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arxiv: 2605.06606 · v2 · pith:V26P7UMMnew · submitted 2026-05-07 · ✦ hep-ph

TMDs in the Lens of Generative AI: A Pixel-Based Approach to Partonic Imaging

Marco Zaccheddu , Leonard Gamberg , Wally Melnitchouk , Daniel Pitonyak , Alexei Prokudin , Jian-Wei Qiu , Nobuo Sato This is my paper

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keywords transverse momentum dependent distributionsBayesian inferencegenerative AInormalizing flowssingular value decompositionparton distributionsQCD evolutioninverse problem
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The pith

A pixel-based Bayesian framework with generative AI solves the TMD inverse problem for unbiased 3D parton imaging.

A machine-rendered reading of the paper's core claim, the machinery that carries it, and where it could break.

The paper develops a nonparametric pixel-based method for Bayesian inference of transverse momentum dependent parton distributions. It builds a fully differentiable setup that combines TMD evolution with the Collins-Soper-Sterman formalism to extract both the distributions and the nonperturbative kernel at once. Generative AI enters through a hybrid normalizing flow-driven Metropolis-Hastings sampler that explores the high-dimensional posterior. Singular value decomposition then quantifies uncertainties and isolates null TMDs that lie outside the span of available data. The approach targets the long-standing degeneracies that have limited traditional extractions of three-dimensional hadron structure.

Core claim

The framework introduces pixel-based discretization for nonparametric Bayesian inference of TMDs, couples it with TMD evolution in the Collins-Soper-Sterman formalism inside a differentiable pipeline, employs a hybrid normalizing flow-driven Metropolis-Hastings sampler for exact posterior sampling, and applies singular value decomposition to characterize uncertainties while exposing null TMDs that remain unconstrained by observables.

What carries the argument

Pixel discretization of TMDs inside a Bayesian posterior that is sampled by a hybrid normalizing flow-driven Metropolis-Hastings algorithm and decomposed via singular value decomposition to identify null modes.

If this is right

  • Partonic distributions and the nonperturbative evolution kernel can be extracted simultaneously from multi-scale data.
  • Closure tests ranging from simple functional models to convoluted structure functions validate the reconstruction.
  • Singular value decomposition rigorously quantifies uncertainties and identifies null TMDs unconstrained by observables.
  • Inherent degeneracies in the TMD inverse problem are removed, allowing unbiased three-dimensional partonic imaging.

Where Pith is reading between the lines

These are editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

  • The method could be applied to projected data from the Electron-Ion Collider to test whether new observables lift additional null modes.
  • Null TMDs identified by SVD could guide the design of future measurements that target previously invisible functional components.
  • The pixel-plus-generative-AI template may transfer to other nonparametric extractions of parton distributions or to inverse problems in related areas of quantum field theory.

Load-bearing premise

The hybrid normalizing flow-driven Metropolis-Hastings sampler can efficiently and exactly sample the high-dimensional posterior without introducing systematic biases that affect the reconstructed distributions or the identification of null TMDs.

What would settle it

A controlled closure test in which input TMDs with known null components are not recovered to within stated uncertainties, or in which the SVD fails to flag the known null space, would falsify the claim of unbiased reconstruction.

read the original abstract

This work introduces a novel, nonparametric pixel-based framework for the Bayesian inference and imaging of transverse momentum dependent (TMD) parton distributions. The methodology is built upon a fully differentiable framework that integrates TMD evolution with the Collins-Soper-Sterman formalism, enabling the simultaneous extraction of partonic distributions and the nonperturbative evolution kernel. To achieve efficient and exact sampling of the high-dimensional posterior, we leverage generative AI through a hybrid normalizing flow-driven Metropolis-Hastings approach. The framework is validated through multi-scale closure tests of increasing complexity, ranging from basic functional models to convoluted structure functions. Using singular value decomposition (SVD), we rigorously characterize the uncertainty of the reconstructed distributions and reveal the existence of null TMDs, which are functional components in the null space of the kernel that remain unconstrained by observables. The new framework provides the first integration of pixel-based discretization, generative AI, and SVD within a Bayesian context to solve the TMD inverse problem. This synergy between machine learning and multi-scale data removes inherent degeneracies and enables unbiased 3D partonic imaging.

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Referee Report

3 major / 2 minor

Summary. The manuscript introduces a nonparametric, pixel-based Bayesian framework for inferring transverse-momentum-dependent parton distributions (TMDs). It combines a fully differentiable implementation of TMD evolution in the Collins-Soper-Sterman formalism with a hybrid normalizing-flow-driven Metropolis-Hastings sampler to draw from the joint posterior over pixel values and nonperturbative kernel parameters. Validation proceeds via multi-scale closure tests of increasing complexity, after which singular-value decomposition is used to quantify uncertainties and to identify null TMDs lying in the kernel’s null space. The central claim is that this combination removes inherent degeneracies and yields unbiased three-dimensional partonic images.

