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Title: Cosmic ray muon clustering for the MicroBooNE liquid argon time projection chamber using sMask-RCNN

Abstract

In this article, we describe a modified implementation of Mask Region-based Convolutional Neural Networks (Mask-RCNN) for cosmic ray muon clustering in a liquid argon TPC and applied to MicroBooNE neutrino data. Our implementation of this network, called sMask-RCNN, uses sparse submanifold convolutions to increase processing speed on sparse datasets, and is compared to the original dense version in several metrics. The networks are trained to use wire readout images from the MicroBooNE liquid argon time projection chamber as input and produce individually labeled particle interactions within the image. These outputs are identified as either cosmic ray muon or electron neutrino interactions. We find that sMask-RCNN has an average pixel clustering efficiency of 85.9% compared to the dense network's average pixel clustering efficiency of 89.1%. We demonstrate the ability of sMask-RCNN used in conjunction with MicroBooNE's state-of-the-art Wire-Cell cosmic tagger to veto events containing only cosmic ray muons. The addition of sMask-RCNN to the Wire-Cell cosmic tagger removes 70% of the remaining cosmic ray muon background events at the same electron neutrino event signal efficiency. Furthermore, this event veto can provide 99.7% rejection of cosmic ray-only background events while maintaining an electron neutrino event-level signal efficiency of 80.1%. In addition tomore » cosmic ray muon identification, sMask-RCNN could be used to extract features and identify different particle interaction types in other 3D-tracking detectors.« less

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Research Org.:
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), High Energy Physics (HEP)
Contributing Org.:
The MicroBooNE collaboration
OSTI Identifier:
1906296
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1972669
Grant/Contract Number:  
SC0023471; AC02-07CH11359; SC0007859
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Journal of Instrumentation
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 17; Journal Issue: 09; Journal ID: ISSN 1748-0221
Publisher:
Institute of Physics (IOP)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
47 OTHER INSTRUMENTATION; Particle identification methods; Pattern recognition, cluster finding, calibration and fitting methods; Time projection chambers

