The Fundamental Limit of Jet Tagging

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Autores principales: Geuskens, Joep, Gite, Nishank, Krämer, Michael, Mikuni, Vinicius, Mück, Alexander, Nachman, Benjamin, Reyes-González, Humberto
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Publicado: 2024
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author Geuskens, Joep
Gite, Nishank
Krämer, Michael
Mikuni, Vinicius
Mück, Alexander
Nachman, Benjamin
Reyes-González, Humberto
author_facet Geuskens, Joep
Gite, Nishank
Krämer, Michael
Mikuni, Vinicius
Mück, Alexander
Nachman, Benjamin
Reyes-González, Humberto
contents Identifying the origin of high-energy hadronic jets ('jet tagging') has been a critical benchmark problem for machine learning in particle physics. Jets are ubiquitous at colliders and are complex objects that serve as prototypical examples of collections of particles to be categorized. Over the last decade, machine learning-based classifiers have replaced classical observables as the state of the art in jet tagging. Increasingly complex machine learning models are leading to increasingly more effective tagger performance. Our goal is to address the question of convergence -- are we getting close to the fundamental limit on jet tagging or is there still potential for computational, statistical, and physical insights for further improvements? We address this question using state-of-the-art generative models to create a realistic, synthetic dataset with a known jet tagging optimum. Various state-of-the-art taggers are deployed on this dataset, showing that there is a significant gap between their performance and the optimum. Our dataset and software are made public to provide a benchmark task for future developments in jet tagging and other areas of particle physics.
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spellingShingle The Fundamental Limit of Jet Tagging
Geuskens, Joep
Gite, Nishank
Krämer, Michael
Mikuni, Vinicius
Mück, Alexander
Nachman, Benjamin
Reyes-González, Humberto
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
High Energy Physics - Experiment
Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability
Identifying the origin of high-energy hadronic jets ('jet tagging') has been a critical benchmark problem for machine learning in particle physics. Jets are ubiquitous at colliders and are complex objects that serve as prototypical examples of collections of particles to be categorized. Over the last decade, machine learning-based classifiers have replaced classical observables as the state of the art in jet tagging. Increasingly complex machine learning models are leading to increasingly more effective tagger performance. Our goal is to address the question of convergence -- are we getting close to the fundamental limit on jet tagging or is there still potential for computational, statistical, and physical insights for further improvements? We address this question using state-of-the-art generative models to create a realistic, synthetic dataset with a known jet tagging optimum. Various state-of-the-art taggers are deployed on this dataset, showing that there is a significant gap between their performance and the optimum. Our dataset and software are made public to provide a benchmark task for future developments in jet tagging and other areas of particle physics.
title The Fundamental Limit of Jet Tagging
topic High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
High Energy Physics - Experiment
Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.02628