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The first one explouts the fact that |
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\met and \met$/\sqrt{\rm SumJetPt}$ are nearly |
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The first one exploits the fact that |
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SumJetPt and \met$/\sqrt{\rm SumJetPt}$ are nearly |
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uncorrelated for the $t\bar{t}$ background |
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(Section~\ref{sec:abcd}); the second one |
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is based on the fact that in $t\bar{t}$ the |
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detector. |
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in 30 pb$^{-1}$ we expect $\approx$ 1 SM event in |
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the signal region. The expectations from the LMO |
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and LM1 SUSY benchmark points are {\color{red} XX} and |
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{\color{red} XX} events respectively. |
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%{\color{red} I took these |
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%numbers from the twiki, rescaling from 11.06 to 30/pb. |
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%They seem too large...are they really right?} |
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\subsection{ABCD method} |
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We find that in $t\bar{t}$ events \met and |
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\met$/\sqrt{\rm SumJetPt}$ are nearly uncorrelated. |
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This is demonstrated in Figure~\ref{fig:uncor}. |
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We find that in $t\bar{t}$ events SumJetPt and |
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\met$/\sqrt{\rm SumJetPt}$ are nearly uncorrelated, |
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as demonstrated in Figure~\ref{fig:uncor}. |
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Thus, we can use an ABCD method in the \met$/\sqrt{\rm SumJetPt}$ vs |
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sumJetPt plane to estimate the background in a data driven way. |
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\begin{figure}[htb] |
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%\begin{figure}[bht] |
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%\begin{center} |
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%\includegraphics[width=0.75\linewidth]{uncorrelated.pdf} |
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%\caption{\label{fig:uncor}\protect Distributions of SumJetPt |
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%in MC $t\bar{t}$ events for different intervals of |
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%MET$/\sqrt{\rm SumJetPt}$.} |
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%\end{center} |
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\begin{figure}[bht] |
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\includegraphics[width=0.75\linewidth]{uncorrelated.pdf} |
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\includegraphics[width=0.75\linewidth]{uncor.png} |
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\caption{\label{fig:uncor}\protect Distributions of SumJetPt |
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in MC $t\bar{t}$ events for different intervals of |
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MET$/\sqrt{\rm SumJetPt}$.} |
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MET$/\sqrt{\rm SumJetPt}$. h1, h2, and h3 refer to the MET$/\sqrt{\rm SumJetPt}$ |
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intervals 4.5-6.5, 6.5-8.5 and $>$8.5, respectively.} |
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\end{center} |
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\begin{figure}[htb] |
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\begin{figure}[tb] |
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\includegraphics[width=0.75\linewidth]{abcdMC.jpg} |
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\caption{\label{fig:abcdMC}\protect Distributions of SumJetPt |
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vs. MET$/\sqrt{\rm SumJetPt}$ for SM Monte Carlo. Here we also |
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show our choice of ABCD regions. {\color{red} We need a better |
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picture with the letters A-B-C-D and with the numerical values |
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of the boundaries clearly indicated.}} |
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\includegraphics[width=0.5\linewidth, angle=90]{abcdMC.pdf} |
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\caption{\label{fig:abcdMC}\protect Distributions of MET$/\sqrt{\rm SumJetPt}$ vs. |
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SumJetPt for SM Monte Carlo. Here we also show our choice of ABCD regions.} |
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\end{center} |
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Our choice of ABCD regions is shown in Figure~\ref{fig:abcdMC}. |
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The signal region is region D. The expected number of events |
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in the four regions for the SM Monte Carlo, as well as the BG |
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prediction AC/B is given in Table~\ref{tab:abcdMC} for an integrated |
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luminosity of 30 pb$^{-1}$. The ABCD method is accurate |
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to about 10\%. |
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prediction AC/B are given in Table~\ref{tab:abcdMC} for an integrated |
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luminosity of 35 pb$^{-1}$. The ABCD method with chosen boundaries is accurate |
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to about 20\%. As shown in Table~\ref{tab:abcdsyst}, we assess systematic uncertainties |
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by varying the boundaries by an amount consistent with the hadronic energy scale uncertainty, |
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which we take as $\pm$5\% for SumJetPt and $\pm$2.5\% for MET/$\sqrt{\rm SumJetPt}$, since the |
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uncertainty on this quantity partially cancels due to the fact that it is a ratio of correlated |
