Maximizing boosted top identification by minimizing N-subjettiness

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2012, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Thaler, Jesse ^a   Van Tilburg, Ken ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beyond standard model; Hadronic colliders; Jets

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857803771     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP02(2012)093     Document Type: Article

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