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SLAC Technical Note: SLAC-TN-12-023
SLAC Release Date: September 7, 2012
Dark Photon Search at BABAR
Greenwood, Ross N.
Presented is the current progress of a search for the signature of a dark photon or new particle using the BaBar data set. We implement ROOT's Toolkit for Multivariate Analysis (TMVA), a machine learning tool that allows us to evaluate the signal character of events based on many of discriminating variables. TMVA training is conducted with samples of Monte Carlo as signal and a small portion of Run 6 as background. The multivariate analysis produces additional cuts to separate signal and backgro... Show Full Abstract
Presented is the current progress of a search for the signature of a dark photon or new particle using the BaBar data set. We implement ROOT's Toolkit for Multivariate Analysis (TMVA), a machine learning tool that allows us to evaluate the signal character of events based on many of discriminating variables. TMVA training is conducted with samples of Monte Carlo as signal and a small portion of Run 6 as background. The multivariate analysis produces additional cuts to separate signal and background. The signal efficiency and sensitivity are calculated. The analysis will move forward to fit the background and scan the residuals for the narrow resonance peak of a new particle. Show Partial Abstract
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