Public Results
All CMS Public Results can be found on these pages, or via this search page.
All CMS performance notes can be found on CDS here.
A previous collection of public results related to Particle Flow and the TauPOG can be found on this TWiki page
Publications
Below is a selection of TauPOG papers and physics analysis summary notes (PASs).
- CMS-TAU-24-002, Accepted for publication in JINST, arXiv:2602.11359 [PDF], CMS Public Results, CADI [Internal], CDS [PDF]:
"Performance of the high-level hadronic tau triggers of the CMS experiment in proton-proton collisions at 13.6 TeV" - CMS-TAU-24-001, JINST 20 (2025) P12032, arXiv:2511.05468 [PDF], CMS Public Results, CADI [Internal], CDS:
"Identification of tau leptons using a convolutional neural network with domain adaptation" - CMS-TAU-20-001, JINST 17 (2022) P07023, arXiv:2201.08458 [PDF], CMS Public Results, CADI [Internal], CDS:
"Identification of hadronic tau lepton decays using a deep neural network" - CMS-TAU-18-001, JINST 14 (2019) P06032, arXiv:1903.01216 [PDF], CMS Public Results, CADI [Internal], CDS:
"An embedding technique to determine \(\tau\tau\) backgrounds in proton-proton collision data" - CMS-TAU-16-003, JINST 13 (2018) P10005, arXiv:1809.02816 [PDF], CMS Public Results, CADI [Internal], CDS:
"Performance of reconstruction and identification of \(\tau\) leptons decaying to hadrons and \(\nu_{\tau}\) in pp collisions at \(\sqrt{s} =\) 13 TeV" - CMS-PAS-TAU-16-002, CMS Public Results, CADI [Internal], CDS [PDF]:
"Performance of reconstruction and identification of \(\tau\) leptons in their decays to hadrons and \(\nu_\tau\) in LHC Run-2" - CMS-TAU-14-001, JINST 11 (2016) P01019, arXiv:1510.07488 [PDF], CMS Public Results, CADI [Internal], CDS:
"Reconstruction and identification of \(\tau\) lepton decays to hadrons and \(\nu_\tau\) at CMS" - CMS-TAU-11-001, JINST 7 (2012) P01001, arXiv:1109.6034 [PDF], CMS Public Results, CADI [Internal], CDS:
"Performance of \(\tau\) lepton reconstruction and identification in CMS"
Performance notes for offline reconstruction & identification
Phase 2 (High Luminosity LHC)
- CMS-DP-2022-004, CDS [PDF], iCMS [Internal]:
"High Granularity Calorimeter Reconstruction Results using a Graph Neural Network" - CMS-DP-2017-060, CDS [PDF], iCMS [Internal]:
"Object performance as a function of pileup density for CMS PhaseII" - CMS-DP-2016-065, CDS [PDF], iCMS [Internal]:
"Updates on Performance of Physics Objects with the Upgraded CMS detector for High Luminosity LHC."
Run 3
- CMS-DP-2025-081, CDS [PDF], iCMS [Internal], plots:
"Flavour tagging performance of the updated Unified Particle Transformer algorithm with the CMS experiment at \(\sqrt{s}\)=13.6 TeV" - CMS-DP-2025-074, CDS [PDF], iCMS [Internal], plots:
"Validation of tau identification algorithms in Run 3 data and simulation" - CMS-DP-2025-073, CDS [PDF], iCMS [Internal], plots:
"Comparison of the performance of tau reconstruction and identification algorithms in Run 3" - CMS-DP-2024-066, CDS [PDF], iCMS [Internal]:
"A unified approach for jet tagging in Run 3 at \(\sqrt{s}\)=13.6 TeV in CMS" - CMS-DP-2024-063, CDS [PDF], iCMS [Internal]:
