## Tau reconstruction at CMS with a focus on high $p_{T}$ taus

Soham Bhattacharya on behalf of The CMS Collaboration

SciPost Phys. Proc. 1, 050 (2019) · published 22 February 2019

### Proceedings event

The 15th International Workshop on Tau Lepton Physics

### Abstract

We present the algorithm and performance of tau reconstruction at the CMS experiment, while highlighting a dedicated reconstruction algorithm that uses calorimeter hits instead of tracks to reconstruct taus with high transverse momentum. Describing the standard Hadrons-Plus-Strips (HPS) algorithm and its dependence on track reconstruction and shower modelling, we present the calorimetric tau (calo-tau) reconstruction that uses minimal track information for high $p_{T}$ taus. The pros and cons of these algorithms are discussed along with their performance and potential uses. It is found that the calo-tau algorithm outperforms the HPS algorithm in the high efficiency region. This study is work in progress, and is an attempt to tune the reconstruction for high $p_{T}$ taus. The calo-tau algorithm is not yet an official tau reconstruction algorithm for CMS.

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