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\section{Data Driven Background Estimation Methods}
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\label{sec:datadriven}
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We have developed two data-driven methods to
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estimate the background in the signal region.
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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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$P_T$ of the dilepton pair is on average
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nearly the same as the $P_T$ of the pair of neutrinos
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from $W$-decays, which is reconstructed as \met in the
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detector.
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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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\label{sec:abcd}
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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 Fig.~\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}[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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%\end{figure}
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\begin{figure}[bht]
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\begin{center}
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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$/\sqrt{\rm SumJetPt}$. 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 $>$8.5, respectively. }
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\end{center}
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\end{figure}
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\begin{figure}[tb]
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\begin{center}
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\includegraphics[width=0.75\linewidth]{ttdil_uncor_38X.png}
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\caption{\label{fig:abcdMC}\protect Distributions of MET$/\sqrt{\rm SumJetPt}$ vs.
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SumJetPt for SM Monte Carlo. Here we also show our choice of ABCD regions. The correlation coefficient
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${\rm corr_{XY}}$ is computed for events falling in the ABCD regions.}
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\end{center}
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\end{figure}
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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 background
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prediction A $\times$ C / B are given in Table~\ref{tab:abcdMC} for an integrated
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luminosity of 34.0 pb$^{-1}$. In Table~\ref{tab:abcdsyst}, we test the stability of
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observed/predicted with respect to variations in the ABCD boundaries.
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Based on the results in Tables~\ref{tab:abcdMC} and~\ref{tab:abcdsyst}, we assess
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a systematic uncertainty of 20\% on the prediction of the ABCD method.
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%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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%{\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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34.0~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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%%%official json v3, 38X MC (D6T ttbar and DY)
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\hline
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sample & A & B & C & D & PRED \\
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\hline
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$t\bar{t}\rightarrow \ell^{+}\ell^{-}$ & 8.44 $\pm$ 0.18 & 32.83 $\pm$ 0.35 & 4.78 $\pm$ 0.14 & 1.07 $\pm$ 0.06 & 1.23 $\pm$ 0.05 \\
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$Z^0 \rightarrow \ell^{+}\ell^{-}$ & 0.17 $\pm$ 0.08 & 1.18 $\pm$ 0.22 & 0.04 $\pm$ 0.04 & 0.12 $\pm$ 0.07 & 0.01 $\pm$ 0.01 \\
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SM other & 0.53 $\pm$ 0.03 & 2.26 $\pm$ 0.11 & 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 & 9.14 $\pm$ 0.20 & 36.26 $\pm$ 0.43 & 5.05 $\pm$ 0.14 & 1.27 $\pm$ 0.10 & 1.27 $\pm$ 0.05 \\
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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}[ht]
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\begin{center}
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\caption{\label{tab:abcdsyst}
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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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\hline
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nominal & nominal & nominal & nominal & $1.00 \pm 0.08$ \\
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+5\% & +5\% & +2.5\% & +2.5\% & $1.08 \pm 0.11$ \\
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+5\% & +5\% & nominal & nominal & $1.04 \pm 0.10$ \\
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nominal & nominal & +2.5\% & +2.5\% & $1.03 \pm 0.09$ \\
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nominal & +5\% & nominal & +2.5\% & $1.05 \pm 0.10$ \\
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nominal & -5\% & nominal & -2.5\% & $0.95 \pm 0.07$ \\
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-5\% & -5\% & +2.5\% & +2.5\% & $1.00 \pm 0.08$ \\
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+5\% & +5\% & -2.5\% & -2.5\% & $0.98 \pm 0.09$ \\
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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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\clearpage
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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~} = 1.5$
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\end{center}
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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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\begin{figure}[bht]
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\begin{center}
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\includegraphics[width=0.75\linewidth]{genvictory_Dec13.png}
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\caption{\label{fig:genvictory}\protect Distributions $P_T(\ell \ell)$
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and $P_T(\nu \nu)$ (aka {\it genmet})
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in $t\bar{t} \to$ dilepton Monte Carlo at the
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generator level. Events with $W \to \tau \to \ell$ are not included.
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No kinematical requirements have been made.}
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\end{center}
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\end{figure}
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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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This turns out to be the dominant effect and it is illustrated in
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Figure~\ref{fig:genvictory}.
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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 figure of merit is calculated as follows
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\begin{itemize}
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\item We construct \met/$\sqrt{{\rm sumJetPt}}$
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and $P_T(\ell \ell)/\sqrt{{\rm sumJetPt}}$ (rescaled by the factor $K$ defined
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above) distributions.
