A thrust to trust minimum thrust
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
2025-12-05 v1
Abstract
We determine the minimum value of thrust for a number of N-particle configurations. For N=5 in three dimensions an exact result is found for the first time. For larger N we obtain numerical results through optimisation. When a definite value cannot be reliably identified, the results are analysed in the context of Extreme Value Theory, using a Maximum Likelihood Estimate and a Bayesian analysis. Results are given for three spatial dimensions, two dimensions, and selected cases in d dimensions.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2512.04244,
title = {A thrust to trust minimum thrust},
author = {Matteo Cacciari},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2512.04244},
year = {2025}
}