Xenon Signal Denoising via Supervised, Semi-Supervised, and Unsupervised Models

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Main Authors: Parker, Grant Kendrick, Brodsky, Jason, Chakraborty, Indra
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Published: 2026
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author Parker, Grant Kendrick
Brodsky, Jason
Chakraborty, Indra
author_facet Parker, Grant Kendrick
Brodsky, Jason
Chakraborty, Indra
contents This study presents a denoising algorithm trained using machine learning to improve the energy resolution of a single-phase liquid xenon time projection chamber for neutrinoless double beta decay detection. Supervised, unsupervised, and semi-supervised models are demonstrated to significantly remove noise from simulated measurements while preserving signal information. The supervised model achieves an energy resolution of $<1\%$, while the semi-supervised models achieve energy resolutions of $\sim 1\%$, and the unsupervised model performance is $\sim 1.5\%$. This work is evidence that machine learning denoising can improve energy resolution compared to traditional algorithms, even when experimentalists lack perfect a priori knowledge of the signals. Such models provide a realistic path toward next-generation sensitivity in $0νββ$ searches.
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spellingShingle Xenon Signal Denoising via Supervised, Semi-Supervised, and Unsupervised Models
Parker, Grant Kendrick
Brodsky, Jason
Chakraborty, Indra
Instrumentation and Detectors
High Energy Physics - Experiment
Nuclear Experiment
This study presents a denoising algorithm trained using machine learning to improve the energy resolution of a single-phase liquid xenon time projection chamber for neutrinoless double beta decay detection. Supervised, unsupervised, and semi-supervised models are demonstrated to significantly remove noise from simulated measurements while preserving signal information. The supervised model achieves an energy resolution of $<1\%$, while the semi-supervised models achieve energy resolutions of $\sim 1\%$, and the unsupervised model performance is $\sim 1.5\%$. This work is evidence that machine learning denoising can improve energy resolution compared to traditional algorithms, even when experimentalists lack perfect a priori knowledge of the signals. Such models provide a realistic path toward next-generation sensitivity in $0νββ$ searches.
title Xenon Signal Denoising via Supervised, Semi-Supervised, and Unsupervised Models
topic Instrumentation and Detectors
High Energy Physics - Experiment
Nuclear Experiment
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.27005