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\section{Background Estimation Techniques}
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In this section we describe the techniques used to estimate the SM backgrounds in our signal regions defined by requirements of large \MET.
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The SM backgrounds fall into three categories:
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\item \zjets: this is the dominant background after the preselection. The \MET\ in \zjets\ events is estimated with the
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``\MET\ templates'' technique described in Sec.~\ref{sec:bkg_zjets};
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\item Flavor-symmetric (FS) backgrounds: this category includes processes which produces 2 leptons of uncorrelated flavor. It is dominated
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by \ttbar\ but also contains Z$\to\tau\tau$, WW, and single top processes. This is the dominant contribution in the signal regions, and it
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is estimated using a data control sample of e$\mu$ events as described in Sec.~\ref{sec:bkg_fs};
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\item WZ and ZZ backgrounds: this background is estimated from MC, after validating the MC modeling of these processes using data control
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samples with jets and exactly 3 leptons (WZ control sample) and exactly 4 leptons (ZZ control sample) as described in Sec.~\ref{sec:bkg_vz};
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%\item Rare SM backgrounds: this background contains rare processes such as $t\bar{t}$V and triple vector boson processes VVV (V=W,Z).
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%This background is estimated from MC as described in Sec.~\ref{sec:bkg_raresm}. {\bf FIXME: add rare MC}
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\subsection{Estimating the \zjets\ Background with \MET\ Templates}
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The premise of this data driven technique is that \MET\ in \zjets\ events
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is produced by the hadronic recoil system and {\it not} by the leptons making up the Z.
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Therefore, the basic idea of the \MET\ template method is to measure the \MET\ distribution in
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a control sample which has no true MET and the same general attributes regarding
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fake MET as in \zjets\ events. We thus use a sample of \gjets\ events, since both \zjets\
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and \gjets\ events consist of a well-measured object recoiling against hadronic jets.
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For selecting photon-like objects, the very loose photon selection described in Sec.~\ref{sec:phosel} is used.
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It is not essential for the photon sample to have high purity. For our purposes, selecting jets with predominantly
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electromagnetic energy deposition in a good fiducial volume suffices to ensure that
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they are well measured and do not contribute to fake \MET. The \gjets\ events are selected with a suite of
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single photon triggers with \pt thresholds varying from 22--90 GeV. The events are weighted by the trigger prescale
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such that \gjets\ events evenly sample the conditions over the full period of data taking.
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There remains a small difference in the PU conditions in the \gjets\ vs. \zjets\ samples due to the different
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dependencies of the $\gamma$ vs. Z isolation efficiencies on PU. To account for this, we reweight the \gjets\ samples
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to match the distribution of reconstructed primary vertices in the \zjets\ sample.
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To account for kinematic differences between the hadronic systems in the control vs. signal
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samples, we measure the \MET\ distributions in the \gjets\ sample in bins of the number of jets
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and the scalar sum of jet transverse energies (\Ht). These \MET\ templates are extracted separately from the 5 single photon
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triggers with thresholds 22, 36, 50, 75, and 90 GeV, so that the templates are effectively binned in photon \pt.
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All \MET distributions are normalized to unit area to form ``MET templates''.
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The prediction of the MET in each \Z event is the template which corresponds to the \njets,
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\Ht, and Z \pt in the \zjets\ event. The prediction for the \Z sample is simply the sum of all such templates.
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All templates are displayed in App.~\ref{app:templates}.
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While there is in principle a small contribution from backgrounds other than \zjets\ in the preselection regions,
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this contribution is only $\approx$3\% ($\approx$2\%) of the total sample in the inclusive search (targeted search),
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as shown in Table~\ref{table:zyields_2j} (Table~\ref{table:zyields_2j_targeted}), and is therefore negligible compared to the total
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\subsection{Estimating the Flavor-Symmetric Background with e$\mu$ Events}
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In this subsection we describe the background estimate for the FS background. Since this background produces equal rates of same-flavor (SF)
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ee and $\mu\mu$ lepton pairs as opposite-flavor (OF) e$\mu$ lepton pairs, the OF yield can be used to estimate the SF yield, after
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correcting for the different electron vs. muon offline selection efficiencies and the different efficiencies for the ee, $\mu\mu$, and e$\mu$ triggers.
