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Title: Convolutional neural network for multiple particle identification in the MicroBooNE liquid argon time projection chamber

Abstract

We present the multiple particle identification (MPID) network, a convolutional neural network for multiple object classification, developed by MicroBooNE. MPID provides the probabilities that an interaction includes an e, γ, μ, π±, and protons in a liquid argon time projection chamber single readout plane. The network extends the single particle identification network previously developed by MicroBooNE [Convolutional neural networks applied to neutrino events in a liquid argon time projection chamber, R. Acciarri et al. J. Instrum. 12, P03011 (2017)]. MPID takes as input an image either cropped around a reconstructed interaction vertex or containing only activity connected to a reconstructed vertex, therefore relieving the tool from inefficiencies in vertex finding and particle clustering. The network serves as an important component in MicroBooNE’s deep-learning-based νe search analysis. In this paper, we present the network’s design, training, and performance on simulation and data from the MicroBooNE detector.

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Research Org.:
Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States); SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States); Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States); Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States); Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States); Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA (United States); Virginia Polytechnic Inst. and State Univ. (Virginia Tech), Blacksburg, VA (United States); Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP)
Contributing Org.:
MicroBooNE; MicroBooNE Collaboration
OSTI Identifier:
1782986
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1712763; OSTI ID: 1784016; OSTI ID: 1784473; OSTI ID: 1808694; OSTI ID: 1836524; OSTI ID: 1866748
Report Number(s):
FERMILAB-PUB-20-527-ND; arXiv:2010.08653; BNL-221400-2021-JAAM
Journal ID: ISSN 2470-0010; PRVDAQ; 092003
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-07CH11359; SC0007881; AC02-76SF00515; SC0020262; SC0012704; SC0007859
Resource Type:
Published Article
Journal Name:
Physical Review D
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: Physical Review D Journal Volume: 103 Journal Issue: 9; Journal ID: ISSN 2470-0010
Publisher:
American Physical Society
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; Neutrinos; Artificial neural networks; Machine learning

