Optimizing Trigger Selection for Detection of Doubly Charged Higgs Bosons at the LHC
Session Number
Project ID: PHYS 11
Advisor(s)
Dr. Peter Dong; Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy
Discipline
Physical Science
Start Date
19-4-2023 8:50 AM
End Date
19-4-2023 9:05 AM
Abstract
In this project, we aim to programmatically find the most efficient triggers for selecting H++ events for application in the Compact Muon Solenoid experiment. Highly efficient triggers are defined as those with high signal efficiency and low background efficiency to give as much signal and as little background as possible. The types of events analyzed were H++, Drell-Yan, and QCD. The initial process started with finding the most efficient triggers on the three sets of events independently, then pairwise comparing the differences, and then finally creating a new figure of merit which was the harmonic mean of all the differences.
Optimizing Trigger Selection for Detection of Doubly Charged Higgs Bosons at the LHC
In this project, we aim to programmatically find the most efficient triggers for selecting H++ events for application in the Compact Muon Solenoid experiment. Highly efficient triggers are defined as those with high signal efficiency and low background efficiency to give as much signal and as little background as possible. The types of events analyzed were H++, Drell-Yan, and QCD. The initial process started with finding the most efficient triggers on the three sets of events independently, then pairwise comparing the differences, and then finally creating a new figure of merit which was the harmonic mean of all the differences.