THE APPLICATIONS OF NEURAL NETWORKS IN THE CORE LOCATION ANALYSIS OF EXTENSIVE AIR SHOWERS

被引:9
作者
PERRETT, JC
VANSTEKELENBORG, JTPM
机构
[1] Bartol Research Inst., Delaware Univ., Newark, DE
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10.1088/0954-3899/17/8/018
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O57 [原子核物理学、高能物理学];
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070202 ;
摘要
We describe the teaching and implementation of a neural network to estimate the core position and energy of extensive air showers recorded by the South Pole air shower experiment, SPASE. The neural network was found to be approximately 300 times faster than the traditional chi-2 minimization technique previously used and as accurate.
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页码:1291 / 1302
页数:12
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