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DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2023.168786
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AI/ML methods; a-induced reactions; Active target; Experimental nuclear physics
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This study presents a method for automatically classifying events from specific a-induced reactions by combining statistical and machine learning methods. Compared to traditional techniques, this method requires less input from domain scientists and produces similar results in two experimental data sets.
The Multi-Sampling Ionization Chamber (MUSIC) detector is typically used to measure nuclear reaction cross sections relevant for nuclear astrophysics, fusion studies, and other applications. From the MUSIC data produced in one experiment scientists carefully extract an order of 103 events of interest from about 109 total events, where each event can be represented by an 18-dimensional vector. However, the standard data classification process is based on expert-driven, manually intensive data analysis techniques that require several months to identify patterns and classify the relevant events from the collected data. To address this issue, we present a method for the classification of events originating from specific a-induced reactions by combining statistical and machine learning methods that require significantly less input from the domain scientist, relative to the standard technique. We applied the new method to two experimental data sets and compared our results with those obtained using traditional methods. With few exceptions, the new method yields results such that the percent change with respect to results obtained with traditional methods are within +/- 20%. With the present method, which is the first of its kind for the MUSIC data, we have established the foundation for the automated extraction of physical events of interest from experiments using the MUSIC detector.
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