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quantities. Based on these studies we assess a correction factor $k_{ABCD} = 1.2 \pm 0.2$ to the |
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predicted yield using the ABCD method. |
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\begin{table}[htb] |
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%{\color{red} Avi wants some statement about stability |
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%wrt changes in regions. I am not sure that we have done it and |
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%I am not sure it is necessary (Claudio).} |
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\begin{table}[ht] |
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\begin{center} |
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\caption{\label{tab:abcdMC} Expected SM Monte Carlo yields for |
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30 pb$^{-1}$ in the ABCD regions.} |
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\begin{tabular}{|l|c|c|c|c||c|} |
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35 pb$^{-1}$ in the ABCD regions, as well as the predicted yield in |
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the signal region given by A $\times$ C / B. Here `SM other' is the sum |
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of non-dileptonic $t\bar{t}$ decays, $W^{\pm}$+jets, $W^+W^-$, |
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$W^{\pm}Z^0$, $Z^0Z^0$ and single top.} |
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\begin{tabular}{lccccc} |
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sample & A & B & C & D & A $\times$ C / B \\ |
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$t\bar{t}\rightarrow \ell^{+}\ell^{-}$ & 8.27 $\pm$ 0.18 & 32.16 $\pm$ 0.35 & 4.69 $\pm$ 0.13 & 1.05 $\pm$ 0.06 & 1.21 $\pm$ 0.04 \\ |
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$Z^0 \rightarrow \ell^{+}\ell^{-}$ & 0.22 $\pm$ 0.11 & 1.54 $\pm$ 0.29 & 0.05 $\pm$ 0.05 & 0.16 $\pm$ 0.09 & 0.01 $\pm$ 0.01 \\ |
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SM other & 0.54 $\pm$ 0.03 & 2.28 $\pm$ 0.12 & 0.23 $\pm$ 0.03 & 0.07 $\pm$ 0.01 & 0.05 $\pm$ 0.01 \\ |
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\hline |
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total SM MC & 9.03 $\pm$ 0.21 & 35.97 $\pm$ 0.46 & 4.97 $\pm$ 0.15 & 1.29 $\pm$ 0.11 & 1.25 $\pm$ 0.05 \\ |
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Sample & A & B & C & D & AC/D \\ \hline |
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ttdil & 6.4 & 28.4 & 4.2 & 1.0 & 0.9 \\ |
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Zjets & 0.0 & 1.3 & 0.2 & 0.0 & 0.0 \\ |
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Other SM & 0.6 & 2.1 & 0.2 & 0.1 & 0.0 \\ \hline |
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total MC & 7.0 & 31.8 & 4.5 & 1.1 & 1.0 \\ \hline |
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\end{center} |
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\begin{table}[ht] |
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\begin{center} |
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\caption{\label{tab:abcdsyst} |
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{\bf \color{red} Do we need this study at all? Observed/predicted is consistent within stat uncertainties as the boundaries are varied- is it enough to simply state this fact in the text??? } |
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Results of the systematic study of the ABCD method by varying the boundaries |
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between the ABCD regions shown in Fig.~\ref{fig:abcdMC}. Here $x_1$ is the lower SumJetPt boundary and |
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$x_2$ is the boundary separating regions A and B from C and D, their nominal values are 125 and 300~GeV, |
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respectively. $y_1$ is the lower MET/$\sqrt{\rm SumJetPt}$ boundary and |
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$y_2$ is the boundary separating regions B and C from A and D, their nominal values are 4.5 and 8.5~GeV$^{1/2}$, |
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respectively.} |
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\begin{tabular}{cccc|c} |
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\hline |
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$x_1$ & $x_2$ & $y_1$ & $y_2$ & Observed/Predicted \\ |
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nominal & nominal & nominal & nominal & $1.20 \pm 0.12$ \\ |
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+5\% & +5\% & +2.5\% & +2.5\% & $1.38 \pm 0.15$ \\ |
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+5\% & +5\% & nominal & nominal & $1.31 \pm 0.14$ \\ |
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nominal & nominal & +2.5\% & +2.5\% & $1.25 \pm 0.13$ \\ |
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nominal & +5\% & nominal & +2.5\% & $1.32 \pm 0.14$ \\ |
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nominal & -5\% & nominal & -2.5\% & $1.16 \pm 0.09$ \\ |
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-5\% & -5\% & +2.5\% & +2.5\% & $1.21 \pm 0.11$ \\ |
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+5\% & +5\% & -2.5\% & -2.5\% & $1.26 \pm 0.12$ \\ |
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\end{tabular} |
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\end{center} |
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\end{table} |
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\subsection{Dilepton $P_T$ method} |
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\label{sec:victory} |
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This method is based on a suggestion by V. Pavlunin\cite{ref:victory}, |
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and was investigated by our group in 2009\cite{ref:ourvictory}. |
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The idea is that in dilepton $t\bar{t}$ events the lepton and neutrinos |
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from $W$ decays have the same $P_T$ spectrum (modulo $W$ polarization |
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effects). One can then use the observed |
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$P_T(\ell\ell)$ distribution to model the sum of neutrino $P_T$'s which |
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is identified with the \met. |
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Then, in order to predict the $t\bar{t} \to$ dilepton contribution to a |
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selection with \met$+$X, one applies a cut on $P_T(\ell\ell)+$X instead. |
