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by Anja Butter, Tilman Plehn, Nathalie Soybelman, Johann Brehmer

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Authors (as registered SciPost users): Tilman Plehn · Nathalie Soybelman
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Preprint Link: https://arxiv.org/abs/2109.10414v3  (pdf)
Date accepted: 2024-01-10
Date submitted: 2023-02-10 07:46
Submitted by: Plehn, Tilman
Submitted to: SciPost Physics
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Academic field: Physics
Specialties:
  • High-Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Approach: Phenomenological

Abstract

While neural networks offer an attractive way to numerically encode functions, actual formulas remain the language of theoretical particle physics. We show how symbolic regression trained on matrix-element information provides, for instance, optimal LHC observables in an easily interpretable form. We introduce the method using the effect of a dimension-6 coefficient on associated ZH production. We then validate it for the known case of CP-violation in weak-boson-fusion Higgs production, including detector effects.

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All comments by both referees now incorporated, see individual referee responses.

Published as SciPost Phys. 16, 037 (2024)

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Anonymous on 2023-08-17  [id 3910]

The authors have adequately addressed all previous notes and concerns, and the manuscript seems ready to be published. I have no further requests.