Measuring Boosted Tops in Semi-leptonic $t\bar{t}$ Events for the Standard Model and Beyond

Abstract

We present a procedure for tagging boosted semi-leptonic $t\bar{t}$ events based on the Template Overlap Method. We introduce a new formulation of the template overlap function for leptonically decaying boosted tops and show that it can be used to compensate for the loss of background rejection due to reduction of b-tagging efficiency at high $p_T$. A study of asymmetric top pair production due to higher order effects shows that our approach improves the resolution of the truth level kinematic distributions. We show that the hadronic top overlap is weakly susceptible to pileup up to 50 interactions per bunch crossing, while leptonic overlap remains impervious to pileup to at least 70 interactions. A case study of Randall-Sundrum Kaluza-Klein gluon production suggests that the new formulation of semi-leptonic template overlap can extend the projected exclusion of the LHC $\sqrt{s}$ = 8 TeV run to Kaluza-Klein gluon masses of 2.7 TeV, using the leading order signal cross section.

34 pages, 18 figures; v2. Matches version accepted for publication in JHEP. We added new paragraphs in the introduction and in section 7 to explain more clearly the scope of our study and limitations. Results unchanged

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