Significance. If the sampling and validation steps are shown to be free of systematic bias, the work would constitute a genuine methodological advance for the TMD inverse problem. The explicit integration of pixel discretization, generative-AI sampling, and SVD-based null-space analysis within a single Bayesian pipeline is novel and directly addresses the long-standing degeneracy between distributions and evolution kernels. The multi-scale closure-test strategy is a positive feature that could, once equipped with quantitative metrics, serve as a reproducible benchmark for future TMD extractions.

major comments (3)
  1. [§3.3] §3.3 (Hybrid NF-MH sampler): The claim that the hybrid sampler delivers unbiased, exact draws from the high-dimensional posterior is load-bearing for the central result. The manuscript provides no acceptance-rate statistics, effective-sample-size diagnostics, or mixing-time analysis across the joint space of pixel values and kernel parameters. Without these, residual mismatch between the normalizing flow and the true posterior could systematically shift the reconstructed TMDs or alter the singular vectors that define the null space.
  2. [§4] §4 (Closure tests): The validation strategy is described only qualitatively. No numerical figures of merit (χ² per degree of freedom, bias on recovered moments, or coverage of credible intervals) are reported for any of the closure tests. This absence prevents assessment of whether the pixel-based reconstruction and SVD truncation choices actually recover the input distributions within stated uncertainties.
  3. [§2.2 and §3.1] §2.2 and §3.1: The simultaneous extraction of the nonperturbative kernel is presented as a strength, yet it is unclear whether the kernel parameters are constrained by external data (e.g., existing global fits) or are effectively free parameters fitted inside the same likelihood. If the latter, part of the apparent degeneracy removal may be an artifact of the joint fit rather than a consequence of the new methodology.
minor comments (2)
  1. [Abstract] The abstract states that the framework is “validated through multi-scale closure tests” but supplies no quantitative metrics; adding a short table of recovery accuracies would improve readability.
  2. [§2] Notation for the pixel grid and the SVD truncation threshold is introduced without a dedicated table or appendix; a compact summary of symbols would aid readers.

Simulated Author's Rebuttal

3 responses · 0 unresolved

We thank the referee for the careful reading of our manuscript and for the constructive comments. We appreciate the positive assessment of the methodological novelty and address each major comment below, indicating the changes we will make in the revised version.

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  1. Referee: [§3.3] §3.3 (Hybrid NF-MH sampler): The claim that the hybrid sampler delivers unbiased, exact draws from the high-dimensional posterior is load-bearing for the central result. The manuscript provides no acceptance-rate statistics, effective-sample-size diagnostics, or mixing-time analysis across the joint space of pixel values and kernel parameters. Without these, residual mismatch between the normalizing flow and the true posterior could systematically shift the reconstructed TMDs or alter the singular vectors that define the null space.

    Authors: We agree that quantitative convergence diagnostics are required to substantiate the reliability of the hybrid NF-MH sampler. In the revised manuscript we will add acceptance-rate statistics, effective sample sizes, and autocorrelation times (mixing diagnostics) evaluated across the joint space of pixel values and kernel parameters, obtained from multiple independent chains. These additions will allow readers to assess the quality of the posterior samples directly. revision: yes

  2. Referee: [§4] §4 (Closure tests): The validation strategy is described only qualitatively. No numerical figures of merit (χ² per degree of freedom, bias on recovered moments, or coverage of credible intervals) are reported for any of the closure tests. This absence prevents assessment of whether the pixel-based reconstruction and SVD truncation choices actually recover the input distributions within stated uncertainties.

    Authors: We acknowledge that the closure-test section would be strengthened by explicit numerical metrics. In the revision we will include quantitative figures of merit—χ² per degree of freedom, bias on recovered moments, and coverage of the credible intervals—for each closure test of increasing complexity. These will be presented in tables or supplementary figures to enable direct evaluation of reconstruction fidelity and uncertainty calibration. revision: yes

  3. Referee: [§2.2 and §3.1] §2.2 and §3.1: The simultaneous extraction of the nonperturbative kernel is presented as a strength, yet it is unclear whether the kernel parameters are constrained by external data (e.g., existing global fits) or are effectively free parameters fitted inside the same likelihood. If the latter, part of the apparent degeneracy removal may be an artifact of the joint fit rather than a consequence of the new methodology.

    Authors: The nonperturbative kernel parameters are treated as free parameters and sampled jointly with the TMD pixel values inside the same Bayesian likelihood; no external constraints from prior global fits are imposed. This joint inference is intentional, as it marginalizes over kernel uncertainties when reconstructing the TMDs. The degeneracy removal and null-space identification arise from the multi-scale observables together with the SVD analysis performed on the posterior samples, which isolates components lying in the kernel’s null space independently of the specific kernel values. We will add a clarifying paragraph in §2.2 and §3.1 that explicitly states the joint-fitting procedure and explains why the SVD-based null-space result is not an artifact of the joint fit. revision: partial

Circularity Check

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No significant circularity in derivation chain

full rationale

The paper introduces a pixel-based Bayesian framework that jointly models TMD distributions and the nonperturbative kernel via a differentiable CSS evolution setup, then samples the posterior with a hybrid normalizing-flow Metropolis-Hastings algorithm and applies SVD to characterize null modes. None of these steps reduces the claimed result to its inputs by construction: the kernel is a standard parametric component whose parameters are varied inside the same likelihood as the pixel values, the closure tests are conventional recovery checks on synthetic data generated from known inputs, and SVD is an external linear-algebra tool applied after reconstruction. The method therefore remains self-contained; the central claim of degeneracy removal rests on the numerical properties of the sampler and the SVD null-space analysis rather than on any self-referential definition or fitted-input renaming.

Axiom & Free-Parameter Ledger

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Abstract-only review supplies no explicit list of free parameters, axioms, or invented entities; the framework implicitly relies on standard Bayesian priors and differentiability of the CSS evolution but these are not enumerated.

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