Rivet analyses

Study of ordered hadron chains at 7 TeV

Experiment: ATLAS (LHC)

Inspire ID: 1624693

Status: VALIDATED

Authors: - Sharka Todorova-Nova - Christian Gutschow

References: - Expt page: ATLAS-STDM-2014-08 - Phys.Rev. D96 (2017) no.9, 092008 - DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.96.092008 - arXiv: 1709.07384

Beams: p+ p+

Beam energies: (3500.0, 3500.0)GeV

Run details: - minimum bias, charged tracks with pT>100 MeV, |eta|<2.5

The analysis of the momentum difference between charged hadrons in high-energy proton-proton collisions is performed in order to study coherent particle production. The observed correlation pattern agrees with a model of a helical QCD string fragmenting into a chain of ground-state hadrons. A threshold momentum difference in the production of adjacent pairs of charged hadrons is observed, in agreement with model predictions. The presence of low-mass hadron chains also explains the emergence of charge-combination-dependent two-particle correlations commonly attributed to Bose-Einstein interference. The data sample consists of 190 μb−1 of minimum-bias events collected with proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy $\sqrt{s}$ = 7 TeV in the early low-luminosity data taking with the ATLAS detector at the LHC.

Source code:ATLAS_2017_I1624693.cc

// -*- C++ -*-
#include "Rivet/Analysis.hh"
#include "Rivet/Projections/ChargedFinalState.hh"
#include "Rivet/Projections/FinalState.hh"

namespace Rivet {

  /// @brief Study of ordered hadron chains at 7 TeV
  class ATLAS_2017_I1624693 : public Analysis {
  public:

    /// Constructor
    RIVET_DEFAULT_ANALYSIS_CTOR(ATLAS_2017_I1624693);

    /// @name Analysis methods
    /// @{
    struct usedX {

      int locMin;
      int locMax;
      std::vector<std::pair<int, float>> chains;

      // Constructor
      usedX(int min, int max, int ic, float mass) {
        locMin = min;
        locMax = max;
        chains.clear();
        chains.push_back(std::pair<int, float>(ic, mass));
      }

      // Constructor
      usedX(int min, int max) {
        locMin = min;
        locMax = max;
        chains.clear();
      }

      void add(int jc, float mass) {

        if (chains.size()) {
          std::vector<std::pair<int, float>>::iterator it = chains.begin();
          while (it != chains.end() && mass > (*it).second) ++it;
          chains.insert(it, std::pair<int, float>(jc, mass));
        }
        else {
          chains.push_back(std::pair<int, float>(jc, mass));
        }
      }
    };


    /// Book histograms and initialise projections before the run
    void init() {

      /// @todo Initialise and register projections here
      ChargedFinalState cfs((Cuts::etaIn(-2.5, 2.5) && Cuts::pT >= 0.1 * GeV));
      declare(cfs, "CFS");

      // pion mass;
      pim = 0.1396;

      /// @todo Book histograms here, e.g.:
      book(_DeltaQ, 1, 1, 1);
      book(_Delta3h, 2, 1, 1);
      book(_dalitz, 3, 1, 1);

      // auxiliary
      book(_h_nch, "_nch", 200, -0.5, 199.5);
    }


    /// Perform the per-event analysis
    void analyze(const Event& event) {
      //const double weight = event.weight();
      bool match = false;

      /// @todo Do the event by event analysis here
      const ChargedFinalState& had = apply<ChargedFinalState>(event, "CFS");
      Particles hs = had.particles();
      int nch = hs.size();

      if (nch < 3) return;

      _h_nch->fill(1. * nch, 1.);

      for (unsigned int i = 0; i < hs.size() - 1; ++i) {
        for (unsigned int j = i + 1; j < hs.size(); ++j) {
          double q12 = qq(hs[i], hs[j], match);
          if (match)
            _DeltaQ->fill(q12, -1.);
          else
            _DeltaQ->fill(q12, 1.);
        }
      }

      // chain selection

      std::vector<float> wchain;
      std::vector<std::vector<unsigned int>> rchains;
      std::vector<std::vector<float>> mchains;
      wchain.clear();
      rchains.clear();
      mchains.clear();
      for (unsigned int ip1 = 0; ip1 < hs.size(); ++ip1) {
        wchain.push_back(1.);
        std::vector<unsigned int> cc(1, ip1);
        std::vector<float> mc;

        double qlmin = 10000.;
        int ilmin = -1;
        for (unsigned ip2 = 0; ip2 < hs.size(); ++ip2) {
          if (ip2 == ip1) continue;
          double ql = qq(hs[ip1], hs[ip2], match);
          if (!match) continue; // looking for closest like-sign match
          if (ql < qlmin) {
            qlmin = ql;
            ilmin = ip2;
          }
        }
        if (ilmin < 0) {
          wchain.back() = 0.;
          mc.push_back(-1.);
        }
        else { // search for unlike-sign match
          cc.push_back(ilmin);
          mc.push_back(qlmin);
          if (int(ip1) > ilmin && rchains[ilmin][1] == ip1) {
            // std::cout <<"exclusive match:"<< std::endl;
            wchain.back() = 0.5;
            wchain[ilmin] = 0.5;
          }

