Deep neural network techniques in the calibration of space-charge distortion fluctuations for the ALICE TPC

  • The Time Projection Chamber (TPC) of the ALICE experiment at the CERN LHC was upgraded for Run 3 and Run 4. Readout chambers based on Gas Electron Multiplier (GEM) technology and a new readout scheme allow continuous data taking at the highest interaction rates expected in Pb-Pb collisions. Due to the absence of a gating grid system, a significant amount of ions created in the multiplication region is expected to enter the TPC drift volume and distort the uniform electric field that guides the electrons to the readout pads. Analytical calculations were considered to correct for space-charge distortion fluctuations but they proved to be too slow for the calibration and reconstruction workflow in Run 3. In this paper, we discuss a novel strategy developed by the ALICE Collaboration to perform distortion-fluctuation corrections with machine learning and convolutional neural network techniques. The results of preliminary studies are shown and the prospects for further development and optimization are also discussed.

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Author:Sergey GorbunovORCiDGND, Ernst HellbärORCiD, Gian Michele InnocentiORCiD, Marian IvanovORCiDGND, Maja Jadwiga KabusORCiD, Matthias Kleiner, Haris Riaz, David RohrORCiDGND, Rifki Sadikin, Kai SchwedaGND, Daiki Sekihata, Ruben Shahoyan, Benedikt VölkelGND, Jens WiechulaGND, Chiara ZampolliORCiD, Harald AppelshäuserGND, Henner BüschingGND, Łukasz Kamil GraczykowskiORCiD, Jan Fiete Große-OetringhausORCiDGND, Peter HristovORCiD, Taku GunjiORCiD, Silvia MasciocchiORCiDGND
URN:urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-700593
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202125103020
ISSN:2100-014X
Parent Title (English):EPJ Web of Conferences
Publisher:EDP Sciences
Place of publication:Les Ulis
Document Type:Article
Language:English
Date of Publication (online):2021/08/23
Date of first Publication:2021/08/23
Publishing Institution:Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg
Contributing Corporation:25th International Conference on Computing in High Energy and Nuclear Physics (CHEP 2021)
Release Date:2022/09/26
Volume:251
Issue:03020
Page Number:10
Institutes:Physik / Physik
Dewey Decimal Classification:5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 53 Physik / 530 Physik
Sammlungen:Universitätspublikationen
Licence (German):License LogoCreative Commons - Namensnennung 4.0