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How to Trust Learned Loop Amplitudes

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2026-01-06 v1

Abstract

Higher-order theory predictions are crucial for the precision LHC program, but the time-consuming amplitude evaluation challenges the corresponding Monte-Carlo simulations. Machine-learned amplitude surrogates can resolve this problem, if we can guarantee their precision over the entire phase space. First, we show that our surrogates provide a calibrated learned uncertainty, even for non-Gaussian systematics; second, we describe how less accurate phase space regions can be identified; third, we demonstrate how the precision in these regions can be improved reliably.

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@article{arxiv.2601.00950,
  title  = {How to Trust Learned Loop Amplitudes},
  author = {Henning Bahl and Jens Braun and Gudrun Heinrich and Tilman Plehn and Rebecca Revelli},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2601.00950},
  year   = {2026}
}

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38 pages, 18 figures

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