# Electron efficiency measurements with the ATLAS detector using 2012 LHC proton-proton collision data

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## Abstract

This paper describes the algorithms for the reconstruction and identification of electrons in the central region of the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). These algorithms were used for all ATLAS results with electrons in the final state that are based on the 2012 pp collision data produced by the LHC at $\sqrt{\mathrm{s}}$ = 8 TeV. The efficiency of these algorithms, together with the charge misidentification rate, is measured in data and evaluated in simulated samples using electrons from $Z\rightarrow ee$, $Z\rightarrow ee\gamma$ and $J/\psi \rightarrow ee$ decays. For these efficiency measurements, the full recorded data set, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 20.3 fb$^{-1}$, is used. Based on a new reconstruction algorithm used in 2012, the electron reconstruction efficiency is 97% for electrons with $E_\mathrm{T}$ = 15 GeV and 99% at $E_\mathrm{T}$ = 50 GeV. Combining this with the efficiency of additional selection criteria to reject backgrounds from background electrons or misidentified hadrons, the efficiency to reconstruct and identify electrons at the ATLAS experiment varies from 65% to 95%, depending on the transverse momentum of the electron and background rejection.
Original language English 195 European Physical Journal C 77 https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-017-4756-2 Published - 27 Mar 2017

### Bibliographical note

64 pages in total, author list starting page 48, 24 figures, 3 tables. Submitted to EPJC. All figures including auxiliary figures are available at http://atlas.web.cern.ch/Atlas/GROUPS/PHYSICS/PAPERS/PERF-2016-01

• hep-ex

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