# Machine learning for event selection in high energy physics

@article{Whiteson2009MachineLF,
title={Machine learning for event selection in high energy physics},
author={Shimon Whiteson and Daniel Whiteson},
journal={Eng. Appl. Artif. Intell.},
year={2009},
volume={22},
pages={1203-1217}
}
• Published 1 December 2009
• Computer Science
• Eng. Appl. Artif. Intell.
The field of high energy physics aims to discover the underlying structure of matter by searching for and studying exotic particles, such as the top quark and Higgs boson, produced in collisions at modern accelerators. Since such accelerators are extraordinarily expensive, extracting maximal information from the resulting data is essential. However, most accelerator events do not produce particles of interest, so making effective measurements requires event selection, in which events producing… Expand
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