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Studies of the muon momentum calibration and performance of the ATLAS detector with pp collisions at √s=13 TeV

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jats:titleAbstract</jats:title>jats:pThis paper presents the muon momentum calibration and performance studies for the ATLAS detector based on the jats:italicpp</jats:italic> collisions data sample produced at jats:inline-formulajats:alternativesjats:tex-math$$\sqrt{s}$$</jats:tex-math><mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> mml:msqrt mml:mis</mml:mi> </mml:msqrt> </mml:math></jats:alternatives></jats:inline-formula> = 13 TeV at the LHC during Run 2 and corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 139 jats:inline-formulajats:alternativesjats:tex-math$${\textrm{fb}}^{-1}$$</jats:tex-math><mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> mml:msup mml:mrow mml:mtextfb</mml:mtext> </mml:mrow> mml:mrow mml:mo-</mml:mo> mml:mn1</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> </mml:msup> </mml:math></jats:alternatives></jats:inline-formula>. An innovative approach is used to correct for potential charge-dependent momentum biases related to the knowledge of the detector geometry, using the jats:inline-formulajats:alternativesjats:tex-math$$Z\rightarrow \mu ^{+}\mu ^{-}$$</jats:tex-math><mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> mml:mrow mml:miZ</mml:mi> mml:mo→</mml:mo> mml:msup mml:miμ</mml:mi> mml:mo+</mml:mo> </mml:msup> mml:msup mml:miμ</mml:mi> mml:mo-</mml:mo> </mml:msup> </mml:mrow> </mml:math></jats:alternatives></jats:inline-formula> resonance. The muon momentum scale and resolution are measured using samples of jats:inline-formulajats:alternativesjats:tex-math$$J/\psi \rightarrow \mu ^{+}\mu ^{-}$$</jats:tex-math><mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> mml:mrow mml:miJ</mml:mi> mml:mo/</mml:mo> mml:miψ</mml:mi> mml:mo→</mml:mo> mml:msup mml:miμ</mml:mi> mml:mo+</mml:mo> </mml:msup> mml:msup mml:miμ</mml:mi> mml:mo-</mml:mo> </mml:msup> </mml:mrow> </mml:math></jats:alternatives></jats:inline-formula> and jats:inline-formulajats:alternativesjats:tex-math$$Z\rightarrow \mu ^{+}\mu ^{-}$$</jats:tex-math><mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> mml:mrow mml:miZ</mml:mi> mml:mo→</mml:mo> mml:msup mml:miμ</mml:mi> mml:mo+</mml:mo> </mml:msup> mml:msup mml:miμ</mml:mi> mml:mo-</mml:mo> </mml:msup> </mml:mrow> </mml:math></jats:alternatives></jats:inline-formula> events. A calibration procedure is defined and applied to simulated data to match the performance measured in real data. The calibration is validated using an independent sample of jats:inline-formulajats:alternativesjats:tex-math$$\Upsilon \rightarrow \mu ^{+}\mu ^{-}$$</jats:tex-math><mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> mml:mrow mml:miΥ</mml:mi> mml:mo→</mml:mo> mml:msup mml:miμ</mml:mi> mml:mo+</mml:mo> </mml:msup> mml:msup mml:miμ</mml:mi> mml:mo-</mml:mo> </mml:msup> </mml:mrow> </mml:math></jats:alternatives></jats:inline-formula> events. At the jats:italicZ</jats:italic>jats:inline-formulajats:alternativesjats:tex-math$$(J/\psi )$$</jats:tex-math><mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> mml:mrow mml:mo(</mml:mo> mml:miJ</mml:mi> mml:mo/</mml:mo> mml:miψ</mml:mi> mml:mo)</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> </mml:math></jats:alternatives></jats:inline-formula> peak, the momentum scale is measured with an uncertainty at the 0.05% (0.1%) level, and the resolution is measured with an uncertainty at the 1.5% (2%) level. The charge-dependent bias is removed with a dedicated in situ correction for momenta up to 450 GeV with a precision better than 0.03 jats:inline-formulajats:alternativesjats:tex-math$${\textrm{TeV}}^{-1}$$</jats:tex-math><mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> mml:msup mml:mrow mml:mtextTeV</mml:mtext> </mml:mrow> mml:mrow mml:mo-</mml:mo> mml:mn1</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> </mml:msup> </mml:math></jats:alternatives></jats:inline-formula>.</jats:p>

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Acknowledgements: We thank CERN for the very successful operation of the LHC, as well as the support staff from our institutions without whom ATLAS could not be operated efficiently. We acknowledge the support of ANPCyT, Argentina; YerPhI, Armenia; ARC, Australia; BMWFW and FWF, Austria; ANAS, Azerbaijan; CNPq and FAPESP, Brazil; NSERC, NRC and CFI, Canada; CERN; ANID, Chile; CAS, MOST and NSFC, China; Minciencias, Colombia; MEYS CR, Czech Republic; DNRF and DNSRC, Denmark; IN2P3-CNRS and CEA-DRF/IRFU, France; SRNSFG, Georgia; BMBF, HGF and MPG, Germany; GSRI, Greece; RGC and Hong Kong SAR, China; ISF and Benoziyo Center, Israel; INFN, Italy; MEXT and JSPS, Japan; CNRST, Morocco; NWO, Netherlands; RCN, Norway; MEiN, Poland; FCT, Portugal; MNE/IFA, Romania; MESTD, Serbia; MSSR, Slovakia; ARRS and MIZŠ, Slovenia; DSI/NRF, South Africa; MICINN, Spain; SRC and Wallenberg Foundation, Sweden; SERI, SNSF and Cantons of Bern and Geneva, Switzerland; MOST, Taiwan; TENMAK, Türkiye; STFC, United Kingdom; DOE and NSF, United States of America. In addition, individual groups and members have received support from BCKDF, CANARIE, Compute Canada and CRC, Canada; PRIMUS 21/SCI/017 and UNCE SCI/013, Czech Republic; COST, ERC, ERDF, Horizon 2020 and Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions, European Union; Investissements d’Avenir Labex, Investissements d’Avenir Idex and ANR, France; DFG and AvH Foundation, Germany; Herakleitos, Thales and Aristeia programmes co-financed by EU-ESF and the Greek NSRF, Greece; BSF-NSF and MINERVA, Israel; Norwegian Financial Mechanism 2014–2021, Norway; NCN and NAWA, Poland; La Caixa Banking Foundation, CERCA Programme Generalitat de Catalunya and PROMETEO and GenT Programmes Generalitat Valenciana, Spain; Göran Gustafssons Stiftelse, Sweden; The Royal Society and Leverhulme Trust, United Kingdom. The crucial computing support from all WLCG partners is acknowledged gratefully, in particular from CERN, the ATLAS Tier-1 facilities at TRIUMF (Canada), NDGF (Denmark, Norway, Sweden), CC-IN2P3 (France), KIT/GridKA (Germany), INFN-CNAF (Italy), NL-T1 (Netherlands), PIC (Spain), ASGC (Taiwan), RAL (UK) and BNL (USA), the Tier-2 facilities worldwide and large non-WLCG resource providers. Major contributors of computing resources are listed in Ref. [54].

Keywords

5106 Nuclear and Plasma Physics, 5107 Particle and High Energy Physics, 51 Physical Sciences

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European Physical Journal C

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1434-6044
1434-6052

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83

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Springer Science and Business Media LLC