TY - JOUR
T1 - Jet fragmentation function and groomed substructure of bottom quark jets in proton-proton collisions at 5.02 TeV
AU - The CMS collaboration
AU - Chekhovsky, V.
AU - Hayrapetyan, A.
AU - Makarenko, V.
AU - Tumasyan, A.
AU - Adam, W.
AU - Andrejkovic, J. W.
AU - Benato, L.
AU - Bergauer, T.
AU - Chatterjee, S.
AU - Damanakis, K.
AU - Dragicevic, M.
AU - Hussain, P. S.
AU - Jeitler, M.
AU - Krammer, N.
AU - Li, A.
AU - Liko, D.
AU - Mikulec, I.
AU - Schieck, J.
AU - Schwarz, D.
AU - Schöfbeck, R.
AU - Sonawane, M.
AU - Waltenberger, W.
AU - Wulz, C. E.
AU - Janssen, T.
AU - Kwon, H.
AU - Van Laer, T.
AU - Van Mechelen, P.
AU - Breugelmans, N.
AU - D’Hondt, J.
AU - Dansana, S.
AU - De Moor, A.
AU - Delcourt, M.
AU - Heyen, F.
AU - Hong, Y.
AU - Lowette, S.
AU - Makarenko, I.
AU - Müller, D.
AU - Tavernier, S.
AU - Tytgat, M.
AU - Beaudette, F.
AU - Boldrini, G.
AU - Cappati, A.
AU - Davignon, O.
AU - De Wit, A.
AU - Granier de Cassagnac, R.
AU - Nguyen, M.
AU - Ochando, C.
AU - Sirois, Y.
AU - Zabi, A.
AU - Zghiche, A.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2026.
PY - 2026/4/1
Y1 - 2026/4/1
N2 - A measurement of the substructure of bottom quark jets (b jets) in proton-proton (pp) collisions is presented. The measurement uses data collected in pp collisions at s=5.02 TeV, with a low number of simultaneous interactions per bunch crossing, recorded by the CMS experiment in 2017, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 301 pb−1. An algorithm to identify and cluster the charged decay daughters of b hadrons is developed for this analysis, which facilitates the exposure of the gluon radiation pattern of b jets using iterative Cambridge-Aachen declustering. The soft-drop-groomed jet radius, Rg, and momentum balance, zg, of b quark jets are presented. These observables can be used to test perturbative quantum chromodynamics predictions that account for mass effects. Because the b hadron is partially reconstructed from its charged decay daughters, only charged particles are used for the jet substructure studies. In addition, a jet fragmentation function, zb,ch, is measured, which is defined as the distribution of the ratio of the transverse momentum (pT) of the partially reconstructed b hadron with respect to the charged-particle component of the jet pT. The substructure variable distributions are unfolded to the charged-particle level. The b jet substructure is compared to the substructure of jets in an inclusive jet sample that is dominated by light-quark and gluon jets in order to assess the role of the b quark mass. A strong suppression of emissions at small Rg values is observed for b jets when compared to inclusive jets, consistent with the dead-cone effect. The measurement is also compared with theoretical predictions from Monte Carlo event generators. This is the first substructure measurement of b jets that clusters together the b hadron decay daughters independent of the b hadron species and decay channel.
AB - A measurement of the substructure of bottom quark jets (b jets) in proton-proton (pp) collisions is presented. The measurement uses data collected in pp collisions at s=5.02 TeV, with a low number of simultaneous interactions per bunch crossing, recorded by the CMS experiment in 2017, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 301 pb−1. An algorithm to identify and cluster the charged decay daughters of b hadrons is developed for this analysis, which facilitates the exposure of the gluon radiation pattern of b jets using iterative Cambridge-Aachen declustering. The soft-drop-groomed jet radius, Rg, and momentum balance, zg, of b quark jets are presented. These observables can be used to test perturbative quantum chromodynamics predictions that account for mass effects. Because the b hadron is partially reconstructed from its charged decay daughters, only charged particles are used for the jet substructure studies. In addition, a jet fragmentation function, zb,ch, is measured, which is defined as the distribution of the ratio of the transverse momentum (pT) of the partially reconstructed b hadron with respect to the charged-particle component of the jet pT. The substructure variable distributions are unfolded to the charged-particle level. The b jet substructure is compared to the substructure of jets in an inclusive jet sample that is dominated by light-quark and gluon jets in order to assess the role of the b quark mass. A strong suppression of emissions at small Rg values is observed for b jets when compared to inclusive jets, consistent with the dead-cone effect. The measurement is also compared with theoretical predictions from Monte Carlo event generators. This is the first substructure measurement of b jets that clusters together the b hadron decay daughters independent of the b hadron species and decay channel.
KW - Hadron-Hadron Scattering
KW - Jet Physics
KW - Jet Substructure and Boosted Jets
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105038070825
U2 - 10.1007/JHEP04(2026)147
DO - 10.1007/JHEP04(2026)147
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:105038070825
SN - 1126-6708
VL - 2026
JO - Journal of High Energy Physics
JF - Journal of High Energy Physics
IS - 4
M1 - 147
ER -