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Main Authors: Menkce, Keegan, McEneaney, Matthew, Vossen, Anselm
Format: Preprint
Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.01868
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author Menkce, Keegan
McEneaney, Matthew
Vossen, Anselm
author_facet Menkce, Keegan
McEneaney, Matthew
Vossen, Anselm
contents Machine learning techniques, including Graph Neural Networks (GNNs), have been used extensively for data analysis in high energy and nuclear physics. Here we report on the use of a GNN to reconstruct decay vertices of $Λ$ hyperons directly from hits in the tracking detector at the CLAS12 experiment at Jefferson Laboratory (JLab). We show that we can improve the vertex reconstruction in simulation compared to the standard, track based, algorithm. We believe this warrants further study. The current study is limited by available training resources but points to an interesting possibility to forgo vertex reconstruction by track fitting in a complicated magnetic field for a more direct approach where the hit to vertex mapping is encoded in a neural network.
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spellingShingle Direct Vertex Reconstruction of $Λ$ Baryons from Hits in CLAS12 using Graph Neural Networks
Menkce, Keegan
McEneaney, Matthew
Vossen, Anselm
High Energy Physics - Experiment
Machine learning techniques, including Graph Neural Networks (GNNs), have been used extensively for data analysis in high energy and nuclear physics. Here we report on the use of a GNN to reconstruct decay vertices of $Λ$ hyperons directly from hits in the tracking detector at the CLAS12 experiment at Jefferson Laboratory (JLab). We show that we can improve the vertex reconstruction in simulation compared to the standard, track based, algorithm. We believe this warrants further study. The current study is limited by available training resources but points to an interesting possibility to forgo vertex reconstruction by track fitting in a complicated magnetic field for a more direct approach where the hit to vertex mapping is encoded in a neural network.
title Direct Vertex Reconstruction of $Λ$ Baryons from Hits in CLAS12 using Graph Neural Networks
topic High Energy Physics - Experiment
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.01868