Self-Organizing Maps Algorithm for Parton Distribution Functions Extraction
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
2015-06-03 v1 Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability
Abstract
We describe a new method to extract parton distribution functions from hard scattering processes based on Self-Organizing Maps. The extension to a larger, and more complex class of soft matrix elements, including generalized parton distributions is also discussed.
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@article{arxiv.1112.2280,
title = {Self-Organizing Maps Algorithm for Parton Distribution Functions Extraction},
author = {S. Liuti and K. Holcomb and E. Askanazi},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1112.2280},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
6 pages, 3 figures, to be published in the proceedings of ACAT 2011, 14th International Workshop on Advanced Computing and Analysis Techniques in Physics Research