          double m3min = 10000.;
          int ixmin = -1;
          for (unsigned ip2 = 0; ip2 < hs.size(); ++ip2) {
            if (ip2 == ip1 || int(ip2) == ilmin) continue;
            double qx = qq(hs[ip1], hs[ip2], match);
            if (match) continue;
            double qxl = qq(hs[ip2], hs[ilmin], match);
            double m3 = sqrt(9 * pim * pim + qxl * qxl + qlmin * qlmin + qx * qx);
            if (m3 < m3min) {
              m3min = m3;
              ixmin = ip2;
            }
          }

          if (ixmin < 0) {
            wchain.back() = 0.;
            mc.push_back(-1.);
          }
          else {
            cc.push_back(ixmin);
            mc.push_back(m3min);
          }
        }
        rchains.push_back(cc);
        mchains.push_back(mc);
      }

      // cleanup: association rate for like-sign pairs should not exceed 2
      std::vector<float> assoc(hs.size(), 0.); // cache for association rate
      std::vector<bool> accept(rchains.size(), false);
      // loop over chains and accept lowest masses while watching the association rate
      int inext = 0;
      while (inext > -1) {
        inext = -1;
        float cMin = 100000.;
        // find non-accepted chain with lowest Q_ls; dissolve chains if association count over 2
        for (unsigned int ic = 0; ic < rchains.size(); ++ic) {
          if (rchains[ic].size() < 2) continue;
          if (accept[ic]) continue;
          if (mchains[ic][0] < cMin) {
            cMin = mchains[ic][0];
            inext = ic;
          }
        }
        if (inext > -1) {
          unsigned int cloc0 = rchains[inext][0];
          unsigned int cloc1 = rchains[inext][1];
          if ((assoc[cloc0] + 1. <= 2.) && (assoc[cloc1] + 1. <= 2.)) { // chain can be accepted
            accept[inext] = true;
            assoc[cloc0] += 1.;
            assoc[cloc1] += 1.;
            if (wchain[inext] == 0.5) { // accept the identical chain, too
              for (unsigned int ic = 0; ic < hs.size(); ++ic) {
                if (rchains[ic][0] == cloc1 && rchains[ic][1] == cloc0) {
                  accept[ic] = true;
                  break;
                }
              }
            }
          }
          else if (assoc[cloc0] > 1) { // association count filled up, discard chain
            accept[inext] = true;
            wchain[inext] = 0.;
          }
          else { // dissolve chain and find new association
            unsigned int i1 = rchains[inext][0];
            float mMn = 1000000.;
            int ipn = -1;
            for (unsigned int i2 = 0; i2 < hs.size(); ++i2) {
              if (i1 == i2) continue;
              double m = qq(hs[i1], hs[i2], match);
              if (!match) continue;
              if (assoc[i2] > 1.) continue;
              if (m > 0. && m < mMn) {
                mMn = m;
                ipn = i2;
              }
            }
            if (ipn >= 0) {
              rchains[inext][1] = ipn;
              mchains[inext][0] = mMn;
              // resolve chain weight : by default, it is 1.
              wchain[inext] = 1.;
              // check exclusivity of pairing
              for (unsigned int ico = 0; ico < hs.size(); ++ico) {
                if (int(rchains[ico][0]) == ipn
                    && rchains[ico][1] == i1) { // scale the contribution from both chains
                  wchain[ico] = 0.5;
                  wchain[inext] = 0.5;
                }
              }
              // add 3.member
              // continue with arbitrary match
              int ipnn = -1;
              float mMnn = 10000.;
              mMn = 1000000.;
              for (unsigned int ij = 0; ij < hs.size(); ++ij) {
                rchains[inext].resize(2);
                float q02 = qq(hs[i1], hs[ij], match);
                if (match > 0.) continue;
                float q12 = qq(hs[ipn], hs[ij], match);
                double m3 = sqrt(9 * pim * pim + q02 * q02 + mMn * mMn + q12 * q12);
                if (m3 > 0. && m3 < mMnn) {
                  mMnn = m3;
                  ipnn = ij;
                }
              }
              if (ipnn >= 0) {
                rchains[inext].push_back(ipnn);
                rchains[inext][2] = ipnn;
                mchains[inext][1] = mMnn;
              }
              else {
                accept[inext] = true;
                wchain[inext] = 0.;
              }
            }
            else { // chain not recovered
              wchain[inext] = 0.;
              accept[inext] = true;
            }
          }
        }
      } // end loop over chains