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\item The distributions are constructed using either
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GEN or RECO, and including or excluding various effects ({\em e.g.:}
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$t \to W \to \tau \to \ell$).
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\item In all cases the $N_{jets} \ge 2$ and
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sumJetPt $>$ 300 GeV requirements are applied.
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\item ``observed events'' is the integral of the \met/$\sqrt{{\rm sumJetPt}}$ distribution
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above 8.5.
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\item ``predicted events'' is the integral of the $P_T(\ell \ell)/\sqrt{{\rm sumJetPt}}$ distribution
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above 8.5.
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\end{itemize}
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The results are summarized in Table~\ref{tab:victorybad}. Distributions corresponding to
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lines 4 and 5 of Table~\ref{tab:victorybad} are shown in Figure~\ref{fig: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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Test of the data driven method in Monte Carlo
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under different assumptions, evaluated using Spring10 MC. 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{figure}[bht]
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\begin{center}
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\includegraphics[width=0.48\linewidth]{genvictory_sqrtHt_Dec13.png}
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\includegraphics[width=0.48\linewidth]{victory_Dec13.png}
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\caption{\label{fig:victorybad}\protect Distributions
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of MET/$\sqrt{{\rm sumJetPt}}$ (black) and $P_T(\ell \ell)/\sqrt{{\rm sumJetPt}}$
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(red) in $t\bar{t} \to$ dilepton Monte Carlo
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after lepton kinematical cuts, $N_{jets} \ge 2$, and
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sumJetPt $>$ 300 GeV. The left (right) plot is at the GEN (RECO) level
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and corresponds to line 4 (5) of Table~\ref{tab:victorybad}.}
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\end{center}
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\end{figure}
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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 variations 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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\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 $ 0.09 & 1.27 $ \pm $ 0.10 & 1.39 $ \pm $ 0.18 \\
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up & 0.90 $ \pm $ 0.09 & 1.58 $ \pm $ 0.10 & 1.75 $ \pm $ 0.21 \\
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down & 0.70 $ \pm $ 0.06 & 0.96 $ \pm $ 0.09 & 1.37 $ \pm $ 0.18 \\
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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 $ 0.09 & 1.27 $ \pm $ 0.10 & 1.39 $ \pm $ 0.18 \\
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10\% & 0.88 $ \pm $ 0.09 & 1.28 $ \pm $ 0.10 & 1.47 $ \pm $ 0.19 \\
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20\% & 0.87 $ \pm $ 0.09 & 1.26 $ \pm $ 0.10 & 1.44 $ \pm $ 0.19 \\
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30\% & 1.03 $ \pm $ 0.17 & 1.33 $ \pm $ 0.10 & 1.29 $ \pm $ 0.23 \\
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40\% & 0.88 $ \pm $ 0.09 & 1.36 $ \pm $ 0.10 & 1.55 $ \pm $ 0.20 \\
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50\% & 0.80 $ \pm $ 0.07 & 1.39 $ \pm $ 0.10 & 1.73 $ \pm $ 0.19 \\
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\hline
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non-$t\bar{t} \to$~dilepton bkg & Predicted & Observed & Obs/pred \\
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\hline
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ttdil only & 0.79 $ \pm $ 0.07 & 1.07 $ \pm $ 0.06 & 1.36 $ \pm $ 0.14 \\
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nominal & 0.92 $ \pm $ 0.09 & 1.27 $ \pm $ 0.10 & 1.39 $ \pm $ 0.18 \\
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double non-ttdil yield & 1.04 $ \pm $ 0.15 & 1.47 $ \pm $ 0.16 & 1.40 $ \pm $ 0.25 \\
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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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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 most) at the few percent level.
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Based on the results of Table~\ref{tab:victorysyst}, 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({\rm stat})$.
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The 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, as summarized in Table~\ref{tab:victorysyst}.
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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.
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The uncertainty 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 $0.03$.
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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~\cite{ref:top}, giving an uncertainty of 0.36.
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We also assess the impact of the MET resolution
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uncertainty on $K_C$ by applying a random smearing to the MET. For each event, we determine the expected MET resolution
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based on the sumJetPt, and smear the MET to simulate an increase in the resolution of 10\%, 20\%, 30\%, 40\% and 50\%.
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The results show that $K_C$ 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 34.0~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 & 1.3 & 1.3 & 0.9 \\
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SM + LM0 & 7.4 & 4.4 & 1.9 \\
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SM + LM1 & 3.8 & 1.6 & 1.4 \\
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%SM only & 1.27 & 1.27 & 0.92 \\
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%SM + LM0 & 7.39 & 4.38 & 1.93 \\
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%SM + LM1 & 3.77 & 1.62 & 1.41 \\
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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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