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![]() | Benjamin NachmanStaff Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Verified email at lbl.gov Cited by 239824 |
Accelerating science with generative adversarial networks: an application to 3D particle showers in multilayer calorimeters
Physicists at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) rely on detailed simulations of particle collisions
to build expectations of what experimental data may look like under different theoretical …
to build expectations of what experimental data may look like under different theoretical …
Classification without labels: Learning from mixed samples in high energy physics
Modern machine learning techniques can be used to construct powerful models for difficult
collider physics problems. In many applications, however, these models are trained on …
collider physics problems. In many applications, however, these models are trained on …
Jet substructure at the Large Hadron Collider: a review of recent advances in theory and machine learning
AJ Larkoski, I Moult, B Nachman - Physics Reports, 2020 - Elsevier
Jet substructure has emerged to play a central role at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), where
it has provided numerous innovative new ways to search for new physics and to probe the …
it has provided numerous innovative new ways to search for new physics and to probe the …
Jet substructure at the large hadron collider
R Kogler, B Nachman, A Schmidt, L Asquith… - Reviews of Modern …, 2019 - APS
Jet substructure has emerged to play a central role at the Large Hadron Collider, where it
has provided numerous innovative ways to search for new physics and to probe the standard …
has provided numerous innovative ways to search for new physics and to probe the standard …
Searching for long-lived particles beyond the Standard Model at the Large Hadron Collider
…, DM Morse, S Mrenna, B Nachman… - Journal of Physics G …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Particles beyond the Standard Model (SM) can generically have lifetimes that are long
compared to SM particles at the weak scale. When produced at experiments such as the Large …
compared to SM particles at the weak scale. When produced at experiments such as the Large …
Quantum algorithm for high energy physics simulations
Simulating quantum field theories is a flagship application of quantum computing. However,
calculating experimentally relevant high energy scattering amplitudes entirely on a quantum …
calculating experimentally relevant high energy scattering amplitudes entirely on a quantum …
Anomaly detection with density estimation
B Nachman, D Shih - Physical Review D, 2020 - APS
We leverage recent breakthroughs in neural density estimation to propose a new unsupervised
ANOmaly detection with Density Estimation (ANODE) technique. By estimating the …
ANOmaly detection with Density Estimation (ANODE) technique. By estimating the …
Quantum simulation for high-energy physics
It is for the first time that quantum simulation for high-energy physics (HEP) is studied in the
US decadal particle-physics community planning, and in fact until recently, this was not …
US decadal particle-physics community planning, and in fact until recently, this was not …
Jet-images—deep learning edition
Building on the notion of a particle physics detector as a camera and the collimated streams
of high energy particles, or jets, it measures as an image, we investigate the potential of …
of high energy particles, or jets, it measures as an image, we investigate the potential of …
CaloGAN: Simulating 3D high energy particle showers in multilayer electromagnetic calorimeters with generative adversarial networks
The precise modeling of subatomic particle interactions and propagation through matter is
paramount for the advancement of nuclear and particle physics searches and precision …
paramount for the advancement of nuclear and particle physics searches and precision …