Number of predicted and observed dilepton events in 1 fb-1

Using the tag and mistag rates that we have now, I have calculated the predicted number of W+soft dilepton events in the 1 fb-1 sample.  The calculation is slightly different for the same and opposite flavor dilepton cases. We will show the dielectron case as the same-sign example.

Lepton 1 Lepton 2 Normalization
el el R21(ej,ej)*N(ej)+R21(eDY,eDY)*N(eDY)
el eh R21(el,eh)*N(eh)
eh eh R21(eh,eh)*N(eh)

The notation used is as follows

  • e=electron, m=muon
  • l=light, h=heavy
  • j=W+jets, DY=Drell Yan
  • R21(a,b) = N(a+b)/N(b) [from MC]

Below is the different flavor case.

Lepton 1 Lepton 2 Normalization
el ml R21(mj,ej)*N(mj)+R21(mDY,eDY)*N(mDY)
el mh R21(el,mh)*N(mh)
eh ml R21(ml,eh)*N(eh)
eh mh R21(eh,mh)*N(mh)

The results are below.


TCE first.

Trigger Final State Component N
TCE ee el el 101.6
el eh 38.4
eh eh 86.5
Total BG 226
Observed 340
TCE mm ml ml 0.9
ml mh 1.2
mh mh 14.8
Total BG 16.9
Observed 30
TCE em el ml 23.7
el mh 14.5
eh ml 2.8
eh mh 51.7
Total BG 92.7
Observed 34

CMUP next.

Trigger Final State Component N
CMUP ee el el 30.4
el eh 38.4
eh eh 88.4
Total BG 157.1
Observed 244
CMUP mm ml ml 9.7
ml mh 0.6
mh mh 6.8
Total BG 17.2
Observed 12
CMUP em el ml 12.3
el mh 7.4
eh ml 2.8
eh mh 24.3
Total BG 46.8
Observed 29

And finally, CMX.

Trigger Final State Component N
CMX ee el el 20.2
el eh 21.6
eh eh 46.4
Total BG 88.2
Observed 120
CMX mm ml ml 6.3
ml mh 0.3
mh mh 4.1
Total BG 10.8
Observed 8
CMX em el ml 8.5
el mh 4.5
eh ml 1.6
eh mh 14.7
Total BG 29.3
Observed 17