Understanding Mu Pileup Profile in Analysis Papers

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The discussion focuses on the significance of the Mu Pileup Profile in analysis papers, specifically regarding the average mu value. It is established that while pileup collisions represent background noise, they play a crucial role in determining efficiencies, fake rates, and various background components within the analysis. Properly conducted experiments ensure that results remain unaffected by background noise, but understanding the pileup profile is essential for comprehensive data interpretation.

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A simple question, what kind (of important) information can someone extract by reading the pileup profile (average mu) of the data in an analysis paper?
 
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It should not be important for the result. Pileup collisions are background, if the experiments did their analysis properly the result does not depend on background.

Within the analysis it is important for various things, dependent on what the analysis is about. All efficiencies, fake rates, many background components and so on are pileup-dependent.
 

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