Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2023

DOI

10.1007/JHEP03(2023)085

Publication Title

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volume

2023

Issue

3

Pages

85 (1-35)

Abstract

We explore machine learning-based jet and event identification at the future Electron-Ion Collider (EIC). We study the effectiveness of machine learning-based classifiers at relatively low EIC energies, focusing on (i) identifying the flavor of the jet and (ii) identifying the underlying hard process of the event. We propose applications of our machine learning-based jet identification in the key research areas at the future EIC and current Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider program, including enhancing constraints on (transverse momentum dependent) parton distribution functions, improving experimental access to transverse spin asymmetries, studying photon structure, and quantifying the modification of hadrons and jets in the cold nuclear matter environment in electron-nucleus collisions. We establish first benchmarks and contrast the estimated performance of flavor tagging at the EIC with that at the Large Hadron Collider. We perform studies relevant to aspects of detector design including particle identification, charge information, and minimum transverse momentum capabilities. Additionally, we study the impact of using full event information instead of using only information associated with the identified jet. These methods can be deployed either on suitably accurate Monte Carlo event generators, or, for several applications, directly on experimental data. We provide an outlook for ultimately connecting these machine learning-based methods with first principles calculations in quantum chromodynamics.

Rights

This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC-BY 4.0), which permits any use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and source are credited.

Data Availability

Article states: "The data sets used in this work can be found at:

https://zenodo.org/record/7538810#.Y8RcaS-B2gQ

We provide the particle four vectors for both the LO DIS sample and photoproduction sample described above."

Original Publication Citation

Lee, K., Mulligan, J., Płoskoń, M., Ringer, F., & Yuan, F. (2023). Machine learning-based jet and event classification at the Electron-Ion Collider with applications to hadron structure and spin physics. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2023(3), 1-35, Article 85. https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP03(2023)085

ORCID

0000-0002-5939-3510 (Ringer)

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