Multi-Dimensional Phase Space Methods for Mass Measurements and Decay Topology Determination

TL;DR

This paper extends phase space boundary methods for mass measurement and decay topology determination in collider events with cascade decays, demonstrating improved precision and providing insights into decay structures.

Contribution

It introduces methods for mass measurement and topology determination in cascade decays with four visible particles, building on previous work with three visible particles.

Findings

Enhanced mass measurement precision using boundary information.

Method for determining decay topology from event distributions.

Applicable to complex cascade decay scenarios.

Abstract

Collider events with multi-stage cascade decays fill out the kinematically allowed region in phase space with a density that is enhanced at the boundary. The boundary encodes all available information about the spectrum and is well populated even with moderate signal statistics due to this enhancement. In previous work, the improvement in the precision of mass measurements for cascade decays with three visible and one invisible particles was demonstrated when the full boundary information is used instead of endpoints of one-dimensional projections. We extend these results to cascade decays with four visible and one invisible particles. We also comment on how the topology of the cascade decay can be determined from the differential distribution of events in these scenarios.