Citation Formats

Abratenko, P., Alrashed, M., An, R., Anthony, J., Asaadi, J., Ashkenazi, A., Balasubramanian, S., Baller, B., Barnes, C., Barr, G., Basque, V., Bathe-Peters, L., Benevides Rodrigues, O., Berkman, S., Bhanderi, A., Bhat, A., Bishai, M., Blake, A., Bolton, T., Camilleri, L., Caratelli, D., Caro Terrazas, I., Castillo Fernandez, R., Cavanna, F., Cerati, G., Chen, Y., Church, E., Cianci, D., Conrad, J. M., Convery, M., Cooper-Troendle, L., Crespo-Anadón, J. I., Del Tutto, M., Devitt, A., Diurba, R., Domine, L., Dorrill, R., Duffy, K., Dytman, S., Eberly, B., Ereditato, A., Escudero Sanchez, L., Evans, J. J., Fiorentini Aguirre, G. A., Fitzpatrick, R. S., Fleming, B. T., Foppiani, N., Franco, D., Furmanski, A. P., Garcia-Gamez, D., Gardiner, S., Ge, G., Gollapinni, S., Goodwin, O., Gramellini, E., Green, P., Greenlee, H., Gu, W., Guenette, R., Guzowski, P., Hall, E., Hamilton, P., Hen, O., Horton-Smith, G. A., Hourlier, A., Huang, E. -C., Itay, R., James, C., Jan de Vries, J., Ji, X., Jiang, L., Jo, J. H., Johnson, R. A., Jwa, Y. -J., Kamp, N., Karagiorgi, G., Ketchum, W., Kirby, B., Kirby, M., Kobilarcik, T., Kreslo, I., LaZur, R., Lepetic, I., Li, K., Li, Y., Littlejohn, B. R., Lorca, D., Louis, W. C., Luo, X., Marchionni, A., Marcocci, S., Mariani, C., Marsden, D., Marshall, J., Martin-Albo, J., Martinez Caicedo, D. A., Mason, K., Mastbaum, A., McConkey, N., Meddage, V., Mettler, T., Miller, K., Mills, J., Mistry, K., Mogan, A., Mohayai, T., Moon, J., Mooney, M., Moor, A. F., Moore, C. D., Mousseau, J., Murphy, M., Naples, D., Navrer-Agasson, A., Neely, R. K., Nienaber, P., Nowak, J., Palamara, O., Paolone, V., Papadopoulou, A., Papavassiliou, V., Pate, S. F., Paudel, A., Pavlovic, Z., Piasetzky, E., Ponce-Pinto, I. D., Porzio, D., Prince, S., Qian, X., Raaf, J. L., Radeka, V., Rafique, A., Reggiani-Guzzo, M., Ren, L., Rochester, L., Rodriguez Rondon, J., Rogers, H. E., Rosenberg, M., Ross-Lonergan, M., Russell, B., Scanavini, G., Schmitz, D. W., Schukraft, A., Shaevitz, M. H., Sharankova, R., Sinclair, J., Smith, A., Snider, E. L., Soderberg, M., Söldner-Rembold, S., Soleti, S. R., Spentzouris, P., Spitz, J., Stancari, M., John, J. St., Strauss, T., Sutton, K., Sword-Fehlberg, S., Szelc, A. M., Tagg, N., Tang, W., Terao, K., Thorpe, C., Toups, M., Tsai, Y. -T., Tufanli, S., Uchida, M. A., Usher, T., Van De Pontseele, W., Viren, B., Weber, M., Wei, H., Williams, Z., Wolbers, S., Wongjirad, T., Wospakrik, M., Wu, W., Yang, T., Yarbrough, G., Yates, L. E., Zeller, G. P., Zennamo, J., Zhang, C., and MicroBooNE Collaboration. Convolutional neural network for multiple particle identification in the MicroBooNE liquid argon time projection chamber. United States: N. p., 2021. Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.103.092003.
Abratenko, P., Alrashed, M., An, R., Anthony, J., Asaadi, J., Ashkenazi, A., Balasubramanian, S., Baller, B., Barnes, C., Barr, G., Basque, V., Bathe-Peters, L., Benevides Rodrigues, O., Berkman, S., Bhanderi, A., Bhat, A., Bishai, M., Blake, A., Bolton, T., Camilleri, L., Caratelli, D., Caro Terrazas, I., Castillo Fernandez, R., Cavanna, F., Cerati, G., Chen, Y., Church, E., Cianci, D., Conrad, J. M., Convery, M., Cooper-Troendle, L., Crespo-Anadón, J. I., Del Tutto, M., Devitt, A., Diurba, R., Domine, L., Dorrill, R., Duffy, K., Dytman, S., Eberly, B., Ereditato, A., Escudero Sanchez, L., Evans, J. J., Fiorentini Aguirre, G. A., Fitzpatrick, R. S., Fleming, B. T., Foppiani, N., Franco, D., Furmanski, A. P., Garcia-Gamez, D., Gardiner, S., Ge, G., Gollapinni, S., Goodwin, O., Gramellini, E., Green, P., Greenlee, H., Gu, W., Guenette, R., Guzowski, P., Hall, E., Hamilton, P., Hen, O., Horton-Smith, G. A., Hourlier, A., Huang, E. -C., Itay, R., James, C., Jan de Vries, J., Ji, X., Jiang, L., Jo, J. H., Johnson, R. A., Jwa, Y. -J., Kamp, N., Karagiorgi, G., Ketchum, W., Kirby, B., Kirby, M., Kobilarcik, T., Kreslo, I., LaZur, R., Lepetic, I., Li, K., Li, Y., Littlejohn, B. R., Lorca, D., Louis, W. C., Luo, X., Marchionni, A., Marcocci, S., Mariani, C., Marsden, D., Marshall, J., Martin-Albo, J., Martinez Caicedo, D. A., Mason, K., Mastbaum, A., McConkey, N., Meddage, V., Mettler, T., Miller, K., Mills, J., Mistry, K., Mogan, A., Mohayai, T., Moon, J., Mooney, M., Moor, A. F., Moore, C. D., Mousseau, J., Murphy, M., Naples, D., Navrer-Agasson, A., Neely, R. K., Nienaber, P., Nowak, J., Palamara, O., Paolone, V., Papadopoulou, A., Papavassiliou, V., Pate, S. F., Paudel, A., Pavlovic, Z., Piasetzky, E., Ponce-Pinto, I. D., Porzio, D., Prince, S., Qian, X., Raaf, J. L., Radeka, V., Rafique, A., Reggiani-Guzzo, M., Ren, L., Rochester, L., Rodriguez Rondon, J., Rogers, H. E., Rosenberg, M., Ross-Lonergan, M., Russell, B., Scanavini, G., Schmitz, D. W., Schukraft, A., Shaevitz, M. H., Sharankova, R., Sinclair, J., Smith, A., Snider, E. L., Soderberg, M., Söldner-Rembold, S., Soleti, S. R., Spentzouris, P., Spitz, J., Stancari, M., John, J. St., Strauss, T., Sutton, K., Sword-Fehlberg, S., Szelc, A. M., Tagg, N., Tang, W., Terao, K., Thorpe, C., Toups, M., Tsai, Y. -T., Tufanli, S., Uchida, M. A., Usher, T., Van De Pontseele, W., Viren, B., Weber, M., Wei, H., Williams, Z., Wolbers, S., Wongjirad, T., Wospakrik, M., Wu, W., Yang, T., Yarbrough, G., Yates, L. E., Zeller, G. P., Zennamo, J., Zhang, C., & MicroBooNE Collaboration. Convolutional neural network for multiple particle identification in the MicroBooNE liquid argon time projection chamber. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.103.092003