"Performance of the CNN-based tau identification algorithm with Domain Adaptation using Adversarial Machine Learning for Run 3" - CMS-DP-2024-043, CDS [PDF], iCMS [Internal], plots:
"Optimizing the pileup per particle identification algorithm in the context of \(\tau_h\) lepton identification in Run3" - CMS-DP-2023-036, CDS [PDF], iCMS [Internal], plots:
"End-to-end Deep Learning Inference in CMS software framework"
Run 2
- CMS-DP-2025-047, CDS [PDF], iCMS [Internal], plots:
"Performance of boosted tau lepton identification with DeepTau Framework (Boosted DeepTau)" - CMS-DP-2024-053, CDS [PDF], iCMS [Internal]:
"Tau lepton identification in displaced topologies using machine learning at CMS" - CMS-DP-2020-041, CDS [PDF], iCMS [Internal]:
"Identification of hadronic tau decay channels using multivariate analysis (MVA decay mode)" - CMS-DP-2020-039, CDS [PDF], iCMS [Internal]:
"Performance of the low-pT tau identification algorithm" - CMS-DP-2019-033, CDS [PDF], iCMS [Internal]:
"Performance of the DeepTau algorithm for the discrimination of taus against jets, electron, and muons" - CMS-DP-2018-054, CDS [PDF], iCMS [Internal]:
"Tau reconstruction with calorimeter jets at \(\sqrt{s} = 13\) TeV" - CMS-DP-2018-026, CDS [PDF], iCMS [Internal]:
"Tau Identification Performance in 2017 Data at \(\sqrt{s}=13\) TeV" - CMS-DP-2017-036, CDS [PDF], iCMS [Internal]:
"Jet\(\to\)Tau Misidentification Probability with 2016 pp collision data at \(\sqrt{s}\)=13 TeV" - CMS-DP-2017-006, CDS [PDF], iCMS [Internal]:
"Performance of tau identification with 2016 data at \(\sqrt{s}\) = 13 TeV" - CMS-DP-2017-002, CDS [PDF], iCMS [Internal]:
"Tau-Id performance with full 2016 dataset using \(Z\to\tau_{\mu}\tau_{h}\) events" - CMS-DP-2016-066, CDS [PDF], iCMS [Internal]:
"Expected tau identification performance in LHC run-2 at \(\sqrt{s}\) = 13 TeV" - CMS-DP-2016-060, CDS [PDF], iCMS [Internal]:
"Tau-Id performance to separate tau leptons with helicity +1 and -1 using \(\tau\to a_{1}\nu\to 3\pi^{\pm}\nu\) and \(\tau\to\rho\nu\to\pi^{\pm}\pi^0\nu\) decays" - CMS-DP-2016-040, CDS [PDF], iCMS [Internal]:
"Tau energy scale and \(\mu \rightarrow \tau\) misidentification rate estimated with early 2016 data using Z events." - CMS-DP-2016-038, CDS [PDF], iCMS [Internal]:
"Tau identification in boosted topologies" - CMS-DP-2016-019, CDS [PDF], iCMS [Internal]:
"Tau identification for Run-2 and its performance with 2015 data" - CMS-DP-2016-015, CDS [PDF], iCMS [Internal]:
"Tau-Id performance with early 2016 data using \(\mathrm{Z\to\tau_{\mu}\tau_{h}}\) events"
Run 1
- CMS-DP-2014-015, CDS [PDF], iCMS [Internal]:
"Tau ID Performance Plots" - CMS-DP-2013-012, CDS [PDF], iCMS [Internal]:
"Tau Performance Plots for 2012"
Performance notes for Level-1 or High-Level triggers
Below are performance notes on Level-1 (L1) or High-Level triggers (HLT) for hadronic tau lepton decay (\(\tau_\mathrm{h}\)) in CMS. More results can be found in the following pages: Run-1 and preliminary Run-2 L1Ts, Run-2 and Phase-2 L1Ts, Run-2 HLTs, and Run-3 HLTs.
