In this work we compare two open source machine learning libraries, PyTorch and TensorFlow, as software platforms for rejecting hadron background events detected by imaging air Cherenkov telescopes (IACTs). Monte Carlo simulation for the TAIGA-IACT telescope is used to estimate background rejection quality. A wide variety of neural network algorithms provided by both libraries can easily be tested on various types of data, which is useful for various imaging air Cherenkov experiments. The work is a component of the Astroparticle.online project, which collaborates with the TAIGA and KASCADE experiments and welcomes any astroparticle experiment to join.
@article{arxiv.1811.11822,
title = {Gamma/Hadron Separation in Imaging Air Cherenkov Telescopes Using Deep Learning Libraries TensorFlow and PyTorch},
author = {E. B. Postnikov and A. P. Kryukov and S. P. Polyakov and D. A. Shipilov and D. P. Zhurov},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1811.11822},
year = {2019}
}
Comments
6 pages, 2 figures. Submitted to JPCS, 26th Extended European Cosmic Ray Symposium and 35th Russian Cosmic Ray Conference (E+CRS 2018 / RCRC 2018), Barnaul - Belokurikha, July 6 - 10, 2018