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A continuous calibration of the ATLAS flavour-tagging classifiers via optimal transportation maps

ContributorsATLAS Collaboration
Published inEuropean physical journal. C, Particles and fields, vol. 85, no. 11, p. 44
Publication date2025
First online date2025-11-10
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A calibration of the ATLAS flavour-tagging algorithms using a new calibration procedure based on optimal transportation maps is presented. Simultaneous, continuous corrections to the b-jet, c-jet, and light-flavour jet classification probabilities from jet-tagging algorithms in simulation are derived for b-jets using $t\bar{t} \rightarrow e\mu \nu \nu bb$ data. After application of the derived calibration maps, closure between simulation and observation is achieved for jet flavour observables used in ATLAS analyses of Large Hadron Collider (LHC) Run 2 proton-proton collision data. This continuous calibration opens up new possibilities for the future use of jet flavour information in LHC analyses and also serves as a guide for deriving high-dimensional corrections to simulation via transportation maps, an important development for a broad range of inference tasks.

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ATLAS Collaboration. A continuous calibration of the ATLAS flavour-tagging classifiers via optimal transportation maps. In: European physical journal. C, Particles and fields, 2025, vol. 85, n° 11, p. 44. doi: 10.1140/epjc/s10052-025-14682-0
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