pyhf is a pure-python implementation of the widely-used HistFactory p.d.f. template described in [CERN-OPEN-2012-016]. It also includes interval estimation is based on the asymptotic formulas of “Asymptotic formulae for likelihood-based tests of new physics” [arxiv:1007.1727]. The aim is also to support modern computational graph libraries such as PyTorch and TensorFlow in order to make use of features such as autodifferentiation and GPU acceleration.

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Use in Publications

Updating list of citations and use cases of pyhf:

  • Waleed Abdallah and others. Reinterpretation of LHC Results for New Physics: Status and Recommendations after Run 2. 2020. arXiv:2003.07868.
  • G. Brooijmans and others. Les Houches 2019 Physics at TeV Colliders: New Physics Working Group Report. In 2020. arXiv:2002.12220.
  • J. Alison and others. Higgs boson potential at colliders: status and perspectives. In 2019. arXiv:1910.00012.
  • ATLAS Collaboration. Reproducing searches for new physics with the ATLAS experiment through publication of full statistical likelihoods. Geneva, Aug 2019. URL: https://cds.cern.ch/record/2684863.
  • Johann Brehmer, Felix Kling, Irina Espejo, and Kyle Cranmer. MadMiner: Machine learning-based inference for particle physics. Comput. Softw. Big Sci., 4(1):3, 2020. arXiv:1907.10621, doi:10.1007/s41781-020-0035-2.
  • Lukas Heinrich, Holger Schulz, Jessica Turner, and Ye-Ling Zhou. Constraining A₄ Leptonic Flavour Model Parameters at Colliders and Beyond. 2018. arXiv:1810.05648.

Published Likelihoods

Updating list of HEPData entries for publications using HistFactory JSON likelihoods:

  • Search for direct production of electroweakinos in final states with one lepton, missing transverse momentum and a Higgs boson decaying into two b-jets in (pp) collisions at s√=13 TeV with the ATLAS detector. 2020. doi:10.17182/hepdata.90607.v2.
  • Search for chargino-neutralino production with mass splittings near the electroweak scale in three-lepton final states in s√ = 13 TeV pp collisions with the ATLAS detector. 2019. doi:10.17182/hepdata.91127.
  • Search for direct stau production in events with two hadronic τ-leptons in s√=13 TeV pp collisions with the ATLAS detector. 2019. doi:10.17182/hepdata.92006.
  • Search for bottom-squark pair production with the ATLAS detector in final states containing Higgs bosons, b-jets and missing transverse momentum. 2019. doi:10.17182/hepdata.89408.

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