Precision-machine learning for the matrix element method

T Heimel, N Huetsch, R Winterhalder, T Plehn… - SciPost Physics, 2024 - scipost.org
The matrix element method is the LHC inference method of choice for limited statistics. We
present a dedicated machine learning framework, based on efficient phase-space …

How to understand limitations of generative networks

R Das, L Favaro, T Heimel, C Krause, T Plehn, D Shih - SciPost Physics, 2024 - scipost.org
Well-trained classifiers and their complete weight distributions provide us with a well-
motivated and practicable method to test generative networks in particle physics. We …

The madnis reloaded

T Heimel, N Huetsch, F Maltoni, O Mattelaer, T Plehn… - SciPost Physics, 2024 - scipost.org
In pursuit of precise and fast theory predictions for the LHC, we present an implementation of
the MadNIS method in the MadGraph event generator. A series of improvements in MadNIS …

[HTML][HTML] Elsa: enhanced latent spaces for improved collider simulations

B Nachman, R Winterhalder - The European Physical Journal C, 2023 - Springer
Simulations play a key role for inference in collider physics. We explore various approaches
for enhancing the precision of simulations using machine learning, including interventions at …

Differentiable MadNIS-Lite

T Heimel, O Mattelaer, T Plehn… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
Differentiable programming opens exciting new avenues in particle physics, also affecting
future event generators. These new techniques boost the performance of current and …

A Lorentz-Equivariant Transformer for All of the LHC

J Brehmer, V Bresó, P de Haan, T Plehn, H Qu… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
We show that the Lorentz-Equivariant Geometric Algebra Transformer (L-GATr) yields state-
of-the-art performance for a wide range of machine learning tasks at the Large Hadron …

A portable parton-level event generator for the high-luminosity LHC

E Bothmann, T Childers, W Giele, S Höche, J Isaacson… - SciPost Physics, 2024 - scipost.org
The rapid deployment of computing hardware different from the traditional CPU+ RAM
model in data centers around the world mandates a change in the design of event …

Kicking it off (-shell) with direct diffusion

A Butter, T Jezo, M Klasen, M Kuschick… - SciPost Physics …, 2024 - scipost.org
Off-shell effects in large LHC backgrounds are crucial for precision predictions and, at the
same time, challenging to simulate. We present a novel method to transform high …

Anomaly detection with flow-based fast calorimeter simulators

C Krause, B Nachman, I Pang, D Shih, Y Zhu - Physical Review D, 2024 - APS
Recently, several normalizing flow-based deep generative models have been proposed to
accelerate the simulation of calorimeter showers. Using caloflow as an example, we show …

Meson mass and width: Deep learning approach

M Malekhosseini, S Rostami, AR Olamaei, R Ostovar… - Physical Review D, 2024 - APS
It is fascinating to predict the mass and width of the ordinary and exotic mesons solely based
on their quark content and quantum numbers. Such prediction goes beyond conventional …