Buckets of Tops
Matthew R. Buckley, Tilman Plehn, and Michihisa Takeuchi

TL;DR
The paper introduces a novel jet collection method called 'buckets of tops' for reconstructing hadronically decaying top quarks at the LHC, especially effective at moderate transverse momenta, enhancing supersymmetric top squark searches.
Contribution
It presents a new bucket-based jet collection technique that bridges the gap between top taggers and traditional reconstruction methods for moderate top momenta.
Findings
Effective in reconstructing top quarks at moderate transverse momenta.
Improves sensitivity in supersymmetric top squark searches.
Bridges the gap between existing top tagging and reconstruction methods.
Abstract
Reconstructing hadronically decaying top quarks is a key challenge at the LHC, affecting a long list of Higgs analyses and new physics searches. We propose a new method of collecting jets in buckets, corresponding to top quarks and initial state radiation. This method is particularly well suited for moderate transverse momenta of the top quark, closing the gap between top taggers and traditional top reconstruction. Applying it to searches for supersymmetric top squarks we illustrate the power of buckets.
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