Conference talk at Pheno2022

Modeling Hadronization using Machine Learning

Abstract

In this talk, I will present the first steps in the development of a new class of Hadronization Models utilizing machine learning techniques. We successfully implement, validate, and train a conditional sliced-Wasserstein autoencoder to replicate the Pythia generated kinematic distributions of first-hadron emissions when the Lund string model of hadronization implemented in Pythia is restricted to the emissions of pions only. The trained models are then used to generate the full hadronization chains, with an IR cutoff energy imposed externally. The hadron multiplicities and cumulative kinematic distributions are shown to match the Pythia generated ones. I will also discuss possible future generalizations of our results.

Date
May 9, 2022 12:00 AM
Location
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Ahmed Youssef
Ahmed Youssef
Ph.D. Candidate

My research interests include generative modeles, probalistic modeling, and there application in science and outside.