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20202026
most citedAnomaly detection in high-energy physics using a quantum autoencoder

115 citations · 331 across the 18 of their papers we have counts for

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18 papers

quant-ph2026

Equivalence of maximal and generic reachability for non-universal Variational Quantum Circuits

Vishal S. Ngairangbam, Michael Spannowsky

Employing problem-specific non-universal Variational Quantum Circuits aligned with a suitable state preparation has become a standard approach to counter the difficulty in training…

quant-ph2026

From Reachability to Learnability: Geometric Design Principles for Quantum Neural Networks

Vishal S. Ngairangbam, Michael Spannowsky

Classical deep networks are effective because depth enables adaptive geometric deformation of data representations. In quantum neural networks (QNNs), however, depth or state reach…

hep-ph2025

Stable and Interpretable Jet Physics with IRC-Safe Equivariant Feature Extraction

Partha Konar, Vishal S. Ngairangbam, Michael Spannowsky +1

Deep learning has achieved remarkable success in jet classification tasks, yet a key challenge remains: understanding what these models learn and how their features relate to known…

quant-ph2025

Improved Ground State Estimation in Quantum Field Theories via Normalising Flow-Assisted Neural Quantum States

Vishal S. Ngairangbam, Michael Spannowsky, Timur Sypchenko

We propose a hybrid variational framework that enhances Neural Quantum States (NQS) with a Normalising Flow-based sampler to improve the expressivity and trainability of quantum ma…

hep-ph2025

Enhancing anomaly detection with topology-aware autoencoders

Vishal S. Ngairangbam, Błażej Rozwoda, Kazuki Sakurai +1

Anomaly detection in high-energy physics is essential for identifying new physics beyond the Standard Model. Autoencoders provide a signal-agnostic approach but are limited by the…

hep-ph2024★ 5 cited

Optimal Equivariant Architectures from the Symmetries of Matrix-Element Likelihoods

Daniel Maître, Vishal S. Ngairangbam, Michael Spannowsky

The Matrix-Element Method (MEM) has long been a cornerstone of data analysis in high-energy physics. It leverages theoretical knowledge of parton-level processes and symmetries to…

cs.LG2024★ 1 cited

Optimal Symmetries in Binary Classification

Vishal S. Ngairangbam, Michael Spannowsky

We develop a theoretical foundation for designing group-equivariant neural networks that align the choice of symmetries with the underlying probability distributions of the data. U…

hep-ph2024★ 3 cited

Foundations of automatic feature extraction at LHC--point clouds and graphs

Akanksha Bhardwaj, Partha Konar, Vishal S. Ngairangbam

Deep learning algorithms will play a key role in the upcoming runs of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), helping bolster various fronts ranging from fast and accurate detector simula…

hep-ph2024★ 10 cited

Equivariant, Safe and Sensitive -- Graph Networks for New Physics

Akanksha Bhardwaj, Christoph Englert, Wrishik Naskar +2

This study introduces a novel Graph Neural Network (GNN) architecture that leverages infrared and collinear (IRC) safety and equivariance to enhance the analysis of collider data f…

hep-ph2023★ 7 cited

Interpretable deep learning models for the inference and classification of LHC data

Vishal S. Ngairangbam, Michael Spannowsky

The Shower Deconstruction methodology is pivotal in distinguishing signal and background jets, leveraging the detailed information from perturbative parton showers. Rooted in the N…

hep-ph2023★ 8 cited

Hypergraphs in LHC Phenomenology -- The Next Frontier of IRC-Safe Feature Extraction

Partha Konar, Vishal S. Ngairangbam, Michael Spannowsky

In this study, we critically evaluate the approximation capabilities of existing infra-red and collinear (IRC) safe feature extraction algorithms, namely Energy Flow Networks (EFNs…

hep-ph2023★ 4 cited

LLPNet: Graph Autoencoder for Triggering Light Long-Lived Particles at HL-LHC

Biplob Bhattacherjee, Partha Konar, Vishal Singh Ngairangbam +1

In the search for exotic events involving displaced particles at HL-LHC, the triggering at the level-1 (L1) system will pose a significant challenge. This is particularly relevant…

hep-ph2022★ 24 cited

IRC-safe Graph Autoencoder for unsupervised anomaly detection

Oliver Atkinson, Akanksha Bhardwaj, Christoph Englert +3

Anomaly detection through employing machine learning techniques has emerged as a novel powerful tool in the search for new physics beyond the Standard Model. Historically similar t…

hep-ph2022★ 4 cited

Influence of QCD parton shower in deep learning invisible Higgs through vector boson fusion

Partha Konar, Vishal S. Ngairangbam

Vector boson fusion established itself as a highly reliable channel to probe the Higgs boson and an avenue to uncover new physics at the Large Hadron Collider. This channel provide…

hep-ph2021★ 115 cited

Anomaly detection in high-energy physics using a quantum autoencoder

Vishal S. Ngairangbam, Michael Spannowsky, Michihisa Takeuchi

The lack of evidence for new interactions and particles at the Large Hadron Collider has motivated the high-energy physics community to explore model-agnostic data-analysis approac…

hep-ph2021★ 36 cited

Energy-weighted Message Passing: an infra-red and collinear safe graph neural network algorithm

Partha Konar, Vishal S. Ngairangbam, Michael Spannowsky

Hadronic signals of new-physics origin at the Large Hadron Collider can remain hidden within the copiously produced hadronic jets. Unveiling such signatures require highly performa…

hep-ph2021★ 96 cited

Anomaly detection with Convolutional Graph Neural Networks

Oliver Atkinson, Akanksha Bhardwaj, Christoph Englert +2

We devise an autoencoder based strategy to facilitate anomaly detection for boosted jets, employing Graph Neural Networks (GNNs) to do so. To overcome known limitations of GNN auto…

hep-ph2020★ 18 cited

Invisible Higgs search through Vector Boson Fusion: A deep learning approach

Vishal S. Ngairangbam, Akanksha Bhardwaj, Partha Konar +1

Vector boson fusion proposed initially as an alternative channel for finding heavy Higgs has now established itself as a crucial search scheme to probe different properties of the…