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Application and performance of an ML-EM algorithm in NEXT

The goal of the NEXT experiment is the observation of neutrinoless double beta decay in 136Xe using a gaseous xenon TPC with electroluminescent amplification and specialized photodetector arrays for calorimetry and tracking. The NEXT Collaboration is exploring a number of reconstruction algorithms to exploit the full potential of the detector. This paper describes one of them: the Maximum Likelihood Expectation Maximization (ML-EM) method, a generic iterative algorithm to find maximum-likelihood estimates of parameters that has been applied to solve many different types of complex inverse problems. In particular, we discuss a bi-dimensional version of the method in which the photosensor signals integrated over time are used to reconstruct a transverse projection of the event. First results show that, when applied to detector simulation data, the algorithm achieves nearly optimal energy resolution (better than 0.5% FWHM at the Q value of 136Xe) for events distributed over the full active volume of the TPC

The NEXT Collaboration acknowledges support from the following agencies and institutions: the European Research Council (ERC) under the Advanced Grant 339787-NEXT; the Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad of Spain under grants FIS2014-53371-C04 and the Severo Ochoa Program SEV-2014-0398; the GVA of Spain under grant PROMETEO/2016/120; the Portuguese FCT and FEDER through the program COMPETE, project PTDC/FIS/103860/2008; the U.S. Department of Energy under contracts number DE-AC02-07CH11359 (Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory) and DE-FG02-13ER42020 (Texas A&M); and the University of Texas at Arlington

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Autor: Simón Estévez, Ander
Lerche, C.
Monrabal Capilla, Francesc
Gómez Cadenas, Juan
Álvarez Puerta, Vicente
Azevedo, C.D.R.
Benlloch Rodríguez, J.M.
Borges, Filipa I.G.M.
Botas, A.
Cárcel García, Sara
Carrión, J.V.
Cebrián, Susana
Conde, Carlos A.N.
Díaz Medina, José
Diesburg, M.
Escada, J.
Esteve, Raúl
Felkai, R.
Fernandes, L.M.P.
Ferrario, Paola
Ferreira, Antonio Luis
Freitas, Elisabete D.C.
Goldschmidt, Azriel
González-Díaz, Diego
Gutiérrez, Rafael María
Hauptman, John M.
Henriques, C.A.O.
Hernández, Andrés I.
Hernando Morata, J.A.
Herrero, Vicente
Jones, Benjamin J.P.
Labarga, Luis A.
Laing, Andrew
Lebrun, P.
Liubarsky, Igor
López-March, N.
Losada, Marta
Martín-Albo Simón, Justo
Martínez Lema, Gonzalo
Martínez Pérez, Alberto
McDonald, Alison D.
Monteiro, Cristina M.B.
Mora, Francisco José
Moutinho, L.M.
Muñoz Vidal, J.
Musti, M.
Nebot Guinot, Miquel
Novella, P.
Nygren, David R.
Palmeiro, B.
Para, A.
Pérez, Javier Martin
Querol, M.
Renner, Joshua
Ripoll Masferrer, Lluís
Rodríguez Samaniego, Javier
Rogers, L.
Santos, Filomena P.
dos Santos, Joaquim M.F.
Sofka, C.
Sorel, Michel
Stiegler, T.
Toledo, J.F.
Torrent Collell, Jordi
Tsamalaidze, Zviadi
Veloso, João F.C.A.
Webb, R.C.
White, James T.
Yahlali Haddou, Nadia
Data: 15 febrer 2020
Resum: The goal of the NEXT experiment is the observation of neutrinoless double beta decay in 136Xe using a gaseous xenon TPC with electroluminescent amplification and specialized photodetector arrays for calorimetry and tracking. The NEXT Collaboration is exploring a number of reconstruction algorithms to exploit the full potential of the detector. This paper describes one of them: the Maximum Likelihood Expectation Maximization (ML-EM) method, a generic iterative algorithm to find maximum-likelihood estimates of parameters that has been applied to solve many different types of complex inverse problems. In particular, we discuss a bi-dimensional version of the method in which the photosensor signals integrated over time are used to reconstruct a transverse projection of the event. First results show that, when applied to detector simulation data, the algorithm achieves nearly optimal energy resolution (better than 0.5% FWHM at the Q value of 136Xe) for events distributed over the full active volume of the TPC
The NEXT Collaboration acknowledges support from the following agencies and institutions: the European Research Council (ERC) under the Advanced Grant 339787-NEXT; the Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad of Spain under grants FIS2014-53371-C04 and the Severo Ochoa Program SEV-2014-0398; the GVA of Spain under grant PROMETEO/2016/120; the Portuguese FCT and FEDER through the program COMPETE, project PTDC/FIS/103860/2008; the U.S. Department of Energy under contracts number DE-AC02-07CH11359 (Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory) and DE-FG02-13ER42020 (Texas A&M); and the University of Texas at Arlington
Accés al document: http://hdl.handle.net/2072/372194
Llenguatge: eng
Editor: Institute of Physics (IOP)
Drets: Tots els drets reservats
Matèria: Detectors òptics
Optical detectors
Detectors de radiació
Nuclear counters
Títol: Application and performance of an ML-EM algorithm in NEXT
Tipus: info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Repositori: Recercat

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