Robust anomaly detection for particle physics using multi-background representation learning

doi:10.1088/2632-2153/ad780c

Robust anomaly detection for particle physics using multi-background representation learning

2024-09-27

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DOI：10.1088/2632-2153/ad780c

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Anomaly, or out-of-distribution, detection is a promising tool for aiding discoveries of new particles or processes in particle physics. In this work, we identify and address two overlooked opportunities to improve anomaly detection (AD) for high-energy physics. First, rather than train a generative model on the single most dominant background process, we build detection algorithms using representation learning from multiple background types, thus taking advantage of more information to improve estimation of what is relevant for detection. Second, we generalize decorrelation to the multi-background setting, thus directly enforcing a more complete definition of robustness for AD. We demonstrate the benefit of the proposed robust multi-background AD algorithms on a high-dimensional dataset of particle decays at the Large Hadron Collider.

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anomaly detection

particle physics

large hadron collider

robust

representation learning

Robust anomaly detection for particle physics using multi-background representation learning

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