Symbolic regression for precision LHC physics

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Main Authors: Morales-Alvarado, Manuel, Conde, Daniel, Bendavid, Josh, Sanz, Veronica, Ubiali, Maria
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author Morales-Alvarado, Manuel
Conde, Daniel
Bendavid, Josh
Sanz, Veronica
Ubiali, Maria
author_facet Morales-Alvarado, Manuel
Conde, Daniel
Bendavid, Josh
Sanz, Veronica
Ubiali, Maria
contents We study the potential of symbolic regression (SR) to derive compact and precise analytic expressions that can improve the accuracy and simplicity of phenomenological analyses at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). As a benchmark, we apply SR to equation recovery in quantum electrodynamics (QED), where established analytical results from quantum field theory provide a reliable framework for evaluation. This benchmark serves to validate the performance and reliability of SR before extending its application to structure functions in the Drell-Yan process mediated by virtual photons, which lack analytic representations from first principles. By combining the simplicity of analytic expressions with the predictive power of machine learning techniques, SR offers a useful tool for facilitating phenomenological analyses in high energy physics.
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spellingShingle Symbolic regression for precision LHC physics
Morales-Alvarado, Manuel
Conde, Daniel
Bendavid, Josh
Sanz, Veronica
Ubiali, Maria
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
We study the potential of symbolic regression (SR) to derive compact and precise analytic expressions that can improve the accuracy and simplicity of phenomenological analyses at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). As a benchmark, we apply SR to equation recovery in quantum electrodynamics (QED), where established analytical results from quantum field theory provide a reliable framework for evaluation. This benchmark serves to validate the performance and reliability of SR before extending its application to structure functions in the Drell-Yan process mediated by virtual photons, which lack analytic representations from first principles. By combining the simplicity of analytic expressions with the predictive power of machine learning techniques, SR offers a useful tool for facilitating phenomenological analyses in high energy physics.
title Symbolic regression for precision LHC physics
topic High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.07839