark; IN2P3-CNRS, CEA-DRF/IRFU, France; SRNSFG, Georgia; BMBF, HGF, and MPG, Germany; GSRT, Greece; RGC, Hong Kong SAR, China; ISF and Benoziyo Center, Israel; INFN, Italy; MEXT and JSPS, Japan; CNRST, Morocco; NWO, The Netherlands; RCN, Norway; MNiSW and NCN, Poland; FCT, Portugal; MNE/IFA, Romania; MES of Russia and NRC KI, Russian Federation; JINR; MESTD, Serbia; MSSR, Slovakia; ARRS and MIZŠ, Slovenia; DST/NRF, South Africa; MINECO, Spain; SRC and Wallenberg Foundation, Sweden; SERI, SNSF and Cantons of Bern and Geneva, Switzerland; MOST, Taiwan; TAEK, Turkey; STFC, UK; DOE and NSF, USA. In addition, individual groups and members have received support fromBCKDF,CANARIE,CRCandComputeCanada, Canada; COST, ERC, ERDF, Horizon 2020, and Marie Skłodowska- Curie Actions, European Union; Investissements d’ Avenir Labex and Idex, ANR, France; DFG and AvH Foundation, Germany; Herakleitos, Thales and Aristeia programmes co-financed by EU-ESF and the Greek NSRF,Greece; BSF-NSF and GIF, Israel;CERCAProgramme Generalitat de Catalunya, Spain; The Royal Society and Leverhulme Trust, UK. The crucial computing support from all WLCG partners is acknowledged gratefully, in particular from CERN, the ATLAS Tier-1 facilities at TRIUMF (Canada), NDGF (Denmark, Norway, Sweden), CCIN2P3 (France), KIT/GridKA (Germany), INFN-CNAF (Italy), NLT1 (The Netherlands), PIC (Spain), ASGC (Taiwan), RAL (UK) and BNL (USA), the Tier-2 facilities worldwide and large non-WLCG resource providers. Major contributors of computing resources are listed in Ref.en_US
dc.identifier.citationAaboud, M., Aad, G., Abbott, B., Abdinov, O., Abeloos, B., Abhayasinghe, D. K., … Zwalinski, L. (2019). Measurement of the photon identification efficiencies with the ATLAS detector using LHC Run 2 data collected in 2015 and 2016.The European Physical Journal C, 79(3). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-019-6650-6en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-019-6650-6
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/12331
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherThe European Physical Journal Cen_US
dc.titleMeasurement of the photon identification efficiencies with the ATLAS detector using LHC Run 2 data collected in 2015 and 2016en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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