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In practice one has to rescale the result of the $P_T(\ell\ell)+$X selection |
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to account for the fact that any dilepton selection must include a |
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moderate \met cut in order to reduce Drell Yan backgrounds. This |
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is discussed in Section 5.3 of Reference~\cite{ref:ourvictory}; for a \met |
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cut of 50 GeV, the rescaling factor is obtained from the MC as |
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\newcommand{\ptll} {\ensuremath{P_T(\ell\ell)}} |
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\begin{center} |
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$ K = \frac{\int_0^{\infty} {\cal N}(\ptll)~~d\ptll~}{\int_{50}^{\infty} {\cal N}(\ptll)~~d\ptll~}$ |
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\end{center} |
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Monte Carlo studies give values of $K$ that are typically between 1.5 and 1.6, |
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depending on selection details. |
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%%%TO BE REPLACED |
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%Given the integrated luminosity of the |
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%present dataset, the determination of $K$ in data is severely statistics |
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%limited. Thus, we take $K$ from $t\bar{t}$ Monte Carlo as |
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%\begin{center} |
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%$ K_{MC} = \frac{\int_0^{\infty} {\cal N}(\met)~~d\met~}{\int_{50}^{\infty} {\cal N}(\met)~~d\met~}$ |
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%\end{center} |
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%\noindent {\color{red} For the 11 pb result we have used $K$ from data.} |
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There are several effects that spoil the correspondance between \met and |
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$P_T(\ell\ell)$: |
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\begin{itemize} |
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\item $Ws$ in top events are polarized. Neutrinos are emitted preferentially |
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parallel to the $W$ velocity while charged leptons are emitted prefertially |
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anti-parallel. Thus the $P_T(\nu\nu)$ distribution is harder |
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than the $P_T(\ell\ell)$ distribution for top dilepton events. |
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\item The lepton selections results in $P_T$ and $\eta$ cuts on the individual |
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leptons that have no simple correspondance to the neutrino requirements. |
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\item Similarly, the \met$>$50 GeV cut introduces an asymmetry between leptons and |
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neutrinos which is only partially compensated by the $K$ factor above. |
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\item The \met resolution is much worse than the dilepton $P_T$ resolution. |
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When convoluted with a falling spectrum in the tails of \met, this results |
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in a harder spectrum for \met than the original $P_T(\nu\nu)$. |
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\item The \met response in CMS is not exactly 1. This causes a distortion |
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in the \met distribution that is not present in the $P_T(\ell\ell)$ distribution. |
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\item The $t\bar{t} \to$ dilepton signal includes contributions from |
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$W \to \tau \to \ell$. For these events the arguments about the equivalence |
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of $P_T(\ell\ell)$ and $P_T(\nu\nu)$ do not apply. |
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\item A dilepton selection will include SM events from non $t\bar{t}$ |
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sources. These events can affect the background prediction. Particularly |
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dangerous are high $P_T$ Drell Yan events that barely pass the \met$>$ 50 |
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GeV selection. They will tend to push the data-driven background prediction up. |
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Therefore we estimate the number of DY events entering the background prediction |
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using the $R_{out/in}$ method as described in Sec.~\ref{sec:othBG}. |
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\end{itemize} |
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We have studied these effects in SM Monte Carlo, using a mixture of generator and |
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reconstruction level studies, putting the various effects in one at a time. |
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For each configuration, we apply the data-driven method and report as figure |
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of merit the ratio of observed and predicted events in the signal region. |
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The results are summarized in Table~\ref{tab:victorybad}. |
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\begin{table}[htb] |
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\begin{center} |
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\caption{\label{tab:victorybad} |
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{\bf \color{red} Need to either update this with 38X MC or remove it } |
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Test of the data driven method in Monte Carlo |
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under different assumptions. See text for details.} |
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\begin{tabular}{|l|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|} |
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\hline |
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& True $t\bar{t}$ dilepton & $t\to W\to\tau$& other SM & GEN or & Lepton $P_T$ & Z veto & \met $>$ 50& obs/pred \\ |
