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A convolutional neural network (CNN) architecture is developed to improve the pulse shape discrimination (PSD) power of the gadolinium-loaded organic liquid scintillation detector to reduce the fast neutron background in the inverse beta…

In this work, we present results for discrimination of neutron and $\gamma$ events using a plastic scintillator detector with pulse shape discrimination capabilities. Machine learning (ML) algorithms are used to improve the discriminatory…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-11-19 S. Panda , P. K. Netrakanti , S. P. Behera , R. R. Sahu , K. Kumar , R. Sehgal , D. K. Mishra , V. Jha

SuperCDMS is the next phase of the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search experiment, which measures both phonon and charge signals generated by particle recoils within a germanium target mass. Charge signals are employed both in the definition of a…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-08-13 S. A. Hertel , M. Pyle

Pulse Shape Discrimination (PSD) is a widely used technique in many experimental analysis. In this study, we specifically aimed to assess the effectiveness of PSD in accurately measuring decay time. We measured the decay times of a 0.1 wt%…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2024-10-29 S. B. Hong , J. S. Park

It is important to know noise levels of boson sampling in order to cautiously demonstrate the quantum computational advantage or realize certain tasks. Based on those statistical benchmark methods such as the correlators and clouds, which…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-21 Yang Ji , Yongjin Ye , Qiao Wang , Shi Wang , Jie Hou , Yongzheng Wu , Zijian Wang , Bo Jiang

Diagnostics are critical on the path to commercial fusion reactors, since measurements and characterisation of the plasma is important for sustaining fusion reactions. Gamma spectroscopy is commonly used to provide information about the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-07-28 Kimberley Lennon , Chantal Shand , Robin Smith

This Paper Analyze the performance of Unsymmetrical trimmed median, which is used as detector for the detection of impulse noise, Gaussian noise and mixed noise is proposed. The proposed algorithm uses a fixed 3x3 window for the increasing…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2012-06-08 K. Vasanth , V. Jawahar Senthil Kumar

Pulse shape discrimination (PSD) is crucial for non-proliferation and security applications, where fast neutrons need to be identified and measured in the presence of a strong gamma-ray background. The traditional charge-integration-based…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2022-05-02 Ming Fang , Satwik Pani , Angela Di Fulvio

The phenomenon of pulsar nulling -- where pulsars occasionally turn off for one or more pulses -- provides insight into pulsar-emission mechanisms and the processes by which pulsars turn off when they cross the "death line." However, while…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-03-14 David L. Kaplan , Joseph K. Swiggum , Travis D. J. Fichtenbauer , Michele Vallisneri

Early identification of abnormal physiological patterns is essential for the timely detection of cardiac disease. This work introduces a hybrid quantum-classical convolutional neural network (QCNN) designed to classify S3 and murmur…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-11-05 Yasaman Torabi , Shahram Shirani , James P. Reilly

In many scenarios, the communication system suffers from both Gaussian white noise and non-Gaussian impulsive noise. In order to design optimal signal detection method, it is necessary to estimate the parameters of mixed Gaussian-impulsive…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-09-07 Tianfu Qi , Jun Wang , Xiaonan Chen , Wei Huang

Current approaches in pulse detection use domain transformations so as to concentrate frequency related information that can be distinguishable from noise. In real cases we do not know when the pulse will begin, so we need a time search…

Information Retrieval · Computer Science 2007-05-23 Jaime Gomez , Ignacio Melgar , Juan Seijas

Using the waveforms from a digital electronic system, an offline analysis technique on pulse shape discrimination (PSD) has been developed to improve the neutron-gamma separation in a bar-shaped NE-213 scintillator that couples to a…

In pulsar astronomy, detecting effective pulsar signals among numerous pulsar candidates is an important research topic. Starting from space X-ray pulsar signals, the two-dimensional autocorrelation profile map (2D-APM) feature modelling…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-09-08 Longqi Wang , Jing Jin , Lu Liu , Yi Shen

Automatic detection of R-peaks in an Electrocardiogram signal is crucial in a multitude of applications including Heart Rate Variability (HRV) analysis and Cardio Vascular Disease(CVD) diagnosis. Although there have been numerous approaches…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-04-20 Sricharan Vijayarangan , Vignesh R , Balamurali Murugesan , Preejith SP , Jayaraj Joseph , Mohansankar Sivaprakasam

The presence of decoherence in quantum computers necessitates the suppression of noise. Dynamically corrected gates via specially designed control pulses offer a path forward, but hardware-specific experimental constraints can cause…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-05-31 Utkan Güngördü , J. P. Kestner

Pulsar detection has become an active research topic in radio astronomy recently. One of the essential procedures for pulsar detection is pulsar candidate sifting (PCS), a procedure of finding out the potential pulsar signals in a survey.…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-12-29 Haitao Lin , Xiangru Li

In this work we demonstrate the efficacy of neural networks in the characterization of dispersive media. We also develop a neural network to make predictions for input probe pulses which propagate through a nonlinear dispersive medium,…

Optics · Physics 2019-12-02 Sanjaya Lohani , Erin M. Knutson , Wenlei Zhang , Ryan T. Glasser

Pulse shape discrimination (PSD) is widely used in particle and nuclear physics. Specifically in liquid scintillator detectors, PSD facilitates the classification of different particle types based on their energy deposition patterns. This…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2024-04-23 Jie Cheng , Xiao-Jie Luo , Gao-Song Li , Yu-Feng Li , Ze-Peng Li , Hao-Qi Lu , Liang-Jian Wen , Michael Wurm , Yi-Yu Zhang

Qubit noise spectroscopy is an important tool for the experimental investigation of open quantum systems. However, conventional techniques for noise spectroscopy are time-consuming, because they require measurements of the noise spectral…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-06-24 Kaixin Huang , Demitry Farfurnik , Alireza Seif , Mohammad Hafezi , Yi-Kai Liu