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Automated Extraction of Collins-Soper Kernel from Lattice QCD using An Autonomous AI Physicist System

High Energy Physics - Lattice 2026-03-25 v1 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

We employ {PhysMaster}, an autonomous agentic AI system integrating theoretical reasoning, numerical computation, and exploitation strategies towards ultra-long horizon automation, to tackle long-standing challenges in non-perturbative lattice analyzes, including low signal-to-noise ratio at large transverse separation, complex systematic uncertainties, and labor-intensive manual workflows. Using the extraction of the CS kernel from quasi-transverse-momentum-dependent wave functions (quasi-TMDWFs) via large-momentum effective theory (LaMET) as a showcase, we demonstrate that \textsc{PhysMaster} automates high-dimensional fitting, renormalization, continuum-chiral extrapolation, and non-perturbative reconstruction in a fully autonomous manner. This framework drastically reduces the duration of the workflow from months to hours without compromising precision, stabilizes signals in the large-bb_\perp region to 1 fm1~\rm fm, and produces results consistent with perturbative QCD and state-of-the-art traditional lattice calculations. This work validates the effectiveness of physicist-AI collaboration for first-principles QCD research and establishes a generalizable, reproducible paradigm for automated studies of parton structure and other non-perturbative observables from lattice QCD.

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@article{arxiv.2603.22471,
  title  = {Automated Extraction of Collins-Soper Kernel from Lattice QCD using An Autonomous AI Physicist System},
  author = {Jin-Xin Tan and Ting-Jia Miao and Mu-Hua Zhang and Xiang-He Pang and Ze-Xi Liu and Lin-Feng Zhang and Si-Heng Chen and Wei Wang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2603.22471},
  year   = {2026}
}

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7 pages, 6 figures

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