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Using End-to-End Optimized Summary Statistics to Improve IceCube's Diffuse Galactic Fits

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena 2025-07-10 v1 Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics

Abstract

Characterizing the astrophysical neutrino flux with the IceCube Neutrino Observatory traditionally relies on a binned forward-folding likelihood approach. Insufficient Monte Carlo (MC) statistics in each bin limits the granularity and dimensionality of the binning scheme. A neural network can be employed to optimize a summary statistic that serves as the input for data analysis, yielding the best possible outcomes. This end-to-end optimized summary statistic allows for the inclusion of more observables while maintaining adequate MC statistics per bin. This work will detail the application of end-to-end optimized summary statistics in analyzing and characterizing the galactic neutrino flux, achieving improved resolution in the likelihood contours for selected signal parameters and models.

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@article{arxiv.2507.06666,
  title  = {Using End-to-End Optimized Summary Statistics to Improve IceCube's Diffuse Galactic Fits},
  author = {Oliver Janik and Christian Haack},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2507.06666},
  year   = {2025}
}

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Presented at the 39th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC2025)

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