An automated framework for hierarchical reconstruction of B mesons at the Belle II experiment

Abstract

We present a software framework for Belle II that reconstructs B mesons in many decay modes with minimal user intervention. It does so by reconstructing particles in user-supplied decay channels, and then in turn using these reconstructed particles in higher-level decays. This hierarchical reconstruction allows one to cover a relatively high fraction of all B decays by specifying a limited number of particle decays. Multivariate classification methods are used to achieve a high signal-to-background ratio in each individual channel. The entire reconstruction, including the application of pre-cuts and classifier trainings, is automated to a high degree and will allow users to retrain to account for analysis-specific signal-side selections.

5 pages, 3 figures. To appear in the proceedings of the 16th International workshop on Advanced Computing and Analysis Techniques in physics research (ACAT 2014)