      // cleanup: association rate for unlike-sign pairs
      // third member verification
      std::vector<bool> accept3(rchains.size(), false);
      // watch unlike-sign combinations used
      std::vector<usedX> used;
      // loop over chains and accept lowest masses while watching the association rate
      inext = 0;
      while (inext > -1) {
        inext = -1;
        float cMin = 100000.;
        // find non-accepted chain with lowest mass; dissolve chains if association count over 3
        for (unsigned int ic = 0; ic < rchains.size(); ++ic) {
          if (rchains[ic].size() < 3 || !wchain[ic] || !accept[ic]) continue;
          if (accept3[ic]) continue;
          if (mchains[ic][1] < cMin) {
            cMin = mchains[ic][1];
            inext = ic;
          }
        }
        // check association counts
        if (inext > -1) {
          unsigned int cloc0 = rchains[inext][0];
          unsigned int cloc1 = rchains[inext][1];
          unsigned int cloc2 = rchains[inext][2];

          // map use of unlike sign pairs
          int iu0 = -1;
          float w0 = 0.;
          for (unsigned int iu = 0; iu < used.size(); ++iu) {
            if (fmin(cloc0, cloc2) == used[iu].locMin && fmax(cloc0, cloc2) == used[iu].locMax) {
              iu0 = iu;
              if (used[iu].chains.size() > 0)
                for (unsigned int iw = 0; iw < used[iu].chains.size(); ++iw)
                  w0 += wchain[used[iu].chains[iw].first];
              //used[iu].add(i1,mch[1]);
              break;
            }
          }
          if (iu0 < 0) {
            used.push_back(usedX(fmin(cloc0, cloc2), fmax(cloc0, cloc2)));
            iu0 = used.size() - 1;
          }
          int iu1 = -1;
          float w1 = 0.;
          for (unsigned int iu = 0; iu < used.size(); ++iu) {
            if (fmin(cloc1, cloc2) == used[iu].locMin && fmax(cloc1, cloc2) == used[iu].locMax) {
              iu1 = iu;
              if (used[iu].chains.size() > 0)
                for (unsigned int iw = 0; iw < used[iu].chains.size(); iw++)
                  w1 += wchain[used[iu].chains[iw].first];
              //used[iu].add(inext,mch[1]);
              break;
            }
          }
          if (iu1 < 0) {
            used.push_back(usedX(fmin(cloc1, cloc2), fmax(cloc1, cloc2)));
            iu1 = used.size() - 1;
          }

          if (assoc[cloc2] < 3. && w0 < 2. && w1 < 2.) {
            accept3[inext] = true;
            assoc[cloc2] += 1.;
            used[iu0].add(inext, mchains[inext][1]);
            used[iu1].add(inext, mchains[inext][1]);
            if (wchain[inext] == 0.5) { // accept the identical chain, too
              for (unsigned int ic = 0; ic < rchains.size(); ++ic) {
                if (rchains[ic][0] == cloc1 && rchains[ic][1] == cloc0) {
                  accept3[ic] = true;
                  used[iu0].add(ic, mchains[ic][1]);
                  used[iu1].add(ic, mchains[ic][1]);
                  break;
                }
              }
            }
          }
          else { // find new association
            int i1 = rchains[inext][0];
            int i2 = rchains[inext][1];
            float mMn = 1000000.;
            int ipn = -1;
            int iploc = -1;
            rchains[inext].pop_back();
            for (unsigned int i3 = 0; i3 < hs.size(); ++i3) {
              double q02 = qq(hs[i1], hs[i3], match);
              if (match > 0.) continue;
              if (assoc[i3] > 3 - wchain[inext]) continue;
              // check pair association
              w0 = 0.;
              w1 = 0.;
              for (unsigned int iu = 0; iu < used.size(); ++iu) {
                if (fmin(cloc0, i3) == used[iu].locMin && fmax(cloc0, i3) == used[iu].locMax) {
                  if (used[iu].chains.size() > 0)
                    for (unsigned int iw = 0; iw < used[iu].chains.size(); ++iw)
                      w0 += wchain[used[iu].chains[iw].first];
                }
                if (fmin(cloc1, i3) == used[iu].locMin && fmax(cloc1, i3) == used[iu].locMax) {
                  if (used[iu].chains.size() > 0)
                    for (unsigned int iw = 0; iw < used[iu].chains.size(); ++iw)
                      w1 += wchain[used[iu].chains[iw].first];
                }
              }
              if (w0 + wchain[inext] > 2. || w1 + wchain[inext] > 2.) continue;