Phase 2 (High Luminosity LHC)
- CMS-DP-2025-058, CDS [PDF], iCMS [Internal], plots:
"Extending the Features of the CMS Phase-2 Level-1 Trigger Scouting" - CMS-DP-2025-032, CDS [PDF], iCMS [Internal], plots:
"Multiclass object tagging in the CMS Phase-2 Level-1 Correlator Trigger" - CMS-DP-2024-097, CDS [PDF], iCMS [Internal], plots:
"Optimizing cut-based algorithms to specific physics acceptance regions at the CMS Level-1 Trigger" - CMS-DP-2024-057, CDS [PDF], iCMS [Internal], plots:
"Standalone barrel e/\(\gamma\) and calorimeter based jet and tau reconstruction in the Level-1 Phase-2 Calorimeter Trigger" - CMS-DP-2024-056, CDS [PDF], iCMS [Internal], plots:
"Analysis of muons and calorimeter objects collected by the Level-1 Trigger Data Scouting demonstrator during LHC Run 3" - CMS-DP-2024-018, CDS [PDF], iCMS [Internal], plots:
"NNPuppiTaus: PUPPI tau reconstruction in the Level-1 trigger with real-time machine learning" - CMS-DP-2023-062, CDS [PDF], iCMS [Internal], plots:
"Hadronic Tau Reconstruction in the CMS Phase-2 Level-1 Trigger using NNs with Calorimetric Information" - CMS-DP-2021-013, CDS [PDF], iCMS [Internal], plots:
"Performance of Phase-2 HLT Reconstruction and GPU offloading benchmarks"
Run 3
- CMS-DP-2026-008, CDS [PDF], iCMS [Internal], plots:
"Performance of Hadronic Tau Reconstruction at the High Level Trigger using 2024 Data from the CMS Experiment at CERN" - CMS-DP-2024-122, CDS [PDF], iCMS [Internal], plots:
"Level-1 Trigger Performance in 2024 Proton-Proton Collisions at \(\sqrt{s} = 13.6\) TeV" - CMS-DP-2024-042, CDS [PDF], iCMS [Internal], plots:
"Performance of Tau Lepton Reconstruction at the High Level Trigger using 2023 Data from the CMS Experiment at CERN" - CMS-DP-2023-055, CDS [PDF], iCMS [Internal], plots:
"Performance of Level-1 Trigger e/gamma and tau in Run 3" - CMS-DP-2023-050, CDS [PDF], iCMS [Internal], plots:
"Novel strategy targeting HH and HHH production at High Level Trigger in Run 3" - CMS-DP-2023-024, CDS [PDF], iCMS [Internal], plots:
"Performance of tau lepton reconstruction at High Level Trigger using 2022 data from the CMS experiment at CERN" - CMS-DP-2023-008, CDS [PDF], iCMS [Internal], plots:
"Performance of Level-1 trigger e/gamma and tau in Run 3"
Run 2
- CMS-DP-2020-029, CDS [PDF], iCMS [Internal], plots:
"Performance of Same Sign Dimuon Trigger with 2016 pp Collision Data" - CMS-DP-2019-012, CDS [PDF], iCMS [Internal], plots:
"Tau Lepton Run 2 Trigger Performance" - CMS-DP-2018-040, CDS [PDF], iCMS [Internal], plots:
"Level-1 Calorimeter Trigger Performance" - CMS-DP-2018-035, CDS [PDF], iCMS [Internal], plots:
"2018 Tau Trigger Reconstruction Comparison" - CMS-DP-2018-009, CDS [PDF], iCMS [Internal], plots:
"2017 Tau Trigger Efficiencies" - CMS-DP-2018-006, CDS [PDF], iCMS [Internal], plots:
"Level-1 \(\tau\) trigger performance in 2017 data" - CMS-DP-2017-035, CDS [PDF], iCMS [Internal], plots:
"Tau trigger commissioning on first 2017 13 TeV data" - CMS-DP-2017-031, CDS [PDF], iCMS [Internal], plots:
"Tau trigger performances on 2016 13 TeV data" - CMS-DP-2017-022, CDS [PDF], iCMS [Internal], plots:
"Level 1 Tau trigger performance in 2016 data and VBF seeds at Level 1 trigger" - CMS-DP-2016-056, CDS [PDF], iCMS [Internal], plots:
"High Level Trigger Performance Plots for ICHEP2016" - CMS-DP-2016-044, CDS [PDF], iCMS [Internal], plots:
"CMS L1 Calorimeter Trigger performance in 2016 data" - CMS-DP-2016-037, CDS [PDF], iCMS [Internal], plots:
"Tau trigger performances at 13 TeV with 2015 data" - CMS-DP-2016-029, CDS [PDF], iCMS [Internal]:
"Tau trigger performances at 13 TeV with 2015 data" - CMS-DP-2016-021, CDS [PDF], iCMS [Internal], plots:
"CMS L1 tau trigger performance in 2016 data" - CMS-DP-2015-050, CDS [PDF], iCMS [Internal], plots:
"Performance of the Stage 1 Calorimeter Trigger Upgrade" - CMS-DP-2015-009, CDS [PDF], iCMS [Internal]:
"L1 calorimeter trigger upgrade: tau performance" - CMS-DP-2014-024, CDS [PDF], iCMS [Internal], plots:
"L1-tau trigger for LHC phase-1 - performance plots"