Symbolic Regression and Differentiable Fits in Beyond the Standard Model Physics

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Hauptverfasser: AbdusSalam, Shehu, Abel, Steven, Bartlett, Deaglan, Romão, Miguel Crispim
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author AbdusSalam, Shehu
Abel, Steven
Bartlett, Deaglan
Romão, Miguel Crispim
author_facet AbdusSalam, Shehu
Abel, Steven
Bartlett, Deaglan
Romão, Miguel Crispim
contents We demonstrate the efficacy of symbolic regression (SR) to probe models of particle physics Beyond the Standard Model (BSM), by considering the so-called Constrained Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model (CMSSM). Like many incarnations of BSM physics this model has a number (four) of arbitrary parameters, which determine the experimental signals, and cosmological observables such as the dark matter relic density. We show that analysis of the phenomenology can be greatly accelerated by using symbolic expressions derived for the observables in terms of the input parameters. Here we focus on the Higgs mass, the cold dark matter relic density, and the contribution to the anomalous magnetic moment of the muon. We find that SR can produce remarkably accurate expressions. Using them we make global fits to derive the posterior probability densities of the CMSSM input parameters which are in good agreement with those performed using conventional methods. Moreover, we demonstrate a major advantage of SR which is the ability to make fits using differentiable methods rather than sampling methods. We also compare the method with neural network (NN) regression. SR produces more globally robust results, while NNs require data that is focussed on the promising regions in order to be equally performant.
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spellingShingle Symbolic Regression and Differentiable Fits in Beyond the Standard Model Physics
AbdusSalam, Shehu
Abel, Steven
Bartlett, Deaglan
Romão, Miguel Crispim
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
Computational Physics
We demonstrate the efficacy of symbolic regression (SR) to probe models of particle physics Beyond the Standard Model (BSM), by considering the so-called Constrained Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model (CMSSM). Like many incarnations of BSM physics this model has a number (four) of arbitrary parameters, which determine the experimental signals, and cosmological observables such as the dark matter relic density. We show that analysis of the phenomenology can be greatly accelerated by using symbolic expressions derived for the observables in terms of the input parameters. Here we focus on the Higgs mass, the cold dark matter relic density, and the contribution to the anomalous magnetic moment of the muon. We find that SR can produce remarkably accurate expressions. Using them we make global fits to derive the posterior probability densities of the CMSSM input parameters which are in good agreement with those performed using conventional methods. Moreover, we demonstrate a major advantage of SR which is the ability to make fits using differentiable methods rather than sampling methods. We also compare the method with neural network (NN) regression. SR produces more globally robust results, while NNs require data that is focussed on the promising regions in order to be equally performant.
title Symbolic Regression and Differentiable Fits in Beyond the Standard Model Physics
topic High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
Computational Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.20453