Data-driven and model-agnostic approach to solving combinatorial assignment problems in searches for new physics
We present a novel approach to solving combinatorial assignment problems in particle physics. The correct assignment of decay products to parent particles is achieved in a model-agnostic fashion by introducing a neural network architecture, asswd-, which combines a custom layer based on attention mechanisms and dual autoencoders. We demonstrate how the network, trained purely on background events in an unsupervised setting, is capable of reconstructing correctly hypothetical new particles regardless of their mass, decay multiplicity, and substructure, and produces simultaneously an anomaly score that can be used to efficiently suppress the background. This model allows the extension of the suite of searches for localized excesses to include nonresonant particle pair production where the reconstruction of the two resonant masses is thwarted by combinatorics. Published by the American Physical Society 2024
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC0007881
- OSTI ID:
- 2280451
- Journal Information:
- Physical Review. D., Journal Name: Physical Review. D. Vol. 109 Journal Issue: 1; ISSN 2470-0010
- Publisher:
- American Physical SocietyCopyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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