lhcb-ftcalib 1.6.0

Library for calibrating flavour tagging algorithms at LHCb

lhcb-ftcalib

A software package for the calibration of flavour-tagged LHCb data

At high-energy proton-proton collider experiments, the production flavour of neutral B mesons can not be inferred from the reconstructed signal itself. Instead, it is determined from the charge of reconstructed particles in the associated event by exploiting different mechanism in the hadronisation process of the signal. Two classes of processes are exploited at the LHCb experiment: the fragmentation of the b quark bound in the signal at the so called same side (SS) and the decay of partner b quark produced in the same b-bbar quark pair at the opposite side (OS). The determination of the production flavour based on these different processes is performed by different algorithms. Each algorithm provides the predicted production flavour, the tag decision d, and an estimated mistag (probability) judging the quality of the prediction, by estimating the fraction/probability of wrongly tagged candidates. This mistag estimate is usually based on ML techniques like (recurrent) neural networks or boosted decision trees. To maintain the probabilistic character of this estimate, a calibration is needed based on the true initial flavour or by constraining the oscillation of neutral B mesons.

This calibration tool optimizes a generalized linear model (GLM) to map the estimated mistag to the true mistag probability. In the case of flavour-specific decays of neutral B mesons, the decay-time dependent oscillation probability is taken into account for this calibration. In addition, this package provides helper functions to measure the performance and correlations of these algorithms and allows for the combination of multiple predictions.

Documentation: Read the Docs

Installation

pip install lhcb_ftcalib

Command Line Interface Examples

Run ftcalib --help for a list of all options or read the docs

1. Calibrating opposite side taggers in a sample and saving result

ftcalib file:tree -OS VtxCh Charm OSElectronLatest OSMuonLatest OSKaonLatest \
        -mode Bd -tau B_tau -id B_ID -op calibrate -out output

2. Calibrating both tagging sides, combining them inidividually, and calibrating+saving the results

ftcalib file:tree -OS VtxCh Charm OSElectronLatest OSMuonLatest OSKaonLatest \
        -SS SSPion SSProton \
        -mode Bd -tau B_tau -id B_ID -op calibrate combine calibrate -out output

Note: The command line interface is by design not feature complete. Use the API to fine tune the calibration settings.

Python version support

Python	ftcalib Status	Supported?
3.6.15	Unsatisfiable dependencies	No (Python End of Life)
3.7.17	Unsatisfiable dependencies	No (Python End of Life)
3.8.20	Unsatisfiable dependency	No (Python End of Life)
3.9.25	Pipeline passes	Yes (But Python End of Life)
3.10.19	Pipeline passes	Yes
3.11.14	Pipeline passes	Yes
3.12.12	Pipeline passes	Yes
3.13.11	Pipeline passes	Yes
3.14.2	Installation failure	No

Cite as

@misc{lhcb_ftcalib:2024,
    author    = {Führing, Q. and Jevti\'c, V.},
    title     = {{lhcb-ftcalib}: {A software package for the calibration of flavour-tagged LHCb data}},
    url       = {https://gitlab.cern.ch/lhcb-ft/lhcb_ftcalib},
    doi       = {10.5281/zenodo.12156328},
    publisher = {Zenodo},
    year      = {2024}
}

Credits

lhcb-ftcalib is designed to produce results compatible with the EspressoPerformanceMonitor and is meant to supersede it. It contains all EPM features as well as several more and performs better.

The EPM was originally developed by J. Wimberley and has been used in several measurements

For developers

Testing multiple python versions via tox

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To test lhcb_ftcalib in different python environments, interpreters for each version need to be installed. Multiple python versions can be installed with pyenv:

CC=clang pyenv install 3.6
pyenv install 3.7
pyenv install 3.8
pyenv install 3.9
pyenv install 3.10
pyenv install 3.11
pyenv install 3.12
pyenv install 3.13
pyenv install 3.14

Whereby only missing versions need to be installed! Note that python 3.6 has issues with pip throwing segfaults if not built with clang. To make the newly installed versions globally available run

pyenv global 3.6.15 3.7.17 3.8.20 3.9.25 3.10.19 3.11.14 3.12.12 3.13.11

and add $HOME/.pyenv/shims to your PATH. To run the basic tests, execute

tox

in the lhcb_ftcalib directory