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& included & included & included & RECOSIM & and $\eta$ cuts & & & \\ \hline |
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1&Y & N & N & GEN & N & N & N & 1.90 \\ |
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2&Y & N & N & GEN & Y & N & N & 1.64 \\ |
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3&Y & N & N & GEN & Y & Y & N & 1.59 \\ |
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4&Y & N & N & GEN & Y & Y & Y & 1.55 \\ |
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5&Y & N & N & RECOSIM & Y & Y & Y & 1.51 \\ |
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6&Y & Y & N & RECOSIM & Y & Y & Y & 1.58 \\ |
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7&Y & Y & Y & RECOSIM & Y & Y & Y & 1.38 \\ |
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\hline |
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\end{tabular} |
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\end{center} |
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\end{table} |
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\begin{table}[htb] |
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\begin{center} |
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\caption{\label{tab:victorysyst} |
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{Summary of uncertainties in $K_C$ due to the MET scale and resolution uncertainty, and to backgrounds other than $t\bar{t} \to$~dilepton. |
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In the first table, `up' and `down' refer to shifting the hadronic energy scale up and down by 5\%. In the second table, the quoted value |
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refers to the amount of additional smearing of the MET, as discussed in the text. In the third table, the normalization of all backgrounds |
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other than $t\bar{t} \to$~dilepton is varied. |
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{\bf \color{ref} Should I remove `observed' and `predicted' and show only the ratio? }} |
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|
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\begin{tabular}{ lcccc } |
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\hline |
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MET scale & Predicted & Observed & Obs/pred \\ |
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\hline |
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nominal & 0.92 $ \pm $ 0.11 & 1.29 $ \pm $ 0.11 & 1.40 $ \pm $ 0.20 \\ |
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up & 0.92 $ \pm $ 0.11 & 1.53 $ \pm $ 0.12 & 1.66 $ \pm $ 0.23 \\ |
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down & 0.81 $ \pm $ 0.07 & 1.08 $ \pm $ 0.11 & 1.32 $ \pm $ 0.17 \\ |
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\hline |
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\hline |
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MET smearing & Predicted & Observed & Obs/pred \\ |
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\hline |
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nominal & 0.92 $ \pm $ 0.11 & 1.29 $ \pm $ 0.11 & 1.40 $ \pm $ 0.20 \\ |
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10\% & 0.90 $ \pm $ 0.11 & 1.30 $ \pm $ 0.11 & 1.44 $ \pm $ 0.21 \\ |
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20\% & 0.84 $ \pm $ 0.07 & 1.36 $ \pm $ 0.11 & 1.61 $ \pm $ 0.19 \\ |
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30\% & 1.05 $ \pm $ 0.18 & 1.32 $ \pm $ 0.11 & 1.27 $ \pm $ 0.24 \\ |
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40\% & 0.85 $ \pm $ 0.07 & 1.37 $ \pm $ 0.11 & 1.61 $ \pm $ 0.19 \\ |
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50\% & 1.08 $ \pm $ 0.18 & 1.36 $ \pm $ 0.11 & 1.26 $ \pm $ 0.24 \\ |
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\hline |
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\hline |
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non-$t\bar{t} \to$~dilepton scale factor & Predicted & Observed & Obs/pred \\ |
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\hline |
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ttdil only & 0.77 $ \pm $ 0.07 & 1.05 $ \pm $ 0.06 & 1.36 $ \pm $ 0.14 \\ |
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nominal & 0.92 $ \pm $ 0.11 & 1.29 $ \pm $ 0.11 & 1.40 $ \pm $ 0.20 \\ |
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double non-ttdil yield & 1.06 $ \pm $ 0.18 & 1.52 $ \pm $ 0.20 & 1.43 $ \pm $ 0.30 \\ |
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\hline |
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\end{tabular} |
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\end{center} |
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\end{table} |
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The largest discrepancy between prediction and observation occurs on the first |
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line of Table~\ref{tab:victorybad}, {\em i.e.}, at the generator level with no |
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cuts. We have verified that this effect is due to the polarization of |
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the $W$ (we remove the polarization by reweighting the events and we get |
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good agreement between prediction and observation). The kinematical |
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requirements (lines 2,3,4) compensate somewhat for the effect of W polarization. |
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Going from GEN to RECOSIM, the change in observed/predicted is small. |
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% We have tracked this down to the fact that tcMET underestimates the true \met |
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% by $\approx 4\%$\footnote{We find that observed/predicted changes by roughly 0.1 |
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%for each 1.5\% change in \met response.}. |
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Finally, contamination from non $t\bar{t}$ |
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events can have a significant impact on the BG prediction. |
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%The changes between |
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%lines 6 and 7 of Table~\ref{tab:victorybad} is driven by 3 |
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%Drell Yan events that pass the \met selection in Monte Carlo (thus the effect |
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%is statistically not well quantified). |
