Improving $Λ$ Signal Extraction with Domain Adaptation via Normalizing Flows

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Main Authors: Kelleher, Rowan, McEneaney, Matthew, Vossen, Anselm
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author Kelleher, Rowan
McEneaney, Matthew
Vossen, Anselm
author_facet Kelleher, Rowan
McEneaney, Matthew
Vossen, Anselm
contents The present study presents a novel application for normalizing flows for domain adaptation. The study investigates the ability of flow based neural networks to improve signal extraction of $Λ$ Hyperons at CLAS12. Normalizing Flows can help model complex probability density functions that describe physics processes, enabling uses such as event generation. $Λ$ signal extraction has been improved through the use of classifier networks, but differences in simulation and data domains limit classifier performance; this study utilizes the flows for domain adaptation between Monte Carlo simulation and data. We were successful in training a flow network to transform between the latent physics space and a normal distribution. We also found that applying the flows lessened the dependence of the figure of merit on the cut on the classifier output, meaning that there was a broader range where the cut results in a similar figure of merit.
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spellingShingle Improving $Λ$ Signal Extraction with Domain Adaptation via Normalizing Flows
Kelleher, Rowan
McEneaney, Matthew
Vossen, Anselm
High Energy Physics - Experiment
Machine Learning
The present study presents a novel application for normalizing flows for domain adaptation. The study investigates the ability of flow based neural networks to improve signal extraction of $Λ$ Hyperons at CLAS12. Normalizing Flows can help model complex probability density functions that describe physics processes, enabling uses such as event generation. $Λ$ signal extraction has been improved through the use of classifier networks, but differences in simulation and data domains limit classifier performance; this study utilizes the flows for domain adaptation between Monte Carlo simulation and data. We were successful in training a flow network to transform between the latent physics space and a normal distribution. We also found that applying the flows lessened the dependence of the figure of merit on the cut on the classifier output, meaning that there was a broader range where the cut results in a similar figure of merit.
title Improving $Λ$ Signal Extraction with Domain Adaptation via Normalizing Flows
topic High Energy Physics - Experiment
Machine Learning
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.14076