Citation Formats

Abratenko, P., An, R., Anthony, J., Arellano, L., Asaadi, J., Ashkenazi, A., Balasubramanian, S., Baller, B., Barnes, C., Barr, G., Barrow, J., Basque, V., Bathe-Peters, L., Benevides Rodrigues, O., Berkman, S., Bhanderi, A., Bhat, A., Bishai, M., Blake, A., Bolton, T., Book, J. Y., Camilleri, L., Caratelli, D., Caro Terrazas, I., 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., Dennis, S. R., Detje, P., Devitt, A., Diurba, R., Dorrill, R., Duffy, K., Dytman, S., Eberly, B., Ereditato, A., Evans, J. J., Fine, R., 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., Hagaman, L., Hen, O., Hilgenberg, C., Horton-Smith, G. A., Hourlier, A., Itay, R., James, C., Ji, X., Jiang, L., Jo, J. H., Johnson, R. A., Jwa, Y. -J., Kalra, D., Kamp, N., Kaneshige, N., Karagiorgi, G., Ketchum, W., Kirby, M., Kobilarcik, T., Kreslo, I., Lepetic, I., Li, J. -Y., Li, K., Li, Y., Lin, K., Littlejohn, B. R., Louis, W. C., Luo, X., Manivannan, K., Mariani, C., Marsden, D., Marshall, 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., Mora Lepin, L., Mousseau, J., Mulleriababu, S., Murphy, M., Naples, D., Navrer-Agasson, A., Nebot-Guinot, M., Neely, R. K., Newmark, D. A., Nowak, J., Nunes, M., Palamara, O., Paolone, V., Papadopoulou, A., Papavassiliou, V., Pate, S. F., Patel, N., Paudel, A., Pavlovic, Z., Piasetzky, E., Ponce-Pinto, I. D., Prince, S., Qian, X., Raaf, J. L., Radeka, V., Rafique, A., Reggiani-Guzzo, M., Ren, L., Rice, L. C.J., Rochester, L., Rodriguez Rondon, J., Rosenberg, M., Ross-Lonergan, M., Scanavini, G., Schmitz, D. W., Schukraft, A., Seligman, W., Shaevitz, M. H., Sharankova, R., Shi, J., Sinclair, J., Smith, A., Snider, E. L., Soderberg, M., Söldner-Rembold, S., Spentzouris, P., Spitz, J., Stancari, M., St. John, J., Strauss, T., Sutton, K., Sword-Fehlberg, S., Szelc, A. M., Tagg, N., Tang, W., Terao, K., Thorpe, C., Totani, D., Toups, M., Tsai, Y. -T., Uchida, M. A., Usher, T., Van De Pontseele, W., Viren, B., Weber, M., Wei, H., Williams, Z., Wolbers, S., Wongjirad, T., Wospakrik, M., Wresilo, K., Wright, N., Wu, W., Yandel, E., Yang, T., Yarbrough, G., Yates, L. E., Yu, F. J., Yu, H. W., Zeller, G. P., Zennamo, J., and Zhang, C. Cosmic ray muon clustering for the MicroBooNE liquid argon time projection chamber using sMask-RCNN. United States: N. p., 2022. Web. doi:10.1088/1748-0221/17/09/p09015.
Abratenko, P., An, R., Anthony, J., Arellano, L., Asaadi, J., Ashkenazi, A., Balasubramanian, S., Baller, B., Barnes, C., Barr, G., Barrow, J., Basque, V., Bathe-Peters, L., Benevides Rodrigues, O., Berkman, S., Bhanderi, A., Bhat, A., Bishai, M., Blake, A., Bolton, T., Book, J. Y., Camilleri, L., Caratelli, D., Caro Terrazas, I., 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., Dennis, S. R., Detje, P., Devitt, A., Diurba, R., Dorrill, R., Duffy, K., Dytman, S., Eberly, B., Ereditato, A., Evans, J. J., Fine, R., 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., Hagaman, L., Hen, O., Hilgenberg, C., Horton-Smith, G. A., Hourlier, A., Itay, R., James, C., Ji, X., Jiang, L., Jo, J. H., Johnson, R. A., Jwa, Y. -J., Kalra, D., Kamp, N., Kaneshige, N., Karagiorgi, G., Ketchum, W., Kirby, M., Kobilarcik, T., Kreslo, I., Lepetic, I., Li, J. -Y., Li, K., Li, Y., Lin, K., Littlejohn, B. R., Louis, W. C., Luo, X., Manivannan, K., Mariani, C., Marsden, D., Marshall, 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., Mora Lepin, L., Mousseau, J., Mulleriababu, S., Murphy, M., Naples, D., Navrer-Agasson, A., Nebot-Guinot, M., Neely, R. K., Newmark, D. A., Nowak, J., Nunes, M., Palamara, O., Paolone, V., Papadopoulou, A., Papavassiliou, V., Pate, S. F., Patel, N., Paudel, A., Pavlovic, Z., Piasetzky, E., Ponce-Pinto, I. D., Prince, S., Qian, X., Raaf, J. L., Radeka, V., Rafique, A., Reggiani-Guzzo, M., Ren, L., Rice, L. C.J., Rochester, L., Rodriguez Rondon, J., Rosenberg, M., Ross-Lonergan, M., Scanavini, G., Schmitz, D. W., Schukraft, A., Seligman, W., Shaevitz, M. H., Sharankova, R., Shi, J., Sinclair, J., Smith, A., Snider, E. L., Soderberg, M., Söldner-Rembold, S., Spentzouris, P., Spitz, J., Stancari, M., St. John, J., Strauss, T., Sutton, K., Sword-Fehlberg, S., Szelc, A. M., Tagg, N., Tang, W., Terao, K., Thorpe, C., Totani, D., Toups, M., Tsai, Y. -T., Uchida, M. A., Usher, T., Van De Pontseele, W., Viren, B., Weber, M., Wei, H., Williams, Z., Wolbers, S., Wongjirad, T., Wospakrik, M., Wresilo, K., Wright, N., Wu, W., Yandel, E., Yang, T., Yarbrough, G., Yates, L. E., Yu, F. J., Yu, H. W., Zeller, G. P., Zennamo, J., & Zhang, C. Cosmic ray muon clustering for the MicroBooNE liquid argon time projection chamber using sMask-RCNN. United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/17/09/p09015