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|
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An additional source of concern is that the CMS Madgraph $t\bar{t}$ MC does |
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not include effects of spin correlations between the two top quarks. |
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We have studied this effect at the generator level using Alpgen. We find |
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that the bias is at the few percent level. |
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Based on the results of Table~\ref{tab:victorybad}, we conclude that the |
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naive data-driven background estimate based on $P_T{(\ell\ell)}$ needs to |
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be corrected by a factor of $ K_C = 1.4 \pm 0.2(stat)$. |
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The 2 dominant sources of systematic uncertainty in $K_C$ are due to non-$t\bar{t} \to$~dilepton backgrounds, |
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and the MET scale and resolution uncertainties. The impact of non-$t\bar{t}$-dilepton background is assessed |
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by varying the yield of all backgrounds except for $t\bar{t} \to$~dilepton, as shown in Table~\ref{table_kc}. |
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The systematic is assessed as the larger of the differences between the nominal $K_C$ value and the values |
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obtained using only $t\bar{t} \to$~dilepton MC and obtained by doubling the non $t\bar{t} \to$~dilepton component, |
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giving an uncertainty of $0.04$. |
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The uncertainty in $K_C$ due to the MET scale uncertainty is assessed by varying the hadronic energy scale using |
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the same method as in~\ref{} and checking how much $K_C$ changes, as summarized in Table~\ref{tab:victorysyst}. |
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This gives an uncertainty of 0.3. We also assess the impact of the MET resolution uncertainty on $K_C$ by applying |
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a random smearing to the MET. For each event, we determine the expected MET resolution based on the sumJetPt, and |
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smear the MET to simulate an increase in the resolution of 10\%, 20\%, 30\%, 40\% and 50\%. The results show that |
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$K_C$ does not depend strongly on the MET resolution and we therefore do not assess any uncertainty. |
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Incorporating all the statistical and systematic uncertainties we find $K_C = 1.4 \pm 0.4$. |
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\subsection{Signal Contamination} |
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\label{sec:sigcont} |
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All data-driven methods are in principle subject to signal contaminations |
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in the control regions, and the methods described in |
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Sections~\ref{sec:abcd} and~\ref{sec:victory} are not exceptions. |
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Signal contamination tends to dilute the significance of a signal |
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present in the data by inflating the background prediction. |
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It is hard to quantify how important these effects are because we |
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do not know what signal may be hiding in the data. Having two |
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independent methods (in addition to Monte Carlo ``dead-reckoning'') |
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adds redundancy because signal contamination can have different effects |
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in the different control regions for the two methods. |
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For example, in the extreme case of a |
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new physics signal |
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with $P_T(\ell \ell) = \met$, an excess of events would be seen |
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in the ABCD method but not in the $P_T(\ell \ell)$ method. |
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The LM points are benchmarks for SUSY analyses at CMS. The effects |
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of signal contaminations for a couple such points are summarized |
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in Table~\ref{tab:sigcont}. Signal contamination is definitely an important |
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effect for these two LM points, but it does not totally hide the |
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presence of the signal. |
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\begin{table}[htb] |
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\begin{center} |
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\caption{\label{tab:sigcont} Effects of signal contamination |
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for the two data-driven background estimates. The three columns give |
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the expected yield in the signal region and the background estimates |
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using the ABCD and $P_T(\ell \ell)$ methods. Results are normalized to 35~pb$^{-1}$.} |
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\begin{tabular}{lccc} |
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\hline |
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& Yield & ABCD & $P_T(\ell \ell)$ \\ |
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\hline |
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SM only & 1.29 & 1.25 & 0.92 \\ |
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SM + LM0 & 7.57 & 4.44 & 1.96 \\ |
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SM + LM1 & 3.85 & 1.60 & 1.43 \\ |
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\hline |
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\end{tabular} |
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\end{center} |
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\end{table} |
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