--- UserCode/Friis/TancNote/note/introduction.tex 2010/03/31 01:22:23 1.2 +++ UserCode/Friis/TancNote/note/introduction.tex 2010/04/15 23:22:39 1.3 @@ -1,10 +1,10 @@ -High tau identification performance is import for the discovery potential of +High tau identification performance is important for the discovery potential of many possible new physics signals at the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS). Events with tau leptons are typically signal events; the Standard Model background rates with true tau leptons are typically the same order of magnitude as the -expected signal rate in many searches. The challenge of doing physics with taus -is dominated by the rate at which objects are incorrectly tagged as taus. In -paticular, quark and gluon jets have a significantly higher production +expected signal rate in many searches. The challenge of doing physics with +taus is dominated by the rate at which objects are incorrectly tagged as taus. +In paticular, quark and gluon jets have a significantly higher production cross-section and events where these objects are incorrectly identified as tau leptons can dominate the backgrounds of searches for new physics using taus. Efficient identification of hadronic tau decays and and low misidentification