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May 8 – 12, 2023
Norfolk Waterside Marriott
US/Eastern timezone

Efficient search for new physics using Active Learning in the ATLAS Experiment

May 9, 2023, 5:30 PM
15m
Hampton Roads VII (Norfolk Waterside Marriott)

Hampton Roads VII

Norfolk Waterside Marriott

235 East Main Street Norfolk, VA 23510
Oral Track 9 - Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Track 9 - Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Speaker

Bhatti, Zubair (New York University)

Description

Searches for new physics set exclusion limits in parameter spaces of typically up to 2 dimensions. However, the relevant theory parameter space is usually of a higher dimension but only a subspace is covered due to the computing time requirements of signal process simulations. An Active Learning approach is presented to address this limitation. Compared to the usual grid sampling, it reduces the number of parameter space points for which exclusion limits need to be determined. Hence it allows to extend interpretations of searches to higher dimensional parameter spaces and therefore to raise their value, e.g. via the identification of barely excluded subspaces which motivate dedicated new searches.
In an iterative procedure, a Gaussian Process is fit to excluded signal cross-sections. Within the region close to the exclusion contour predicted by the Gaussian Process, Poisson disc sampling is used to determine further parameter space points for
which the cross-section limits are determined. The procedure is aided by a warm-start phase based on computationally inexpensive, approximate limit estimates such as total signal cross-sections. A python package, excursion [1], provides the Gaussian Process routine. The procedure is applied to a Dark Matter search performed by the ATLAS experiment, extending its interpretation from a 2 to a 4-dimensional parameter space while keeping the computational effort at a low level.
The result is published in two formats: on one hand there is a publication of the Gaussian Process model. On the other hand, a visualization of the full 4-dimensional contour is presented as a collection of 2-dimensional exclusion contours where the 2 remaining parameters are chosen by the user.
[1] https://github.com/diana-hep/excursion

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Primary authors

Cranmer, Kyle (University of Wisconsin-Madison) Morales, Irina Espejo (New York University) Heinrich, Lukas (CERN) Gadow, Phillip (DESY) Rieck, Patrick (New York University) von Ahne, Janik (DESY)

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