Neural Network Representation of Generalized Parton Distributions (NNGPD)

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Hauptverfasser: Xu, Jitao, Jang, Ho, Panjsheeri, Zaki, Chern, Gia-Wei, Li, Yaohang, Liuti, Simonetta, Adams, Douglas, Engelhardt, Michael, Goldstein, Gary, Khawaja, Adil, Lin, Huey-Wen, Pandey, Saraswati, Tezgin, Kemal
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author Xu, Jitao
Jang, Ho
Panjsheeri, Zaki
Chern, Gia-Wei
Li, Yaohang
Liuti, Simonetta
Adams, Douglas
Engelhardt, Michael
Goldstein, Gary
Khawaja, Adil
Lin, Huey-Wen
Pandey, Saraswati
Tezgin, Kemal
author_facet Xu, Jitao
Jang, Ho
Panjsheeri, Zaki
Chern, Gia-Wei
Li, Yaohang
Liuti, Simonetta
Adams, Douglas
Engelhardt, Michael
Goldstein, Gary
Khawaja, Adil
Lin, Huey-Wen
Pandey, Saraswati
Tezgin, Kemal
contents We present a neural-network-based framework for modeling generalized parton distributions, referred to as NNGPD, in which GPDs are represented as flexible functions constrained through physically motivated integral relations. In this approach, experimental and theoretical information is incorporated into the training procedure via loss functions enforcing convolution integrals that define Compton form factors, as well as Mellin moments related to generalized form factors accessible in lattice QCD. This formulation reflects the inverse-problem character of GPD phenomenology without assuming a specific functional ansatz. As a proof of concept, we benchmark the NNGPD framework using a phenomenological spectator-based GPD model, from which synthetic training data for Compton form factors and Mellin moments are generated. The neural network is trained solely on these aggregate observables, and the resulting GPDs are compared directly with the underlying model distributions in a closure-type test. We find that the neural-network representation reproduces the main features of the GPDs over the relevant kinematic domain, despite being constrained only by their integral projections. This study demonstrates the viability of neural-network representations of GPDs constrained by global physical observables and provides a basis for future phenomenological applications combining experimental measurements of deeply virtual Compton scattering, including those anticipated at the Electron Ion Collider, with lattice QCD inputs for Mellin moments and generalized form factors.
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spellingShingle Neural Network Representation of Generalized Parton Distributions (NNGPD)
Xu, Jitao
Jang, Ho
Panjsheeri, Zaki
Chern, Gia-Wei
Li, Yaohang
Liuti, Simonetta
Adams, Douglas
Engelhardt, Michael
Goldstein, Gary
Khawaja, Adil
Lin, Huey-Wen
Pandey, Saraswati
Tezgin, Kemal
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
We present a neural-network-based framework for modeling generalized parton distributions, referred to as NNGPD, in which GPDs are represented as flexible functions constrained through physically motivated integral relations. In this approach, experimental and theoretical information is incorporated into the training procedure via loss functions enforcing convolution integrals that define Compton form factors, as well as Mellin moments related to generalized form factors accessible in lattice QCD. This formulation reflects the inverse-problem character of GPD phenomenology without assuming a specific functional ansatz. As a proof of concept, we benchmark the NNGPD framework using a phenomenological spectator-based GPD model, from which synthetic training data for Compton form factors and Mellin moments are generated. The neural network is trained solely on these aggregate observables, and the resulting GPDs are compared directly with the underlying model distributions in a closure-type test. We find that the neural-network representation reproduces the main features of the GPDs over the relevant kinematic domain, despite being constrained only by their integral projections. This study demonstrates the viability of neural-network representations of GPDs constrained by global physical observables and provides a basis for future phenomenological applications combining experimental measurements of deeply virtual Compton scattering, including those anticipated at the Electron Ion Collider, with lattice QCD inputs for Mellin moments and generalized form factors.
title Neural Network Representation of Generalized Parton Distributions (NNGPD)
topic High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.06994