结合物理对称性与等变网络,提升四底夸克衰变探测效率
Optimal Equivariant Architectures from the Symmetries of Matrix-Element Likelihoods
- 设计纵向洛伦兹提升等变的消息传递网络,保留关键离散对称性
- 在四底夸克衰变辨识任务中实现新基准性能,样本与参数效率双提升
- 为高能物理中的模型设计提供融合先验知识的新范式,适合粒子物理研究者
矩阵元法(MEM)长期是高能物理数据分析的核心方法,利用部分子级过程的理论知识与对称性评估可观测事件的似然。与此同时,几何深度学习使神经网络可直接嵌入已知对称性,实现更高效的训练。本文提出一种新方法,将MEM启发的对称性考虑与等变神经网络设计相结合,用于粒子物理分析。尽管整体重建对象具有洛伦兹不变性和排列不变性,但在多数实际搜索场景中并非最优。为此,我们提出一种纵向提升等变的消息传递网络架构,保留相关离散对称性。数值实验表明,该MEM启发的架构在区分双希格斯衰变为四个底夸克与强相互作用背景的任务中达到新状态水平,显著提升样本与参数效率。此MEM与等变深度学习的协同为物理信息驱动的架构设计开辟新方向,有望推动超越标准模型物理的探查。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
The Matrix-Element Method (MEM) has long been a cornerstone of data analysis in high-energy physics. It leverages theoretical knowledge of parton-level processes and symmetries to evaluate the likelihood of observed events. In parallel, the advent of geometric deep learning has enabled neural network architectures that incorporate known symmetries directly into their design, leading to more efficient learning. This paper presents a novel approach that combines MEM-inspired symmetry considerations with equivariant neural network design for particle physics analysis. Even though Lorentz invariance and permutation invariance overall reconstructed objects are the largest and most natural symmetry in the input domain, we find that they are sub-optimal in most practical search scenarios. We propose a longitudinal boost-equivariant message-passing neural network architecture that preserves relevant discrete symmetries. We present numerical studies demonstrating MEM-inspired architectures achieve new state-of-the-art performance in distinguishing di-Higgs decays to four bottom quarks from the QCD background, with enhanced sample and parameter efficiencies. This synergy between MEM and equivariant deep learning opens new directions for physics-informed architecture design, promising more powerful tools for probing physics beyond the Standard Model.
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