Alternative 1 (Electron) is correct. Alternative 2 (Positron) is wrong. The decision whether it is an electron or a positron is to be done by looking at the sign of the PT value. The sign of the PT value of the particle with the red coloured track and only entries in the electromagnetic calorimeter in this event is negative. That's why it is an electric negatively charged lepton, that is stoped inside the electromagnetic calorimeter and from there an electron.
Alternatives 3 and 4 (muon resp. anti-muon) are not true because there isn't a 'visible' particle, that was created from proton-proton-collisions and made it to the muon chambers.
Alternative 5 (photon) is wrong since there is no energy deposit in the electromagnetic calorimeter which does not correspond to a track.
Alternativ 6 (neutrino) er korrekt, fordi der blev udsendt en neutrino foruden elektronen. Neutrinoen bærer en brøkdel af impulsen og forlader detektoren uden at efterlade spor. Det er derfor den kun kan ses ved hjælp af en måling af ubalancen i energi. Den viser en manglende transversalimpuls (MET) i retning af neutrinoen. Idet dens værdi på 42 GeV er tilstrækkeligt stor kan man faktisk spore MET tilbage til skabelsen af en neutrino.
Alternativ 7 (Jets) er forkert fordi man ikke kan se nogen bundter af partikler.