Accelerating Resonance Searches via Signature-Oriented Pre-training

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Main Authors: Li, Congqiao, Agapitos, Antonios, Drews, Jovin, Duarte, Javier, Fu, Dawei, Gao, Leyun, Kansal, Raghav, Kasieczka, Gregor, Moureaux, Louis, Qu, Huilin, Suarez, Cristina Mantilla, Li, Qiang
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author Li, Congqiao
Agapitos, Antonios
Drews, Jovin
Duarte, Javier
Fu, Dawei
Gao, Leyun
Kansal, Raghav
Kasieczka, Gregor
Moureaux, Louis
Qu, Huilin
Suarez, Cristina Mantilla
Li, Qiang
author_facet Li, Congqiao
Agapitos, Antonios
Drews, Jovin
Duarte, Javier
Fu, Dawei
Gao, Leyun
Kansal, Raghav
Kasieczka, Gregor
Moureaux, Louis
Qu, Huilin
Suarez, Cristina Mantilla
Li, Qiang
contents The search for heavy resonances beyond the Standard Model (BSM) is a key objective at the LHC. While the recent use of advanced deep neural networks for boosted-jet tagging significantly enhances the sensitivity of dedicated searches, it is limited to specific final states, leaving vast potential BSM phase space underexplored. We introduce a novel experimental method, Signature-Oriented Pre-training for Heavy-resonance ObservatioN (Sophon), which leverages deep learning to cover an extensive number of boosted final states. Pre-trained on the comprehensive JetClass-II dataset, the Sophon model learns intricate jet signatures, ensuring the optimal constructions of various jet tagging discriminates and enabling high-performance transfer learning capabilities. We show that the method can not only push widespread model-specific searches to their sensitivity frontier, but also greatly improve model-agnostic approaches, accelerating LHC resonance searches in a broad sense.
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spellingShingle Accelerating Resonance Searches via Signature-Oriented Pre-training
Li, Congqiao
Agapitos, Antonios
Drews, Jovin
Duarte, Javier
Fu, Dawei
Gao, Leyun
Kansal, Raghav
Kasieczka, Gregor
Moureaux, Louis
Qu, Huilin
Suarez, Cristina Mantilla
Li, Qiang
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
High Energy Physics - Experiment
Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability
The search for heavy resonances beyond the Standard Model (BSM) is a key objective at the LHC. While the recent use of advanced deep neural networks for boosted-jet tagging significantly enhances the sensitivity of dedicated searches, it is limited to specific final states, leaving vast potential BSM phase space underexplored. We introduce a novel experimental method, Signature-Oriented Pre-training for Heavy-resonance ObservatioN (Sophon), which leverages deep learning to cover an extensive number of boosted final states. Pre-trained on the comprehensive JetClass-II dataset, the Sophon model learns intricate jet signatures, ensuring the optimal constructions of various jet tagging discriminates and enabling high-performance transfer learning capabilities. We show that the method can not only push widespread model-specific searches to their sensitivity frontier, but also greatly improve model-agnostic approaches, accelerating LHC resonance searches in a broad sense.
title Accelerating Resonance Searches via Signature-Oriented Pre-training
topic High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
High Energy Physics - Experiment
Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.12972