An automated framework for hierarchical reconstruction of B mesons at the Belle II experiment. (April 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Pulvermacher, C; Keck, T; Feindt, M; Heck, M; Kuhr, T
• Is Part Of: Journal of physics. Number 608(2015)
• Publication Date: 2015-04
• Subjects: Physics -- Congresses; 530.5
• DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/608/1/012048
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1742-6588

Abstract

Abstract: We present a software framework for Belle II that reconstructs B mesons in many decay modes with minimal user intervention. It does so by reconstructing particles in user-supplied decay channels, and then in turn using these reconstructed particles in higher-level decays. This hierarchical reconstruction allows one to cover a relatively high fraction of all B decays by specifying a limited number of particle decays. Multivariate classification methods are used to achieve a high signal-to-background ratio in each individual channel. The entire reconstruction, including the application of pre-cuts and classifier trainings, is automated to a high degree and will allow users to retrain to account for analysis-specific signal-side selections.