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Particle identification in KM3NeT/ORCA

NázevTitle
Particle identification in KM3NeT/ORCAParticle identification in KM3NeT/ORCA
Druh výsledkuResult type
Příspěvek ve sborníkuProceedings paper
AutořiAuthors
L. Cerisy, A. Lazo, C. Lastoria, M. Perrin-Terrin, Z. Bardačová, E. Eckerová, F. Mamedov, Y. Shitov, I. Štekl
DOIDOI
10.22323/1.444.1191
Časopis / citaceJournal / citation
In: 38th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC2023). Trieste: PoS - Proceedings of Science, Sissa Medialab srl, 2024. p. 1-10. vol. 444. ISSN 1824-8039.
JazykLanguage
eng
ScopusScopus
2-s2.0-85212265202
RIVRIV
RIV/68407700:21670/24:00381647!RIV25-MSM-21670___
ProjektProject
Laboratoire Souterrain de Modane - účast ČRLaboratoire Souterrain de Modane – participation of the Czech Republic; Institucionální podpora na rozvoj výzkumné org.Institucionální podpora na rozvoj výzkumné org.

AbstraktAbstract

One of the main goals of KM3NeT/ORCA is to measure atmospheric neutrino oscillation parameters with competitive precision. To achieve this goal, good discrimination between track-like and shower-like events is necessary, with particular focus on the measurement of the tau neutrino normalisation. The track-like signal is mainly carried by muon neutrinos from charged current interactions, while the shower-like signal comes from charged current interactions of electron and tau neutrinos, and neutral current interactions of all flavours. A Random Grid Search algorithm is optimised to separate these channels and its performance is compared with machine learning methods using boosted decision trees. This contribution will report on the technical aspects of the algorithm and the performance of the particle identification with data recorded in 2020 and 2021 using an early six-lines configuration of the ORCA detector (ORCA6).

One of the main goals of KM3NeT/ORCA is to measure atmospheric neutrino oscillation parameters with competitive precision. To achieve this goal, good discrimination between track-like and shower-like events is necessary, with particular focus on the measurement of the tau neutrino normalisation. The track-like signal is mainly carried by muon neutrinos from charged current interactions, while the shower-like signal comes from charged current interactions of electron and tau neutrinos, and neutral current interactions of all flavours. A Random Grid Search algorithm is optimised to separate these channels and its performance is compared with machine learning methods using boosted decision trees. This contribution will report on the technical aspects of the algorithm and the performance of the particle identification with data recorded in 2020 and 2021 using an early six-lines configuration of the ORCA detector (ORCA6).