Event-by-event comparison between machine-learning- and transfer-matrix-based unfolding methods
Oct 25, 2023
25 pages
Published in:
- Eur.Phys.J.C 84 (2024) 8, 770
- Published: Aug 3, 2024
e-Print:
- 2310.17037 [physics.data-an]
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Abstract: (Springer)
The unfolding of detector effects is a key aspect of comparing experimental data with theoretical predictions. In recent years, different Machine-Learning methods have been developed to provide novel features, e.g. high dimensionality or a probabilistic single-event unfolding based on generative neural networks. Traditionally, many analyses unfold detector effects using transfer-matrix-based algorithms, which are well established in low-dimensional unfolding. They yield an unfolded distribution of the total spectrum, together with its covariance matrix. This paper proposes a method to obtain probabilistic single-event unfolded distributions, together with their uncertainties and correlations, for the transfer-matrix-based unfolding. The algorithm is first validated on a toy model and then applied to pseudo-data for the process. In both examples the performance is compared to the Machine-Learning-based single-event unfolding using an iterative approach with conditional invertible neural networks (IcINN).Note:
- 25 pages, 13 figures, corresponds to the published version
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