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Table 1.

Major selection criteria used at the ATLAS experiment. (Source: ATLAS Collaboration 2003, p. 38)

Selection signature	Examples of physics coverage
e25i	W → eν, Z → ee, top production, H → WW^()/ZZ^(), W′, Z′
2e15i	Z → ee, H → WW^()/Z^()
μ20i	W → μν, Z → μμ, top production, H → WW^()/ZZ^(), W′, Z′
2μ10	Z → μμ, H → WW^()/ZZ^()
γ60i	direct photon production, H → γγ
2γ20i	H → γγ
j400	QCD, SUSY, new resonances
2j350	QCD, SUSY, new resonances
3j165	QCD, SUSY
4j110	QCD, SUSY
τ60i	charged Higgs
μ10 + e15i	H → WW^()/ZZ^(), SUSY
τ35i + xE45	qqH(ττ), W → τν, Z → ττ, SUSY at large tan β
j70 + xE70	SUSY
xE200	new phenomena
E1000	new phenomena
jE1000	new phenomena
2μ6 + μ⁺μ⁻ + mass cuts	rare b-hadron decays (B → μμX) and B → J/ψ (ψ′)X

Selection signature	Examples of physics coverage
e25i	W → eν, Z → ee, top production, H → WW^()/ZZ^(), W′, Z′
2e15i	Z → ee, H → WW^()/Z^()
μ20i	W → μν, Z → μμ, top production, H → WW^()/ZZ^(), W′, Z′
2μ10	Z → μμ, H → WW^()/ZZ^()
γ60i	direct photon production, H → γγ
2γ20i	H → γγ
j400	QCD, SUSY, new resonances
2j350	QCD, SUSY, new resonances
3j165	QCD, SUSY
4j110	QCD, SUSY
τ60i	charged Higgs
μ10 + e15i	H → WW^()/ZZ^(), SUSY
τ35i + xE45	qqH(ττ), W → τν, Z → ττ, SUSY at large tan β
j70 + xE70	SUSY
xE200	new phenomena
E1000	new phenomena
jE1000	new phenomena
2μ6 + μ⁺μ⁻ + mass cuts	rare b-hadron decays (B → μμX) and B → J/ψ (ψ′)X