Reconstruction and Identification of Tau Leptons in ATLAS

These proceedings describe the reconstruction and identification of tau leptons in the ATLAS experiment at the LHC. Tau leptons play an important role in the measurement of Standard Model processes, in the search for new physics (Supersymmetry, heavy resonances) and in the measurement of Higgs boson properties. Hadronic tau lepton decays are reconstructed calorimeter based and separation against QCD-induced jets is done relying on shapes of energy depositions in the calorimeter as well as tracking based variables. The energy scale of tau leptons is obtained by scaling the measured momentum to the simulated one and is cross-checked in data. The tau trigger makes use of the collimated nature of tau decays and relies on a combination of objects (e.g. tau + muon) to reduce the rates and thresholds. An outlook to the improved tau reconstruction to be used in the next data-taking period of ATLAS concludes the proceedings.