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ArticleRoyal Society open science2024

STEP: extraction of underlying physics with robust machine learning.

Karim K Alaa El-Din, Alessandro Forte, Muhammad Firmansyah Kasim, Francesco Miniati, Sam M Vinko

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Karim K Alaa El-DinDepartment of Physics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9140-4489
Alessandro ForteDepartment of Physics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Muhammad Firmansyah KasimDepartment of Physics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Francesco MiniatiDepartment of Physics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Sam M VinkoDepartment of Physics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.

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Abstract

A prevalent class of challenges in modern physics are inverse problems, where physical quantities must be extracted from experimental measurements. End-to-end machine learning approaches to inverse problems typically require constructing sophisticated estimators to achieve the desired accuracy, largely because they need to learn the complex underlying physical model. Here, we discuss an alternative paradigm: by making the physical model auto-differentiable we can construct a neural surrogate to represent the unknown physical quantity sought, while avoiding having to relearn the known physics entirely. We dub this process surrogate training embedded in physics (STEP) and illustrate that it generalizes well and is robust against overfitting and significant noise in the data. We demonstrate how STEP can be applied to perform dynamic kernel deconvolution to analyse resonant inelastic X-ray scattering spectra and show that surprisingly simple estimator architectures suffice to extract the relevant physical information.

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artificial intelligencedifferentiable modellingmachine learningphysicsresonant inelastic X-ray scatteringspectroscopy

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PMID39100625
PMCPMC11296055

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