[Rivet] jetsBySomething

Hendrik Hoeth hendrik.hoeth at cern.ch
Mon Nov 7 12:28:53 GMT 2011


Hi Frank,

> >In addition to that, the cuts in the publication for CDF_2001_S4517016
> >seem to be meant for raw jets, so I'm not sure this analysis is correct
> >at all. Frank, you've read the paper in detail -- am I wrong here?
> 
> Hmmm, as far as I understood it, they mention the cuts at detector
> level and then talk about correcting for detector effects without
> stating any other cuts, so I assumed that these were also the
> particle level cuts. But as always with these old Tevatron papers, I
> find it difficult to tell what was really done.

That's what I also think they did. But if you take 20 GeV detector level
jets and correct them, they'll get significantly harder, so I fear their
real cut is the 20 GeV cut folded with some unknown turn-on behaviour.

Cheers,

   Hendrik

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