The Kt jet finding algorithm can be broken down into three steps.
1) For each particle i, j in the event the Kt distance is calculated dij = min(P^2ti,P^2tj) ΔR ^2ij / R
Where ΔR ij= (Δetai - Δetaj)^2 + (Δphii - Δphij)^2
The Kt distance from particle i to the beam is also calculated
dij = P^2iB
2) The next step is to find the dmin value for all dij and diB. (Note there are differences between the Inclusive and Exclusive Kt Jet algorithms)
INCLUSIVE Kt Jet Algorithm:
If dij is the dmin value then the i, j particles are combined ( the particles four momenta are summed together).
if diB is the dmin value then the particle i is a final jet and the particle i is removed from the list.
Exclusive Kt Jet Algorithm:
If dij is the dmin value and is less than dcut then the i, j particles are combined ( the particles four momenta are summed together).
if diB is the dmin value and is less than dcut then the particle i combined with the beam jet.
3)
INCLUSIVE Kt Jet Algorithm:
This process is repeated until no more particles are left.
Exclusive Kt Jet Algorithm:
This process ends when all dij and diB are above the dcut value
Signal and Background Comparisons (Bin Width 100 GeV^2)