Efficient Search for New Physics Using Active Learning in the ATLAS Experiment

Bhatti Zubair,Cranmer Kyle, Espejo Irina,Heinrich Lukas, Gadow Phillip, Rieck Patrick, von Ahne Janik

EPJ Web of Conferences(2024)

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Searches for new physics set exclusion limits in parameter spaces of typically up to 2 dimensions. However, the relevant theory parameter space is usually of a higher dimension but only a subspace is covered due to the computing time requirements of signal process simulations. An Active Learning approach is presented to address this limitation. Compared to the usual grid sampling, it reduces the number of parameter space points for which exclusion limits need to be determined. Hence it allows to extend interpretations of searches to higher dimensional parameter spaces and therefore to raise their value, e.g. via the identification of barely excluded subspaces which motivate dedicated new searches. In an iterative procedure, a Gaussian Process is fit to excluded signal cross-sections. Within the region close to the exclusion contour predicted by the Gaussian Process, Poisson disc sampling is used to determine further parameter space points for which the cross-section limits are determined. The procedure is aided by a warm-start phase based on computationally inexpensive, approximate limit estimates such as total signal cross-sections. The procedure is applied to a dark matter search on data collected by the ATLAS detector at the LHC, extending its interpretation from a 2 to a 4-dimensional parameter space while keeping the computational effort at a low level. The result is published in two formats: on one hand there is a publication of the Gaussian Process model. On the other hand, a visualization of the full 4-dimensional contour is presented as a collection of 2-dimensional exclusion contours where the 2 remaining parameters are chosen by the user.
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