Abratenko, P., An, R., Anthony, J., Arellano, L., Asaadi, J., Ashkenazi, A., Balasubramanian, S., Baller, B., Barnes, C., Barr, G., Barrow, J., Basque, V., Bathe-Peters, L., Benevides Rodrigues, O., Berkman, S., Bhanderi, A., Bhat, A., Bishai, M., Blake, A., Bolton, T., Book, J. Y., Camilleri, L., Caratelli, D., Caro Terrazas, I., 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., Dennis, S. R., Detje, P., Devitt, A., Diurba, R., Dorrill, R., Duffy, K., Dytman, S., Eberly, B., Ereditato, A., Evans, J. J., Fine, R., 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., Hagaman, L., Hen, O., Hilgenberg, C., Horton-Smith, G. A., Hourlier, A., Itay, R., James, C., Ji, X., Jiang, L., Jo, J. H., Johnson, R. A., Jwa, Y. -J., Kalra, D., Kamp, N., Kaneshige, N., Karagiorgi, G., Ketchum, W., Kirby, M., Kobilarcik, T., Kreslo, I., Lepetic, I., Li, J. -Y., Li, K., Li, Y., Lin, K., Littlejohn, B. R., Louis, W. C., Luo, X., Manivannan, K., Mariani, C., Marsden, D., Marshall, 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., Mora Lepin, L., Mousseau, J., Mulleriababu, S., Murphy, M., Naples, D., Navrer-Agasson, A., Nebot-Guinot, M., Neely, R. K., Newmark, D. A., Nowak, J., Nunes, M., Palamara, O., Paolone, V., Papadopoulou, A., Papavassiliou, V., Pate, S. F., Patel, N., Paudel, A., Pavlovic, Z., Piasetzky, E., Ponce-Pinto, I. D., Prince, S., Qian, X., Raaf, J. L., Radeka, V., Rafique, A., Reggiani-Guzzo, M., Ren, L., Rice, L. C.J., Rochester, L., Rodriguez Rondon, J., Rosenberg, M., Ross-Lonergan, M., Scanavini, G., Schmitz, D. W., Schukraft, A., Seligman, W., Shaevitz, M. H., Sharankova, R., Shi, J., Sinclair, J., Smith, A., Snider, E. L., Soderberg, M., Söldner-Rembold, S., Spentzouris, P., Spitz, J., Stancari, M., St. John, J., Strauss, T., Sutton, K., Sword-Fehlberg, S., Szelc, A. M., Tagg, N., Tang, W., Terao, K., Thorpe, C., Totani, D., Toups, M., Tsai, Y. -T., Uchida, M. A., Usher, T., Van De Pontseele, W., Viren, B., Weber, M., Wei, H., Williams, Z., Wolbers, S., Wongjirad, T., Wospakrik, M., Wresilo, K., Wright, N., Wu, W., Yandel, E., Yang, T., Yarbrough, G., Yates, L. E., Yu, F. J., Yu, H. W., Zeller, G. P., Zennamo, J., and Zhang, C. Mon . "Cosmic ray muon clustering for the MicroBooNE liquid argon time projection chamber using sMask-RCNN". United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/17/09/p09015. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1906296.
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abstractNote = {In this article, we describe a modified implementation of Mask Region-based Convolutional Neural Networks (Mask-RCNN) for cosmic ray muon clustering in a liquid argon TPC and applied to MicroBooNE neutrino data. Our implementation of this network, called sMask-RCNN, uses sparse submanifold convolutions to increase processing speed on sparse datasets, and is compared to the original dense version in several metrics. The networks are trained to use wire readout images from the MicroBooNE liquid argon time projection chamber as input and produce individually labeled particle interactions within the image. These outputs are identified as either cosmic ray muon or electron neutrino interactions. We find that sMask-RCNN has an average pixel clustering efficiency of 85.9% compared to the dense network's average pixel clustering efficiency of 89.1%. We demonstrate the ability of sMask-RCNN used in conjunction with MicroBooNE's state-of-the-art Wire-Cell cosmic tagger to veto events containing only cosmic ray muons. The addition of sMask-RCNN to the Wire-Cell cosmic tagger removes 70% of the remaining cosmic ray muon background events at the same electron neutrino event signal efficiency. Furthermore, this event veto can provide 99.7% rejection of cosmic ray-only background events while maintaining an electron neutrino event-level signal efficiency of 80.1%. In addition to cosmic ray muon identification, sMask-RCNN could be used to extract features and identify different particle interaction types in other 3D-tracking detectors.},
doi = {10.1088/1748-0221/17/09/p09015},
journal = {Journal of Instrumentation},
number = 09,
volume = 17,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Sep 12 00:00:00 EDT 2022},
month = {Mon Sep 12 00:00:00 EDT 2022}
}

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