80 | | == 2) Characterisation of a BSM excess |
81 | | |
82 | | - The provided data corresponds to LHC events that contains at least two isolated leptons (lepton=electron/muon) with pT > 15. Prove it! |
83 | | |
84 | | - The data contains the equivalent of an integrated luminosity of 60 pb-1. I presents an excess corresponding to a new physical state. Find the observable that makes this excess explicit. |
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86 | | - What is the new particle's mass? |
87 | | |
88 | | - What does it decay into? |
89 | | |
90 | | - For each decay channel, express the cross section times branching ratio as a function of the number of observed events (Nobs) the number of background events (Nb), the integrated luminosity (L) and the event selection efficiency. |
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92 | | - How would you measure the background yield from this data sample? |