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SoftKiller, a particle-level pileup removal method
Matteo Cacciari1, Gavin P Salam2, Gregory Soyez3
1Université Paris Diderot, Paris, France ; Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, UMR 7589, LPTHE, 75005 Paris, France ; CNRS, UMR 7589, LPTHE, 75005 Paris, France.
Abstract:
Existing widely used pileup removal approaches correct the momenta of individual jets. In this article we introduce an event-level, particle-based pileup correction procedure, SoftKiller. It removes the softest particles in an event, up to a transverse momentum threshold that is determined dynamically on an event-by-event basis. In simulations, this simple procedure appears to be reasonably robust and brings superior jet resolution performance compared to existing jet-based approaches. It is also nearly two orders of magnitude faster than methods based on jet areas.
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