Exploring theory space with Monte Carlo reweighting
Abstract
Theories of new physics often involve a large number of unknown parameters which need to be scanned. Additionally, a putative signal in a particular channel may be due to a variety of distinct models of new physics. This makes experimental attempts to constrain the parameter space of motivated new physics models with a high degree of generality quite challenging. We describe how the reweighting of events may allow this challenge to be met, as fully simulated Monte Carlo samples generated for arbitrary benchmark models can be effectively re-used. Specifically, we suggest procedures that allow more efficient collaboration between theorists and experimentalists in exploring large theory parameter spaces in a rigorous way at the LHC.
- Authors:
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- Univ. of Florida, Gainesville, FL (United States)
- Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
- Univ. of Tokyo, Kashiwa (Japan)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1226276
- Report Number(s):
- FERMILAB-PUB-14-114-CD-T; IPMU-14-0100; PUB-14-114-CD-T
Journal ID: ISSN 1029-8479; arXiv eprint number arXiv:1404.7129; TRN: US1500536
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-07CH11359
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Journal of High Energy Physics (Online)
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Name: Journal of High Energy Physics (Online); Journal Volume: 2014; Journal ID: ISSN 1029-8479
- Publisher:
- Springer Berlin
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; Monte Carlo Simulations; hadronic colliders
Citation Formats
Gainer, James S., Lykken, Joseph, Matchev, Konstantin T., Mrenna, Stephen, and Park, Myeonghun. Exploring theory space with Monte Carlo reweighting. United States: N. p., 2014.
Web. doi:10.1007/JHEP10(2014)078.
Gainer, James S., Lykken, Joseph, Matchev, Konstantin T., Mrenna, Stephen, & Park, Myeonghun. Exploring theory space with Monte Carlo reweighting. United States. https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP10(2014)078
Gainer, James S., Lykken, Joseph, Matchev, Konstantin T., Mrenna, Stephen, and Park, Myeonghun. Mon .
"Exploring theory space with Monte Carlo reweighting". United States. https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP10(2014)078. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1226276.
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abstractNote = {Theories of new physics often involve a large number of unknown parameters which need to be scanned. Additionally, a putative signal in a particular channel may be due to a variety of distinct models of new physics. This makes experimental attempts to constrain the parameter space of motivated new physics models with a high degree of generality quite challenging. We describe how the reweighting of events may allow this challenge to be met, as fully simulated Monte Carlo samples generated for arbitrary benchmark models can be effectively re-used. Specifically, we suggest procedures that allow more efficient collaboration between theorists and experimentalists in exploring large theory parameter spaces in a rigorous way at the LHC.},
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