Using machine learning to improve neutron identification in water Cherenkov detectors

B Jamieson, M Stubbs, S Ramanna, J Walker… - Frontiers in big …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Water Cherenkov detectors like Super-Kamiokande, and the next generation Hyper-
Kamiokande are adding gadolinium to their water to improve the detection of neutrons. By …

Machine Learning Techniques to Enhance Event Reconstruction in Water Cherenkov Detectors

N Prouse, P de Perio, W Fedorko - Physical Sciences Forum, 2023 - mdpi.com
Hyper-Kamiokande (Hyper-K) is the next-generation water Cherenkov neutrino experiment,
building on the success of its predecessor Super-Kamiokande. To match the increased …

Hyper-Kamiokande

T Dealtry - arXiv preprint arXiv:1904.10206, 2019 - arxiv.org
Hyper-Kamiokande (Hyper-K) is a next generation large water Cherenkov detector to be
built in Japan, based on the highly successful Super-Kamiokande detector. Hyper-K will …

Maximum likelihood reconstruction of water Cherenkov events with deep generative neural networks

M Jia, K Kumar, LS Mackey, A Putra, C Vilela… - Frontiers in big …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Large water Cherenkov detectors have shaped our current knowledge of neutrino physics
and nucleon decay, and will continue to do so in the foreseeable future. These highly …

Neutrino astrophysics with Hyper-Kamiokande

T Yano… - Journal of Physics …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract Hyper-Kamiokande (Hyper-K) is a proposed next generation underground large
water Cherenkov detector. The detector consists of 1 Mt pure water tank with surrounding …

Gadolinium study for a water Cherenkov detector

A Kibayashi - arXiv preprint arXiv:0909.5528, 2009 - arxiv.org
Modification of large water Cherenkov detectors by addition of gadolinium has been
proposed. The large cross section for neutron capture on Gd will greatly improve the …

The hyper-kamiokande experiment

M Yokoyama - arXiv preprint arXiv:1705.00306, 2017 - arxiv.org
Hyper-Kamiokande (HK) is a next generation large water Cherenkov detector to be built in
Japan, based on the highly successful Super-Kamiokande detector. HK will offer a broad …

Tackling the muon identification in water Cherenkov detectors problem for the future Southern Wide-field Gamma-ray Observatory by means of machine learning

BS González, R Conceição, M Pimenta, B Tomé… - Neural Computing and …, 2022 - Springer
This paper presents several approaches to deal with the problem of identifying muons in a
water Cherenkov detector with a reduced water volume and 4 PMTs. Different perspectives …

The physics impact of proton track identification in future megaton-scale water Cherenkov detectors

M Fechner, CW Walter - Journal of High Energy Physics, 2009 - iopscience.iop.org
In this paper, we investigate the impact in future megaton-scale water Cherenkov detectors
of identifying proton Cherenkov rings. We estimate the expected event rates for detected …

The Hyper-Kamiokande Experiment--Snowmass LOI

K Abe, P Adrich, H Aihara, R Akutsu, I Alekseev… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2020 - arxiv.org
Hyper-Kamiokande is the next generation underground water Cherenkov detector that
builds on the highly successful Super-Kamiokande experiment. The detector which has an …