Table 1 Sources of uncertainty

From: Test of the universality of τ and μ lepton couplings in W-boson decays with the ATLAS detector

Source

Impact on R(τ/μ)

Prompt \({d}_{0}^{\mu }\) templates

0.0038

μprompt and μτ(→μ) parton shower variations

0.0036

Muon isolation efficiency

0.0033

Muon identification and reconstruction

0.0030

μhad normalization

0.0028

\(t\overline{t}\) scale and matching variations

0.0027

Top pT spectrum variation

0.0026

μhad parton shower variations

0.0021

Monte Carlo statistics

0.0018

Pile-up

0.0017

μτ(→μ) and μhad \({d}_{0}^{\mu }\) shape

0.0017

Other detector systematic uncertainties

0.0016

Z + jet normalization

0.0009

Other sources

0.0004

B(τ → μντνμ)

0.0023

Total systematic uncertainty

0.0109

Data statistics

0.0072

Total

0.013

  1. The main sources of uncertainty on the measured value of R(τ/μ) are shown. The size of the impact each uncertainty has on R(τ/μ) is assessed by fixing the relevant fit parameters for a given uncertainty and refitting to data. The reduction in the total uncertainty in this modified fit gives the quoted impact. Different individual components used in the fit are combined into categories.