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A neural network based UHE neutrino reconstruction method for the Askaryan Radio Array (ARA)

Pan, Y; Allison, P; Archambault, S; Beatty, JJ; Beheler-Amass, M; Besson, DZ; Beydler, M; ... Young, R; + view all (2022) A neural network based UHE neutrino reconstruction method for the Askaryan Radio Array (ARA). In: Proceedings of Science. (pp. p. 1157). Sissa Medialab srl Partita: Berlin, Germany. Green open access

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Abstract

The Askaryan Radio Array (ARA) is an ultra-high energy (UHE) neutrino (Eν > 1017 eV) detector at South Pole. ARA aims to utilize radio signals detected from UHE neutrino interactions in the glacial ice to infer properties about the interaction vertex as well as the incident neutrino. To retrieve these properties from experiment data, the first step is to extract timing, amplitude and frequency information from waveforms of different antennas buried in the deep ice. These features can then be utilized in a neural network to reconstruct the neutrino interaction vertex position, incoming neutrino direction and shower energy. So far, vertex can be reconstructed through interferometry while neutrino reconstruction is still under investigation. Here I will present a solution based on multi-task deep neural networks which can perform reconstruction of both vertex and incoming neutrinos with a reasonable precision. After training, this solution is capable of rapid reconstructions (e.g. 0.1 ms/event compared to 10000 ms/event in a conventional routine) useful for trigger and filter decisions, and can be easily generalized to different station configurations for both design and analysis purposes.

Type: Proceedings paper
Title: A neural network based UHE neutrino reconstruction method for the Askaryan Radio Array (ARA)
Event: 37th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC 2021)
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
Publisher version: https://pos.sissa.it/
Language: English
Additional information: © Copyright owned by the author(s) under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0).
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Dept of Physics and Astronomy
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10162675
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