arXiv Machine Learning

Scaling Collider Event Generation with Residual-Quantized Tokens

The paper introduces a particle‑level generative model that uses residual‑quantized full‑event data to enable fast, ML‑based surrogate simulation for collider events. It demonstrates conditional generation from detector‑stable particles, explores scaling across dataset and model sizes, and shows that token‑level loss predicts downstream physical fidelity. The work offers an empirical framework for scalable collider full‑event generation using residual‑quantized representations.

arXiv Machine Learning
Jun 8

ScatterPrism: convergence for generative simulation and inverse problems in particle and nuclear physics

arXiv:2604. 01313v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: High-fidelity simulations and complex inverse problems, such as detector modeling and unfolding, are computationally intensive bottlenecks across subatomic physics, yet essential for accurate physical interpretation.

By Zeyu Xia, Tyler Kim, Trevor Reed, Judy Fox, Geoffrey Fox, Adam Szczepaniak
arXiv Machine Learning
Sep 14

Learning the Geometry of Collider Events with Metric-Aware Deep Sets

The paper introduces a Deep Sets surrogate for optimal transport (OT) that respects key metric properties—non-negativity, exchange symmetry, and zero self-distance—while leaving the triangle inequality unconstrained. Applied to the Energy Mover's Distance between collider events, the Metric-Aware Particle Flow Network achieves percent‑level mean absolute percentage error and markedly higher inference throughput compared to other exact and approximate methods. The architectural constraints also dramatically reduce triangle‑inequality violations, improving geometric fidelity across a large set of held‑out event triplets.

By Lauren Hay, Rishabh Jain, Matt LeBlanc, Jennifer Roloff
arXiv Machine Learning
Sep 17

Similarity Pairing with Energy Mover's Distance for Self-Supervised Pre-Training at the LHC

The paper introduces a data‑driven method for pairing events at the Large Hadron Collider using the energy mover's distance (EMD) to measure similarity, thereby creating augmentation‑free views for self‑supervised pre‑training. By matching distinct events based on EMD, the approach preserves the physics content of each event without handcrafted distortions. Experiments on QCD jets demonstrate that this pairing technique yields semantic jet embeddings with downstream discrimination power comparable to or better than traditional augmentation‑based baselines.

By Ho Fung Tsoi, Dylan Rankin
arXiv AI
Jun 16

JetParticle-JEPA: An Efficient Self-Supervised Representation Learning method for Jet Tagging in High-Energy Physics

arXiv:2606. 14813v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Jet tagging at the Large Hadron Collider increasingly relies on deep learning models trained on massive simulated datasets, leading to high computational costs and limited robustness to detector mismodeling.

By Guillaume Letellier (LPCC), Antonin Vacheret (LPCC), Fr\'ed\'eric Jurie
arXiv Machine Learning
Jul 20

Learning Standard Model structure from LHC data with Riemannian flow matching

arXiv:2607. 16144v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: In this work we demonstrate that a single transformer-based generative model can capture Standard Model structure spanning five decades of invariant mass, from the sub-GeV regime to the TeV continuum, a range that no single Monte Carlo sample covers.

By Midori Kato, Kevin A. Urqu\'ia-Calder\'on, Inar Timiryasov, Oleg Ruchayskiy
arXiv Machine Learning
Jul 14

Forecasting Generative Amplification

arXiv:2509. 08048v4 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Generative networks are perfect tools to enhance the speed and precision of LHC simulations.

By Henning Bahl, Sascha Diefenbacher, Nina Elmer, Tilman Plehn, Jonas Spinner
arXiv Machine Learning
Jun 16

GPT-Based Fast Simulation of CLAS12 Detector Hits via Conditional Autoregressive Generation

arXiv:2606. 16035v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Modern particles physics experiments have demonstrated an increasing need for fast, high-fidelity detector simulation as detector components have improved and subsequent computational requirements approach the limits of available resources.

By Cole Granger, James Giroux, Richard Tyson, Maurizio Ungaro, Cristiano Fanelli