1. Top Physics Strategy @ ATLAS with early data M.Bosman IFAE-Barcelona For the ATLAS Top group Top Physics Workshop 23-25 October 2008, Grenoble

2. M.Bosman (IFAE-Barcelona) 3rd Top Physics Workshop Grenoble 23-25th October2 Top quark special role in SM Largest Yukawa coupling Уs~1 and m t ~v/√2 naturally related to EWSB may reveal new strong dynamics? Largest contribution to quadratic divergence of SM Higgs mass from top quark loop need of new physics at TeV scale for natural EW theory (SUSY, Little Higgs,...) Heavy mass more phase space for decays to heavy states Wb, Zq, H 0,± q,... Prompt decay << QCD scale can measure “bare” quark properties: spin, mass,... Top copiously produced at LHC, Production and decay well understood in SM  precision top physics measurements good to test SM and to search for BSM physics Ref.: “Top priority at the LHC”, T.Han in “Perspectives on LHC Physics” Ed. G.Kane, A.Pierce World Scientific.

3. M.Bosman (IFAE-Barcelona) 3rd Top Physics Workshop Grenoble 23-25th October3 Tevatron to LHC ProcessTevatron ~2 TeV LHC 14Tev  NLO (tt - ) qq - → tt - gg → tt - 6.7 pb 85% 15% 833 pb 10% 90%  NLO (single t) t-channel s-channel Wt 2 pb 1 pb 0.1 pb 240 pb 11 pb 66 pb W+jets~2nb~20nb A lot to learn from Tevatron, similarities but also differences x100 x10 x100 x70

4. M.Bosman (IFAE-Barcelona) 3rd Top Physics Workshop Grenoble 23-25th October4 Tevatron to LHC (II) large statistics:~1 Hz tt - @ L=10 33 cm -2 s -1 100pb -1 (3 days @ 10 33 cm -2 s -1 ), 10% acceptance, 3000 semi-leptonic (e,  ) top pair events relative cross-section:  ratio tt - / W+jets ~ 10 x larger (jet multiplicity dependent!)  single top (t-channel) / tt - unchanged  gg →tt - dominates over qq - →tt - possible “contamination” from new physics new “phenomenology”: high p T boosted top decays pile-up

5. M.Bosman (IFAE-Barcelona) 3rd Top Physics Workshop Grenoble 23-25th October5 Rough Top Physics Timeline 10 pb-1 100 pb-1 1 fb-1 10 fb-1 100 fb-1 establish tt - signal Top as calibration toolPhysics measurements  tt - semi-leptonic, ll channel stat (~5%)-syst(~15-5%)-lumi (3%) m top to 1-3.5 GeV (1-5% b-JES) single top t-channel @ 5  top charge 5 , W polarization 5-10%, constrain anomalous coupling ~.15, rare decays BR~10 -3, m Z’ ~700 GeV single top Wt-channel@ 5  t→H+→  single top s-channel@ 5  light jet JES ~2% b-tagging efficiency 3% light jet JES ~1% b-tagging efficiency with pT dependence ttH (bb-,WW)?

6. M.Bosman (IFAE-Barcelona) 3rd Top Physics Workshop Grenoble 23-25th October6 From early data → large statistics Early data:  emphasis on data-driven methods  robust observables not relying on ultimate performance (ex. no b- tagging, tight isolation criteria lepton ID, etc.)  cut and count Progressively:  more demanding S/B separation: needs b-tagging, performing MET, tighter lepton ID  more powerful statistical methods likelihood, BDT methods based on templates, Matrix Elements, etc. need validated MC physics processes and detector performance description to provide signal efficiencies, transfer function, templates, background shapes, etc... all with their associated systematic uncertainties (as shown in many examples from Tevatron analysis)

7. M.Bosman (IFAE-Barcelona) 3rd Top Physics Workshop Grenoble 23-25th October7 The experimental problem Final state:  many jets with a wide spectrum of pt  b-jets  Lepton(s)  Missing ET Complete detector capability at play

