A Method for Deriving Transverse Masses Using Lagrange Multipliers
Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability
2008-01-10 v1 High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract
We use Lagrange multipliers to extend the traditional definition of Transverse Mass used in experimental high energy physics. We demonstrate the method by implementing it to derive a new Transverse Mass that can be used as a discriminator to distinguish between top decays via a charged W or a charged Higgs Boson.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0801.1459,
title = {A Method for Deriving Transverse Masses Using Lagrange Multipliers},
author = {Eilam Gross and Ofer Vitells},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0801.1459},
year = {2008}
}
Comments
4 pages, 2 figures