New Journal of Physics (Jan 2020)
Cyclotron radiation emission spectroscopy signal classification with machine learning in project 8
- A Ashtari Esfahani,
- S Böser,
- N Buzinsky,
- R Cervantes,
- C Claessens,
- L de Viveiros,
- M Fertl,
- J A Formaggio,
- L Gladstone,
- M Guigue,
- K M Heeger,
- J Johnston,
- A M Jones,
- K Kazkaz,
- B H LaRoque,
- A Lindman,
- E Machado,
- B Monreal,
- E C Morrison,
- J A Nikkel,
- E Novitski,
- N S Oblath,
- W Pettus,
- R G H Robertson,
- G Rybka,
- L Saldaña,
- V Sibille,
- M Schram,
- P L Slocum,
- Y-H Sun,
- T Thümmler,
- B A VanDevender,
- T E Weiss,
- T Wendler,
- E Zayas
Affiliations
- A Ashtari Esfahani
- Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics and Department of Physics, University of Washington , Seattle, WA 98195, United States of America
- S Böser
- Institut für Physik, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz , D-55128 Mainz, Germany
- N Buzinsky
- Laboratory for Nuclear Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, United States of America
- R Cervantes
- Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics and Department of Physics, University of Washington , Seattle, WA 98195, United States of America
- C Claessens
- Institut für Physik, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz , D-55128 Mainz, Germany
- L de Viveiros
- Department of Physics, Pennsylvania State University , State College, PA 16801, United States of America
- M Fertl
- Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics and Department of Physics, University of Washington , Seattle, WA 98195, United States of America; Institut für Physik, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz , D-55128 Mainz, Germany
- J A Formaggio
- ORCiD
- Laboratory for Nuclear Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, United States of America
- L Gladstone
- Department of Physics, Case Western Reserve University , Cleveland, OH 44106, United States of America
- M Guigue
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99354, United States of America
- K M Heeger
- Wright Laboratory, Department of Physics, Yale University , New Haven, CT 06520, United States of America
- J Johnston
- Laboratory for Nuclear Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, United States of America
- A M Jones
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99354, United States of America
- K Kazkaz
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94550, United States of America
- B H LaRoque
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99354, United States of America
- A Lindman
- Institut für Physik, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz , D-55128 Mainz, Germany
- E Machado
- Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics and Department of Physics, University of Washington , Seattle, WA 98195, United States of America
- B Monreal
- Department of Physics, Case Western Reserve University , Cleveland, OH 44106, United States of America
- E C Morrison
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99354, United States of America
- J A Nikkel
- Wright Laboratory, Department of Physics, Yale University , New Haven, CT 06520, United States of America
- E Novitski
- ORCiD
- Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics and Department of Physics, University of Washington , Seattle, WA 98195, United States of America
- N S Oblath
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99354, United States of America
- W Pettus
- Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics and Department of Physics, University of Washington , Seattle, WA 98195, United States of America
- R G H Robertson
- Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics and Department of Physics, University of Washington , Seattle, WA 98195, United States of America
- G Rybka
- ORCiD
- Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics and Department of Physics, University of Washington , Seattle, WA 98195, United States of America
- L Saldaña
- Wright Laboratory, Department of Physics, Yale University , New Haven, CT 06520, United States of America
- V Sibille
- Laboratory for Nuclear Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, United States of America
- M Schram
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99354, United States of America
- P L Slocum
- ORCiD
- Wright Laboratory, Department of Physics, Yale University , New Haven, CT 06520, United States of America
- Y-H Sun
- Department of Physics, Case Western Reserve University , Cleveland, OH 44106, United States of America
- T Thümmler
- Institut für Kernphysik, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie, D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
- B A VanDevender
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99354, United States of America
- T E Weiss
- Laboratory for Nuclear Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, United States of America
- T Wendler
- Department of Physics, Pennsylvania State University , State College, PA 16801, United States of America
- E Zayas
- Laboratory for Nuclear Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, United States of America
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/ab71bd
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 22,
no. 3
p. 033004
Abstract
The cyclotron radiation emission spectroscopy (CRES) technique pioneered by Project 8 measures electromagnetic radiation from individual electrons gyrating in a background magnetic field to construct a highly precise energy spectrum for beta decay studies and other applications. The detector, magnetic trap geometry and electron dynamics give rise to a multitude of complex electron signal structures which carry information about distinguishing physical traits. With machine learning models, we develop a scheme based on these traits to analyze and classify CRES signals. Proper understanding and use of these traits will be instrumental to improve cyclotron frequency reconstruction and boost the potential of Project 8 to achieve world-leading sensitivity on the tritium endpoint measurement in the future.
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