E/gamma pixel matching windows
The electron pixel matching windows are defined by the variables:
- ePhi1: searching window in phi for the first hit in the electron hypothesis
- pPhi1: searching window in phi for the first hit in the positron hypothesis
- Phi2: searching window for the second hit (after the first hit the charge of the candidate seed is assigned )
- r2 F: searching window for the second hit in the endcap
- z2 B: searching window for the second hit in the barrel
Three sets of matching windows are used: Normal, Startup, and Large. The values of the window variables in each are:
Normal window
Variable |
Minimum |
Maximum |
ePhi1 |
-0.025 |
0.015 |
pPhi1 |
-0.015 |
0.025 |
Phi2 |
-0.005 |
0.005 |
r2 F |
-0.08 |
0.08 |
z2 B |
-0.05 |
0.05 |
Startup window (SW)
Variable |
Minimum |
Maximum |
ePhi1 |
-0.025 |
0.015 |
pPhi1 |
-0.015 |
0.025 |
Phi2 |
-0.001 |
0.001 |
r2 F |
-0.096 |
0.096 |
z2 B |
-0.06 |
0.06 |
Large window (LW)
L1 seeds
Jet and MET seeds
L1 bit |
Requirement |
L1_SingleJetX |
1 Jet with Et > X GeV |
L1_DoubleJetX |
2 Jets with Et > X GeV |
L1_ETMX |
L1 Missing-ET with Et > X GeV |
L1_ETTX |
L1 Scalar Sum ET with Et > X GeV |
Muon seeds
All L1 muon triggers have L1 muon-quality requirements, unless explicitly specified.
The L1 muon-quality for:
- Single muon triggers require quality codes: 4 or 5 or 6 or 7
- Double muon triggers require: 3 or 5 or 6 or 7
- Triple or quadruple muon triggers require: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
- Muons in cross-channel triggers require the same quality codes as in single, double, triple or quadruple muon triggers, except for muons in cross-channel triggers of the type "SingleMu_* AND (other than muons trigger objects)" which requires the same quality codes as in double muon triggers.
Where the quality codes mean:
- 0 : Empty muon
- 1 : Halo muon
- 2 : Very Low Quality Type 1
- 3 : Very Low Quality Type 2
- 4 : Very Low Quality Type 3
- 5 : RPC unconfirmed candidate
- 6 : DT or CSC unconfirmed candidate
- 7 : DT/RPC or CSC/RPC Matched candidate
For more information about muon quality please see
L1 muon quality
.
L1 bit |
Requirement |
L1_SingleMuX |
1 Muon with pT > X GeV/c |
L1_DoubleMuX |
2 Muons with pT > X GeV/c |
L1_SingleMuOpen |
1 Muon with quality 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 or 7; no pT cut |
L1_DoubleMuOpen |
2 Muons, each with quality 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 or 7; no pT cut |
Electron/Photon seeds
L1 bit |
Requirement |
L1_SingleEGX |
1 EM object with Et > X GeV |
L1_DoubleEGX |
2 EM objects with Et > X GeV |
L1_SingleIsoEGX |
1 isolated EM object with Et > X GeV |
L1_DoubleIsoEGX |
2 isolated EM objects with Et > X GeV |
Tau seeds

In OpenHLT from CMSSW 21X and in regular HLT from 30X the L1 seeds to L2 are L1 Tau & L1 Central Jets!
Mixed-object seeds
L1 bit |
Requirement |
L1_IsoEG10_Jet15_ForJet10 |
At least one 20 GeV L1 jet, one 10 GeV L1 EM object, and a forward rapidity gap, (Detailed description ) |
L1_TauJet30_ETM30 |
1 Tau jet with Et > 30 GeV and Missing-ET with Et > 30 GeV |
L1_Mu5_Jet15 |
1 Jet with Et > 15 GeV and 1 Muon with pT > 5 GeV/c |