Çetin, Serkant Ali2020-12-182020-12-182019-08-031434-60521434-6044https://hdl.handle.net/11411/2918https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-019-7140-6Algorithms used for the reconstruction and identification of electrons in the central region of the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) are presented in this paper; these algorithms are used in ATLAS physics analyses that involve electrons in the final state and which are based on the 2015 and 2016 proton-proton collision data produced by the LHC at root s = 13 The performance of the electron reconstruction, identification, isolation, and charge identification algorithms is evaluated in data and in simulated samples using electrons from Z -> ee and J/psi -> eedecays. Typical examples of combinations of electron reconstruction, identification, and isolation operating points used in ATLAS physics analyses are shown.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessPARTON DISTRIBUTIONSArticle2-s2.0-8507275527410.1140/epjc/s10052-019-7140-6Q1WOS:000480245700001