https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-021-09338-8
Special Article - Tools for Experiment and Theory
Compressing PDF sets using generative adversarial networks
1
TIF Lab, Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
2
INFN Sezione di Milano, Milan, Italy
3
Theoretical Physics Department, CERN, 1211, Geneva 23, Switzerland
4
Quantum Research Centre, Technology Innovation Institute, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Received:
13
April
2021
Accepted:
13
June
2021
Published online:
21
June
2021
We present a compression algorithm for parton densities using synthetic replicas generated from the training of a generative adversarial network (GAN). The generated replicas are used to further enhance the statistics of a given Monte Carlo PDF set prior to compression. This results in a compression methodology that is able to provide a compressed set with smaller number of replicas and a more adequate representation of the original probability distribution. We also address the question of whether the GAN could be used as an alternative mechanism to avoid the fitting of large number of replicas.
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