One flow to correct them all: improving simulations in high-energy physics with a single normalising flow and a switch

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Main Authors: Daumann, Caio Cesar, Donega, Mauro, Erdmann, Johannes, Galli, Massimiliano, Späh, Jan Lukas, Valsecchi, Davide
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Published: 2024
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author Daumann, Caio Cesar
Donega, Mauro
Erdmann, Johannes
Galli, Massimiliano
Späh, Jan Lukas
Valsecchi, Davide
author_facet Daumann, Caio Cesar
Donega, Mauro
Erdmann, Johannes
Galli, Massimiliano
Späh, Jan Lukas
Valsecchi, Davide
contents Simulated events are key ingredients in almost all high-energy physics analyses. However, imperfections in the simulation can lead to sizeable differences between the observed data and simulated events. The effects of such mismodelling on relevant observables must be corrected either effectively via scale factors, with weights or by modifying the distributions of the observables and their correlations. We introduce a correction method that transforms one multidimensional distribution (simulation) into another one (data) using a simple architecture based on a single normalising flow with a boolean condition. We demonstrate the effectiveness of the method on a physics-inspired toy dataset with non-trivial mismodelling of several observables and their correlations.
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spellingShingle One flow to correct them all: improving simulations in high-energy physics with a single normalising flow and a switch
Daumann, Caio Cesar
Donega, Mauro
Erdmann, Johannes
Galli, Massimiliano
Späh, Jan Lukas
Valsecchi, Davide
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Machine Learning
High Energy Physics - Experiment
Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability
Simulated events are key ingredients in almost all high-energy physics analyses. However, imperfections in the simulation can lead to sizeable differences between the observed data and simulated events. The effects of such mismodelling on relevant observables must be corrected either effectively via scale factors, with weights or by modifying the distributions of the observables and their correlations. We introduce a correction method that transforms one multidimensional distribution (simulation) into another one (data) using a simple architecture based on a single normalising flow with a boolean condition. We demonstrate the effectiveness of the method on a physics-inspired toy dataset with non-trivial mismodelling of several observables and their correlations.
title One flow to correct them all: improving simulations in high-energy physics with a single normalising flow and a switch
topic High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Machine Learning
High Energy Physics - Experiment
Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.18582