Jun 25 – 28, 2024
ETH Zurich
Europe/Zurich timezone

Empirical fits to inclusive electron-carbon scattering data obtained by deep-learning methods

Jun 28, 2024, 12:30 PM
15m
HCI J4 (ETH Zurich)

HCI J4

ETH Zurich

ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg campus, Stefano-​​Franscini-​Platz 5, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland.

Speaker

Beata Kowal (University of Wroclaw)

Description

We shall review the results of our recent work on the developments of the NuWro Monte Carlo generator of events. We are working on applying deep learning techniques to optimize the NuWro generator. In the first step, we work on the neural network model that generates the lepton-nucleus cross-sections. We obtained a deep neural network model that predicts the electron-carbon cross-section over a broad kinematic region, extending from the quasielastic peak through resonance excitation to the onset of deep-inelastic scattering. We considered two methods of obtaining the model-independent parametrizations and the corresponding uncertainties based on the ensemble method - the bootstrap aggregation and the Monte Carlo dropout. The loss is defined by $\chi^2$ that includes point-to-point uncertainties. Additionally, we include the systematic normalization uncertainties for each independent set of measurements. We compared the predictions to a test data set, excluded from the training process, theoretical predictions obtained within the spectral function approach, and additional measurements not included in the analysis.

Type of contribution Talk: 15 minutes.

Primary author

Beata Kowal (University of Wroclaw)

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