Hybrid-graph neural network method for muon fast reconstruction in neutrino telescopes

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Main Authors: Mo, Cen, Li, Liang
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author Mo, Cen
Li, Liang
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Li, Liang
contents Fast and accurate muon reconstruction is crucial for neutrino telescopes to improve experimental sensitivity and enable online triggering. This paper introduces a hybrid-graph neural network (GNN) method tailored for efficient muon track reconstruction, leveraging the robustness of GNNs, alongside traditional physics-based approaches. The "light GNN model" achieves a run-time of 0.19-0.29 ms per event on GPUs, offering a 3 orders of magnitude speedup compared to traditional likelihood-based methods, while maintaining a high reconstruction accuracy. For high-energy muons (10-100 TeV), the median angular error is approximately 0.1°, with errors in reconstructed Cherenkov photon emission positions being below 3-5 m, depending on the GNN model used. Furthermore, the semi-GNN method offers a mechanism to assess the quality of event reconstruction, enabling the identification and exclusion of poorly reconstructed events. These results establish the GNN-based approach as a promising solution for next-generation neutrino telescope data reconstruction.
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spellingShingle Hybrid-graph neural network method for muon fast reconstruction in neutrino telescopes
Mo, Cen
Li, Liang
High Energy Physics - Experiment
Fast and accurate muon reconstruction is crucial for neutrino telescopes to improve experimental sensitivity and enable online triggering. This paper introduces a hybrid-graph neural network (GNN) method tailored for efficient muon track reconstruction, leveraging the robustness of GNNs, alongside traditional physics-based approaches. The "light GNN model" achieves a run-time of 0.19-0.29 ms per event on GPUs, offering a 3 orders of magnitude speedup compared to traditional likelihood-based methods, while maintaining a high reconstruction accuracy. For high-energy muons (10-100 TeV), the median angular error is approximately 0.1°, with errors in reconstructed Cherenkov photon emission positions being below 3-5 m, depending on the GNN model used. Furthermore, the semi-GNN method offers a mechanism to assess the quality of event reconstruction, enabling the identification and exclusion of poorly reconstructed events. These results establish the GNN-based approach as a promising solution for next-generation neutrino telescope data reconstruction.
title Hybrid-graph neural network method for muon fast reconstruction in neutrino telescopes
topic High Energy Physics - Experiment
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.23425