Summary of Transforming the Bootstrap: Using Transformers to Compute Scattering Amplitudes in Planar N = 4 Super Yang-mills Theory, by Tianji Cai et al.
Transforming the Bootstrap: Using Transformers to Compute Scattering Amplitudes in Planar N = 4 Super Yang-Mills Theory
by Tianji Cai, Garrett W. Merz, François Charton, Niklas Nolte, Matthias Wilhelm, Kyle Cranmer, Lance J. Dixon
First submitted to arxiv on: 9 May 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
- Secondary: Symbolic Computation (cs.SC); High Energy Physics – Phenomenology (hep-ph); High Energy Physics – Theory (hep-th); Machine Learning (stat.ML)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary A deep learning-based approach using Transformers is employed to improve computations in theoretical high-energy physics, specifically for Planar N = 4 Super Yang-Mills theory. This framework, a cousin of the Large Hadron Collider’s Higgs boson production theory, involves predicting integer coefficients within large mathematical expressions describing scattering amplitudes. The problem is formulated as a language-like representation, enabling standard cross-entropy training objectives. Two experiments are designed, showcasing high accuracy (> 98%) on both tasks. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary In this paper, researchers use deep learning to help with complex calculations in theoretical physics. They apply a type of AI called Transformers to predict numbers that describe how particles interact. This is important because it can help us understand more about the universe and the laws of physics. The team was able to get their model to be very accurate (> 98%) on two different tests. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Cross entropy » Deep learning