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An important quantity needed to translate from the OF yield to a prediction for the background in the SF final state is the ratio
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$R_{\mu e} = \epsilon_\mu / \epsilon_e$, where $\epsilon_\mu$ ($\epsilon_e$) indicates the offline muon (electron) selection efficiency.
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This quantity can be extracted from data using the observed Z$\to\mu\mu$ and Z$\to$ee yields in the preselection region, after correcting
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for the different trigger efficiencies.
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\item $N_{ee}^{\rm{trig}} = \epsilon_{ee}^{\rm{trig}}N_{ee}^{\rm{offline}}$,
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\item $N_{\mu\mu}^{\rm{trig}} = \epsilon_{\mu\mu}^{\rm{trig}}N_{\mu\mu}^{\rm{offline}}$,
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Here $N_{\ell\ell}^{\rm{trig}}$ denotes the number of selected Z events in the $\ell\ell$ channel passing the offline and trigger selection
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(in other words, the number of recorded and selected events), $\epsilon_{\ell\ell}^{\rm{trig}}$ is the trigger efficiency, and
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Thus we calculate the quantity:
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R_{\mu e} = \sqrt{\frac{N_{\mu\mu}^{\rm{offline}}}{N_{ee}^{\rm{offline}}}} = \sqrt{\frac{N_{\mu\mu}^{\rm{trig}}/\epsilon_{\mu\mu}^{\rm{trig}}}{N_{ee}^{\rm{trig}}/\epsilon_{ee}^{\rm{trig}}}}
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= \sqrt{\frac{80367/0.88}{54426/0.95}} = 1.26\pm0.07.
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Here we have used the Z$\to\mu\mu$ and Z$\to$ee yields from Table~\ref{table:zyields_2j} and the trigger efficiencies quoted in Sec.~\ref{sec:datasets}.
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The indicated uncertainty is due to the 3\% uncertainties in the trigger efficiencies. %{\bf FIXME: check for variation w.r.t. lepton \pt}.
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The predicted yields in the ee and $\mu\mu$ final states are calculated from the observed e$\mu$ yield as
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\item $N_{ee}^{\rm{predicted}} = \frac {N_{e\mu}^{\rm{trig}}} {\epsilon_{e\mu}^{\rm{trig}}} \frac {\epsilon_{ee}^{\rm{trig}}} {2 R_{\mu e}}
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= \frac{N_{e\mu}^{\rm{trig}}}{0.92}\frac{0.95}{2\times1.26} = (0.41\pm0.05) \times N_{e\mu}^{\rm{trig}}$ ,
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\item $N_{\mu\mu}^{\rm{predicted}} = \frac {N_{e\mu}^{\rm{trig}}} {\epsilon_{e\mu}^{\rm{trig}}} \frac {\epsilon_{\mu\mu}^{\rm{trig}} R_{\mu e}} {2}
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and the predicted yield in the combined ee and $\mu\mu$ channel is simply the sum of these two predictions:
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Note that the relative uncertainty in the combined ee and $\mu\mu$ prediction is smaller than those for the individual ee and $\mu\mu$ predictions
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because the uncertainty in $R_{\mu e}$ cancels when summing the ee and $\mu\mu$ predictions. %{\bf N.B. these uncertainties are preliminary}.
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To improve the statistical precision of the FS background estimate, we remove the requirement that the e$\mu$ lepton pair falls in the Z mass window.