Abratenko, P., Alrashed, M., An, R., Anthony, J., Asaadi, J., Ashkenazi, A., Balasubramanian, S., Baller, B., Barnes, C., Barr, G., Basque, V., Bathe-Peters, L., Benevides Rodrigues, O., Berkman, S., Bhanderi, A., Bhat, A., Bishai, M., Blake, A., Bolton, T., Camilleri, L., Caratelli, D., Caro Terrazas, I., Castillo Fernandez, R., Cavanna, F., Cerati, G., Chen, Y., Church, E., Cianci, D., Conrad, J. M., Convery, M., Cooper-Troendle, L., Crespo-Anadón, J. I., Del Tutto, M., Devitt, A., Diurba, R., Domine, L., Dorrill, R., Duffy, K., Dytman, S., Eberly, B., Ereditato, A., Escudero Sanchez, L., Evans, J. J., Fiorentini Aguirre, G. A., Fitzpatrick, R. S., Fleming, B. T., Foppiani, N., Franco, D., Furmanski, A. P., Garcia-Gamez, D., Gardiner, S., Ge, G., Gollapinni, S., Goodwin, O., Gramellini, E., Green, P., Greenlee, H., Gu, W., Guenette, R., Guzowski, P., Hall, E., Hamilton, P., Hen, O., Horton-Smith, G. A., Hourlier, A., Huang, E. -C., Itay, R., James, C., Jan de Vries, J., Ji, X., Jiang, L., Jo, J. H., Johnson, R. A., Jwa, Y. -J., Kamp, N., Karagiorgi, G., Ketchum, W., Kirby, B., Kirby, M., Kobilarcik, T., Kreslo, I., LaZur, R., Lepetic, I., Li, K., Li, Y., Littlejohn, B. R., Lorca, D., Louis, W. C., Luo, X., Marchionni, A., Marcocci, S., Mariani, C., Marsden, D., Marshall, J., Martin-Albo, J., Martinez Caicedo, D. A., Mason, K., Mastbaum, A., McConkey, N., Meddage, V., Mettler, T., Miller, K., Mills, J., Mistry, K., Mogan, A., Mohayai, T., Moon, J., Mooney, M., Moor, A. F., Moore, C. D., Mousseau, J., Murphy, M., Naples, D., Navrer-Agasson, A., Neely, R. K., Nienaber, P., Nowak, J., Palamara, O., Paolone, V., Papadopoulou, A., Papavassiliou, V., Pate, S. F., Paudel, A., Pavlovic, Z., Piasetzky, E., Ponce-Pinto, I. D., Porzio, D., Prince, S., Qian, X., Raaf, J. L., Radeka, V., Rafique, A., Reggiani-Guzzo, M., Ren, L., Rochester, L., Rodriguez Rondon, J., Rogers, H. E., Rosenberg, M., Ross-Lonergan, M., Russell, B., Scanavini, G., Schmitz, D. W., Schukraft, A., Shaevitz, M. H., Sharankova, R., Sinclair, J., Smith, A., Snider, E. L., Soderberg, M., Söldner-Rembold, S., Soleti, S. R., Spentzouris, P., Spitz, J., Stancari, M., John, J. St., Strauss, T., Sutton, K., Sword-Fehlberg, S., Szelc, A. M., Tagg, N., Tang, W., Terao, K., Thorpe, C., Toups, M., Tsai, Y. -T., Tufanli, S., Uchida, M. A., Usher, T., Van De Pontseele, W., Viren, B., Weber, M., Wei, H., Williams, Z., Wolbers, S., Wongjirad, T., Wospakrik, M., Wu, W., Yang, T., Yarbrough, G., Yates, L. E., Zeller, G. P., Zennamo, J., Zhang, C., and MicroBooNE Collaboration. Fri . "Convolutional neural network for multiple particle identification in the MicroBooNE liquid argon time projection chamber". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.103.092003.
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title = {Convolutional neural network for multiple particle identification in the MicroBooNE liquid argon time projection chamber},
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abstractNote = {We present the multiple particle identification (MPID) network, a convolutional neural network for multiple object classification, developed by MicroBooNE. MPID provides the probabilities that an interaction includes an e–, γ, μ–, π±, and protons in a liquid argon time projection chamber single readout plane. The network extends the single particle identification network previously developed by MicroBooNE [Convolutional neural networks applied to neutrino events in a liquid argon time projection chamber, R. Acciarri et al. J. Instrum. 12, P03011 (2017)]. MPID takes as input an image either cropped around a reconstructed interaction vertex or containing only activity connected to a reconstructed vertex, therefore relieving the tool from inefficiencies in vertex finding and particle clustering. The network serves as an important component in MicroBooNE’s deep-learning-based νe search analysis. In this paper, we present the network’s design, training, and performance on simulation and data from the MicroBooNE detector.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevD.103.092003},
journal = {Physical Review D},
number = 9,
volume = 103,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri May 14 00:00:00 EDT 2021},
month = {Fri May 14 00:00:00 EDT 2021}
}

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