8. M.Bosman (IFAE-Barcelona) 3rd Top Physics Workshop Grenoble 23-25th October8 Leptons Efficient ID Low level of fakes use isolation Trigger  single lepton (20-25 GeV)  dilepton triggers (6-15 GeV) well matched to need But effect of high jet multiplicity environment has to be well understood ! Fake rate Isolation criteria Overlap removal electrons in tt - events Study in QCD, W/Z+jets Transfer to Top environment

9. M.Bosman (IFAE-Barcelona) 3rd Top Physics Workshop Grenoble 23-25th October9 Jets The 1rst jet is hard The  4th jet is soft Need to understand with enough precision JES in full range Specially difficult Low Pt jet response, UE and pile-up Resolution Combine jet calibration strategy in ATLAS + in-situ calibration from W→jj in tt - events Need also to translate to b-jets Trigger: multijet for fully hadronic tt- or semi- leptonic t→W→  →had Jet pT distribution in fully hadronic tt - events

10. M.Bosman (IFAE-Barcelona) 3rd Top Physics Workshop Grenoble 23-25th October10 b-jet b-tagging is excellent to reduce background and internal combinatoric  in some analysis indispensable!  need to understand efficiency - purity  algorithms used and conditions will evolve with time need to keep track - complex – need large effort b-jet scale (important impact on mass measurement) b-jet trigger?

11. M.Bosman (IFAE-Barcelona) 3rd Top Physics Workshop Grenoble 23-25th October11 Missing ET Excellent against QCD, but tails? P T miss in exclusive reconstruction resolution, scale in the top environment! Trigger: jet+MET,  +MET semi-leptonic t→W→  →had

12. M.Bosman (IFAE-Barcelona) 3rd Top Physics Workshop Grenoble 23-25th October12 Trigger Single, dilepton triggers  understand efficiency curves in full pT range  isolation criteria for different topologies, luminosity in boosted tops, etc. Multijet trigger  for fully hadronic tt - or semi-leptonic tt - with t→W→  →had  add b-jet trigger? jet+MET  for semileptonic and dilepton decays including  →had  +MET Many triggers still to be understood and studied from the beginning

13. M.Bosman (IFAE-Barcelona) 3rd Top Physics Workshop Grenoble 23-25th October13 High pT tops Need dedicated algorithms for efficient reconstruction and identification “Top Monojets” Trigger Need to smoothly merge with “low P T ” tops

14. M.Bosman (IFAE-Barcelona) 3rd Top Physics Workshop Grenoble 23-25th October14 Top software tools From inclusive to fully exclusive Important to share tools  to efficiently support all sophisticated analysis  to share knowledge: calibration, turn-on efficiency curves...

15. M.Bosman (IFAE-Barcelona) 3rd Top Physics Workshop Grenoble 23-25th October15 Monte Carlo describing physics processes Need validated MC adequately describing the physics This includes:  ISR / FSR / UE  Fragmentation  PDF  adequate description of multi-jet final states  adequate (and coherent with light flavour) description of heavy flavour quarks Most precise physics results can only be extracted and systematics correctly estimated if detector and physics effects are properly unfolded Use inclusive W/Z,  /Z+jets, QCD to extract lepton efficiencies, JES, etc. extrapolate to “Top-like environment”

16. M.Bosman (IFAE-Barcelona) 3rd Top Physics Workshop Grenoble 23-25th October16 Monte Carlo describing signal and background processes A lot of on-going developments and progress in the field of Monte Carlo generators  NLO (+PS)  ME up to high multiplicity final states  BSM searches that we have to follow-up

17. M.Bosman (IFAE-Barcelona) 3rd Top Physics Workshop Grenoble 23-25th October17 Conclusion Enormous potential of Top physics at LHC ! With early data make first measurements to establish the signal be prepared for surprises from new physics or problems from the detector... prepare the ground for precision physics and rare phenomena  be ready to use and validate MC models  understand detector performance in “top like final states” and keep track of it with time and running conditions Even if your favorite signal can only be measured with 1fb-1 or more, you have to start on Day-1 to prepare the input that you will need for your analysis Only in that way, can we exploit fully and promptly the physics potential

18. M.Bosman (IFAE-Barcelona) 3rd Top Physics Workshop Grenoble 23-25th October18 Thank you to our hosts for organizing so efficiently this very interesting workshop...