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Instead we scale the e$\mu$ yield by $K$, the efficiency for e$\mu$ events to satisfy the Z mass requirement, extracted from simulation. In Fig.~\ref{fig:K_incl}
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we display the value of $K$ in data and simulation, for a variety of \MET\ requirements, for the inclusive analysis. Based on this we chose $K=0.14\pm0.02$
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for all \MET\ regions except for \MET\ $>$ 300 GeV. For this region the statistical precision is reduced, so that we inflate the uncertainty and chose $K=0.14\pm0.08$.
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Based on this we chose $K=0.13\pm0.02$
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for all \MET\ regions up to \MET\ $>$ 100 GeV. For higher \MET\ regions (\MET\ $>$ 150 GeV and above) the statistical precision is reduced,
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so that we inflate the uncertainty and chose $K=0.13\pm0.07$.
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The efficiency for e$\mu$ events to satisfy the dilepton mass requirement, $K$, in data and simulation for inclusive \MET\ intervals (left) and
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exclusive \MET\ intervals (right) for the inclusive analysis. Based on this we chose $K=0.14\pm0.02$ for all \MET\ regions except \MET\ $>$ 300 GeV,
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where we chose $K=0.14\pm0.08$.
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exclusive \MET\ intervals (right) for the targeted analysis, including the b-veto.
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Based on this we chose $K=0.13\pm0.02$ for the \MET\ regions up to \MET\ $>$ 100 GeV.
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%{\bf FIXME plots made with 10\% of \zjets\ MC statistics, to be remade with full statistics}
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\subsection{Estimating the WZ and ZZ Background with MC}
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Backgrounds from W($\ell\nu$)Z($\ell\ell$) where the W lepton is not identified or is outside acceptance, and Z($\nu\nu$)Z($\ell\ell$),
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are estimated from simulation. The MC modeling of these processes is validated by comparing the MC predictions with data in control samples
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with exactly 3 leptons (WZ control sample) and exactly 4 leptons (ZZ control sample).
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The relevant WZ and ZZ MC samples are:
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A pure WZ sample can be selected in data with the requirements:
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to the uncertainty in the measured WZ cross section. A data vs. MC comparison of kinematic
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distributions (jet multiplicity, \MET, Z \pt) is given in Fig.~\ref{fig:wz}. High \MET\
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values in WZ and ZZ events arise from highly boosted W or Z bosons that decay leptonically,
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leptonically decaying \Z. While the inclusive WZ yields are in reasonable agreement, we observe
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an excess in data in events with at least 2 jets, corresponding to the jet multiplicity requirement
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yield passing a \MET $>$ 50 GeV requirement is under-estimated in MC and second, because the fake
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rate is typically under-estimated in the MC. To get a rough idea for how much the excess depends
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on the \zjets\ yield, if the \zjets\ yield is doubled then the excess is reduced from 78\% to 55\%.
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\item The \ttbar\ contribution is under-estimated here because the fake
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rate is typically under-estimated in the MC. To get a rough idea for how much the excess depends
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on the \ttbar\ yield, if the \ttbar\ yield is doubled then the excess is reduced from 78\% to 57\%.
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for some of the excess at large \njets. To check this, we increase the jet \pt threhsold to 40 GeV, which
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helps to suppress PU jets, and observe 39 events in data vs. an MC prediction of $25\pm5.2$~(stat),
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decreasing the excess from 78\% to 58\%. In the future this may be improved by explicitly
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requiring the jets to be consistent with originating from the signal primary vertex.
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\caption{\label{tab:wz} Data and Monte Carlo yields passing the WZ preselection. }
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WZ & 58.9 $\pm$ 0.7 & 82.2 $\pm$ 0.8 & 4.0 $\pm$ 0.2 &145.1 $\pm$ 1.0 \\
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\caption{\label{tab:wz2j} Data and Monte Carlo yields passing the WZ preselection and \njets\ $>$ 2. }
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ZZ & 6.6 $\pm$ 0.0 & 9.9 $\pm$ 0.0 & 0.4 $\pm$ 0.0 & 17.0 $\pm$ 0.1 \\
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Data vs. MC comparisons for the ZZ selection discussed in the text for \lumi.
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