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Deep learning for Directional Dark Matter search

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics 2020-08-26 v1

Abstract

We provide an algorithm for detection of possible dark matter particle interactions recorded within NEWSdm detector. The NEWSdm (Nuclear Emulsions for WIMP Search directional measure) is an underground Direct detection Dark Matter search experiment. The usage of recent developments in the nuclear emulsions allows probing new regions in the WIMP parameter space. The directional approach, which is the key feature of the NEWSdm experiment, gives the unique chance of overcoming the "neutrino floor". Deep Neural Networks were used for separation between potential DM signal and various classes of background. In this paper, we present the usage of deep 3D Convolutional Neural Networks to take into account the physical peculiarities of the datasets and report the achievement of the required 10410^4 background rejection power.

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@article{arxiv.2005.13042,
  title  = {Deep learning for Directional Dark Matter search},
  author = {Artem Golovatiuk and Giovanni De Lellis and Andrey Ustyuzhanin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2005.13042},
  year   = {2020}
}

Comments

5 pages, 6 figures. This is a proceedings paper from the ACAT2019 conference: https://indico.cern.ch/event/708041

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