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Differentiable MadNIS-Lite

by Theo Heimel, Olivier Mattelaer, Tilman Plehn, Ramon Winterhalder

Submission summary

Authors (as registered SciPost users): Tilman Plehn · Ramon Winterhalder
Submission information
Preprint Link: https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.01486v2  (pdf)
Date submitted: 2024-11-20 08:39
Submitted by: Winterhalder, Ramon
Submitted to: SciPost Physics
Ontological classification
Academic field: Physics
Specialties:
  • High-Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Approach: Computational

Abstract

Differentiable programming opens exciting new avenues in particle physics, also affecting future event generators. These new techniques boost the performance of current and planned MadGraph implementations. Combining phase-space mappings with a set of very small learnable flow elements, MadNIS-Lite, can improve the sampling efficiency while being physically interpretable. This defines a third sampling strategy, complementing VEGAS and the full MadNIS.

Author indications on fulfilling journal expectations

  • Provide a novel and synergetic link between different research areas.
  • Open a new pathway in an existing or a new research direction, with clear potential for multi-pronged follow-up work
  • Detail a groundbreaking theoretical/experimental/computational discovery
  • Present a breakthrough on a previously-identified and long-standing research stumbling block

Author comments upon resubmission

We answered all referee questions directly as comments to their report.
Current status:
In refereeing

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