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Analyzing the high-dimensional data collected at the Large Hadron Collider experiments often requires a balance between maximizing sensitivity and maintaining interpretability by domain experts. We propose a new algorithm to construct powerful summary statistics for LHC processes in the form of simple symbolic expressions. First, we extract latent information from a chain of simulators; through symbolic regression on this data we then learn approximately sufficient statistics. Observables constructed in this way can be used as plug-in replacements for established summary statistics, potentially improving the precision of scientific results without adding any overhead. In Higgs production in weak boson fusion, our algorithm rediscovers well-known heuristics and proposes new, moderately complex formulas that rival the new physics reach of neural networks.
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Nathalie Soybelman (Universität Heidelberg)
Anja Butter (Universität Heidelberg)
Tilman Plehn (Heidelberg)
Johann Brehmer (New York University)
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