Iterative HOMER with uncertainties

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Authors: Anja Butter, Ayodele Ore, Sofia Palacios Schweitzer, Tilman Plehn, Benoît Assi, Christian Bierlich, P. Ilten, Tony Menzo, S. Mrenna, Manuel Szewc, M. Wilkinson, Ahmed Youssef
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Abstract

We present iHOMER, an iterative version of the HOMER method to extract Lund fragmentation functions from experimental data. Through iterations, we address the information gap between latent and observable phase spaces and systematically remove bias. To quantify uncertainties on the inferred weights, we use a combination of Bayesian neural networks and uncertainty-aware regression. We find that the combination of iterations and uncertainty quantification produces well-calibrated weights that accurately reproduce the data distribution. A parametric closure test shows that the iteratively learned fragmentation function is compatible with the true fragmentation function.

Fields of Study & Subjects

Stability and Control of Uncertain Systems

Publication details

Journal / source
SciPost Physics
Publisher
Stichting SciPost
Volume
20
Issue
2
Publication date
12 February 2026
Language
EN