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Muon reconstruction performance of the ATLAS detector in proton–proton collision data at √s = 13 TeV

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Muon reconstruction performance of the ATLAS detector in proton–proton collision data at √s = 13 TeV. / The ATLAS collaboration.
In: European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields, Vol. 76, No. 5, 292, 23.05.2016.

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The ATLAS collaboration 2016, 'Muon reconstruction performance of the ATLAS detector in proton–proton collision data at √s = 13 TeV', European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields, vol. 76, no. 5, 292. https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-016-4120-y

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The ATLAS collaboration (2016). Muon reconstruction performance of the ATLAS detector in proton–proton collision data at √s = 13 TeV. European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields, 76(5), Article 292. https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-016-4120-y

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The ATLAS collaboration. Muon reconstruction performance of the ATLAS detector in proton–proton collision data at √s = 13 TeV. European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields. 2016 May 23;76(5):292. doi: 10.1140/epjc/s10052-016-4120-y

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The ATLAS collaboration. / Muon reconstruction performance of the ATLAS detector in proton–proton collision data at √s = 13 TeV. In: European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields. 2016 ; Vol. 76, No. 5.

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title = "Muon reconstruction performance of the ATLAS detector in proton–proton collision data at √s = 13 TeV",
abstract = "This article documents the performance of the ATLAS muon identification and reconstruction using the LHC dataset recorded at √s = 13 TeV in 2015. Using a large sample of J/ψ→μμ and Z→μμ decays from 3.2 fb−1 of pp collision data, measurements of the reconstruction efficiency, as well as of the momentum scale and resolution, are presented and compared to Monte Carlo simulations. The reconstruction efficiency is measured to be close to 99% over most of the covered phase space (|η| < 2.5 and 5 < pT < 100 GeV). The isolation efficiency varies between 93 and 100% depending on the selection applied and on the momentum of the muon. Both efficiencies are well reproduced in simulation. In the central region of the detector, the momentum resolution is measured to be 1.7% (2.3%) for muons from J/ψ→μμ (Z→μμ) decays, and the momentum scale is known with an uncertainty of 0.05 %. In the region |η|>2.2, the pT resolution for muons from Z→μμ decays is 2.9 % while the precision of the momentum scale for low-pT muons from J/ψ→μμ decays is about 0.2%.",
author = "Barton, {Adam Edward} and Michael Beattie and Bertram, {Iain Alexander} and Guennadi Borissov and Bouhova-Thacker, {Evelina Vassileva} and Susan Cheatham and William Dearnaley and Harald Fox and Grimm, {Kathryn Ann Tschann} and Henderson, {Robert Charles William} and Gareth Hughes and Jones, {Roger William Lewis} and Vakhtang Kartvelishvili and Long, {Robin Eamonn} and Love, {Peter Allan} and Muenstermann, {Daniel Matthias Alfred} and Parker, {Adam Jackson} and Malcolm Skinner and Maria Smizanska and Walder, {James William} and Andy Wharton and {The ATLAS collaboration}",
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AU - Borissov, Guennadi

AU - Bouhova-Thacker, Evelina Vassileva

AU - Cheatham, Susan

AU - Dearnaley, William

AU - Fox, Harald

AU - Grimm, Kathryn Ann Tschann

AU - Henderson, Robert Charles William

AU - Hughes, Gareth

AU - Jones, Roger William Lewis

AU - Kartvelishvili, Vakhtang

AU - Long, Robin Eamonn

AU - Love, Peter Allan

AU - Muenstermann, Daniel Matthias Alfred

AU - Parker, Adam Jackson

AU - Skinner, Malcolm

AU - Smizanska, Maria

AU - Walder, James William

AU - Wharton, Andy

AU - The ATLAS collaboration

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N2 - This article documents the performance of the ATLAS muon identification and reconstruction using the LHC dataset recorded at √s = 13 TeV in 2015. Using a large sample of J/ψ→μμ and Z→μμ decays from 3.2 fb−1 of pp collision data, measurements of the reconstruction efficiency, as well as of the momentum scale and resolution, are presented and compared to Monte Carlo simulations. The reconstruction efficiency is measured to be close to 99% over most of the covered phase space (|η| < 2.5 and 5 < pT < 100 GeV). The isolation efficiency varies between 93 and 100% depending on the selection applied and on the momentum of the muon. Both efficiencies are well reproduced in simulation. In the central region of the detector, the momentum resolution is measured to be 1.7% (2.3%) for muons from J/ψ→μμ (Z→μμ) decays, and the momentum scale is known with an uncertainty of 0.05 %. In the region |η|>2.2, the pT resolution for muons from Z→μμ decays is 2.9 % while the precision of the momentum scale for low-pT muons from J/ψ→μμ decays is about 0.2%.

AB - This article documents the performance of the ATLAS muon identification and reconstruction using the LHC dataset recorded at √s = 13 TeV in 2015. Using a large sample of J/ψ→μμ and Z→μμ decays from 3.2 fb−1 of pp collision data, measurements of the reconstruction efficiency, as well as of the momentum scale and resolution, are presented and compared to Monte Carlo simulations. The reconstruction efficiency is measured to be close to 99% over most of the covered phase space (|η| < 2.5 and 5 < pT < 100 GeV). The isolation efficiency varies between 93 and 100% depending on the selection applied and on the momentum of the muon. Both efficiencies are well reproduced in simulation. In the central region of the detector, the momentum resolution is measured to be 1.7% (2.3%) for muons from J/ψ→μμ (Z→μμ) decays, and the momentum scale is known with an uncertainty of 0.05 %. In the region |η|>2.2, the pT resolution for muons from Z→μμ decays is 2.9 % while the precision of the momentum scale for low-pT muons from J/ψ→μμ decays is about 0.2%.

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