Quantum anomaly detection in the latent space of proton collision events at the LHC

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Hauptverfasser: Belis, Vasilis, Woźniak, Kinga Anna, Puljak, Ema, Barkoutsos, Panagiotis, Dissertori, Günther, Grossi, Michele, Pierini, Maurizio, Reiter, Florentin, Tavernelli, Ivano, Vallecorsa, Sofia
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author Belis, Vasilis
Woźniak, Kinga Anna
Puljak, Ema
Barkoutsos, Panagiotis
Dissertori, Günther
Grossi, Michele
Pierini, Maurizio
Reiter, Florentin
Tavernelli, Ivano
Vallecorsa, Sofia
author_facet Belis, Vasilis
Woźniak, Kinga Anna
Puljak, Ema
Barkoutsos, Panagiotis
Dissertori, Günther
Grossi, Michele
Pierini, Maurizio
Reiter, Florentin
Tavernelli, Ivano
Vallecorsa, Sofia
contents The ongoing quest to discover new phenomena at the LHC necessitates the continuous development of algorithms and technologies. Established approaches like machine learning, along with emerging technologies such as quantum computing show promise in the enhancement of experimental capabilities. In this work, we propose a strategy for anomaly detection tasks at the LHC based on unsupervised quantum machine learning, and demonstrate its effectiveness in identifying new phenomena. The designed quantum models, an unsupervised kernel machine and two clustering algorithms, are trained to detect new-physics events using a latent representation of LHC data, generated by an autoencoder designed to accommodate current quantum hardware limitations on problem size. For kernel-based anomaly detection, we implement an instance of the model on a quantum computer, and we identify a regime where it significantly outperforms its classical counterparts. We show that the observed performance enhancement is related to the quantum resources utilised by the model.
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spellingShingle Quantum anomaly detection in the latent space of proton collision events at the LHC
Belis, Vasilis
Woźniak, Kinga Anna
Puljak, Ema
Barkoutsos, Panagiotis
Dissertori, Günther
Grossi, Michele
Pierini, Maurizio
Reiter, Florentin
Tavernelli, Ivano
Vallecorsa, Sofia
Quantum Physics
Machine Learning
High Energy Physics - Experiment
The ongoing quest to discover new phenomena at the LHC necessitates the continuous development of algorithms and technologies. Established approaches like machine learning, along with emerging technologies such as quantum computing show promise in the enhancement of experimental capabilities. In this work, we propose a strategy for anomaly detection tasks at the LHC based on unsupervised quantum machine learning, and demonstrate its effectiveness in identifying new phenomena. The designed quantum models, an unsupervised kernel machine and two clustering algorithms, are trained to detect new-physics events using a latent representation of LHC data, generated by an autoencoder designed to accommodate current quantum hardware limitations on problem size. For kernel-based anomaly detection, we implement an instance of the model on a quantum computer, and we identify a regime where it significantly outperforms its classical counterparts. We show that the observed performance enhancement is related to the quantum resources utilised by the model.
title Quantum anomaly detection in the latent space of proton collision events at the LHC
topic Quantum Physics
Machine Learning
High Energy Physics - Experiment
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2301.10780