              float q12 = qq(hs[i2], hs[i3], match);
              float q01 = qq(hs[i1], hs[i2], match);
              float m = sqrt(9 * pim * pim + q02 * q02 + q01 * q01 + q12 * q12);
              if (m > 0. && m < mMn) {
                mMn = m;
                ipn = i3;
                iploc = i3;
              }
            }
            if (ipn >= 0) {
              rchains[inext].push_back(ipn);
              rchains[inext][2] = iploc;
              mchains[inext][1] = mMn;
            }
            else { // chain not recovered
              wchain[inext] = 0.;
            }
          }
        }
      } // end loop over chains
      // end 3rd member optimization

      for (unsigned int ip = 0; ip < wchain.size(); ++ip) {
        if (!wchain[ip]) continue;
        if (rchains[ip].size() < 3) continue;
        float m3min = mchains[ip][1];
        if (m3min > 0.59) continue;
        // dalitz plot
        std::pair<float, float> dd = dalitz3(hs[rchains[ip][0]], hs[rchains[ip][1]], hs[rchains[ip][2]]);
        _dalitz->fill(dd.first, dd.second, 1. * wchain[ip]);
        // Delta(Q) spectra
        float qlmin = mchains[ip][0];
        float qxmin = qq(hs[rchains[ip][0]], hs[rchains[ip][2]], match);
        float xlmin = qq(hs[rchains[ip][1]], hs[rchains[ip][2]], match);
        _Delta3h->fill(qxmin, 0.5 * wchain[ip]);
        _Delta3h->fill(xlmin, 0.5 * wchain[ip]);
        _Delta3h->fill(qlmin, -1. * wchain[ip]);
      }
    }

    /// Normalise histograms etc., after the run
    void finalize() {


      // normalize by the number of charged particles
      // counter automatic division by bin size
      double norm = 0.01 / (_h_nch->xMean() * _h_nch->numEntries());
      _dalitz->scaleW(norm);
      _DeltaQ->scaleW(norm);
      _Delta3h->scaleW(norm);
    }

    /// @}
    double qq(const Particle& gp1, const Particle& gp2, bool& match) {
      match = gp1.charge() * gp2.charge() > 0;
      FourMomentum p1, p2;
      p1.setPM(gp1.px(), gp1.py(), gp1.pz(), pim);
      p2.setPM(gp2.px(), gp2.py(), gp2.pz(), pim);
      return sqrt(fmax(0., (p1 + p2).mass2() - 4 * pim * pim));
    }

    std::pair<float, float> dalitz3(const Particle& gp1, const Particle& gp2, const Particle& gp3) const {

      float p1 = gp1.pt();
      float p2 = gp2.pt();
      float p3 = gp3.pt();
      float th1 = gp1.theta();
      float th2 = gp2.theta();
      float th3 = gp3.theta();
      float ph1 = gp1.phi();
      float ph2 = gp2.phi();
      float ph3 = gp3.phi();
      float e1 = sqrt(p1 * p1 + pim * pim);
      float e2 = sqrt(p2 * p2 + pim * pim);
      float e3 = sqrt(p3 * p3 + pim * pim);

      float p1x = p1 * cos(ph1) * sin(th1);
      float p1y = p1 * sin(ph1) * sin(th1);
      float p1z = p1 * cos(th1);

      float p2x = p2 * cos(ph2) * sin(th2);
      float p2y = p2 * sin(ph2) * sin(th2);
      float p2z = p2 * cos(th2);

      float p3x = p3 * cos(ph3) * sin(th3);
      float p3y = p3 * sin(ph3) * sin(th3);
      float p3z = p3 * cos(th3);

      float px = p1x + p2x + p3x;
      float py = p1y + p2y + p3y;
      float pz = p1z + p2z + p3z;
      float ap = sqrt(px * px + py * py + pz * pz);
      float e = e1 + e2 + e3;

      float beta = ap / e;
      float gamma = 1. / sqrt(1 - beta * beta);

      float p1l = (p1x * px + p1y * py + p1z * pz) / ap;
      float p2l = (p2x * px + p2y * py + p2z * pz) / ap;
      float p3l = (p3x * px + p3y * py + p3z * pz) / ap;

      float e1_boost = gamma * e1 - gamma * beta * p1l;
      float e2_boost = gamma * e2 - gamma * beta * p2l;
      float e3_boost = gamma * e3 - gamma * beta * p3l;

      float Q = sqrt(e * e - ap * ap) - 3 * pim;

      return std::pair<float, float>(sqrt(3.) * (e1_boost - e2_boost) / Q, 3 * (e3_boost - pim) / Q - 1.);
    }

  private:

    // Data members like post-cuts event weight counters go here
    float pim;

  private:

    /// @name Histograms
    Histo1DPtr _DeltaQ;
    Histo1DPtr _Delta3h;
    Histo1DPtr _h_nch;
    Histo2DPtr _dalitz;
    /// @}
  };

  RIVET_DECLARE_PLUGIN(ATLAS_2017_I1624693);
}