HAWC Performance Enhanced by Machine Learning in Gamma-hadron Separation
  • Alfaro, R.
  • Alvarez, C.
  • Andres, A.
  • Anita-Rangel, E.
  • Araya, M.
  • ... Rho, C. D.
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Improving gamma-hadron separation is one of the most effective ways to enhance the performance of ground-based gamma-ray observatories. With more than a decade of continuous operation, the High-Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) Observatory has contributed significantly to high-energy astrophysics. To further leverage its rich data set, we introduce a machine learning approach for gamma-hadron separation. A multilayer perceptron shows the best performance, surpassing traditional and other machine learning-based methods. This approach shows a notable improvement in the detector's sensitivity, supported by results from both simulated and real HAWC data. In particular, it achieves a 19% increase in significance for the Crab Nebula, commonly used as a benchmark. These improvements highlight the potential of machine learning to significantly enhance the performance of HAWC and provide a valuable reference for ground-based observatories, such as the Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory and the upcoming Southern Wide-field Gamma-ray Observatory.

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HAWC Performance Enhanced by Machine Learning in Gamma-hadron Separation
저자
Alfaro, R.Alvarez, C.Andres, A.Anita-Rangel, E.Araya, M.Arteaga-Velazquez, J. C.Avila Rojas, D.Ayala Solares, H. A.Babu, R.Bangale, P.Belmont-Moreno, E.Bernal, A.Capistran, T.Carraminana, A.Carreon, F.Casanova, S.Cotti, U.de la Fuente, E.Depaoli, D.Desiati, P.Di Lalla, N.Diaz Hernandez, R.Duvernois, M. A.Diaz-Velez, J. C.Engel, K.Ergin, T.Espinoza, C.Fan, K. L.Fraija, N.Fraija, S.Garcia-Gonzalez, J. A.Garfias, F.Ghosh, N.Gonzalez Munoz, A.Gonzalez, M. M.Gonzalez, J. A.Goodman, J. A.Groetsch, S.Harding, J. P.Hernandez-Cadena, S.Herzog, I.Huang, D.Huntemeyer, P.Iriarte, A.Kaufmann, S.Kieda, D.Leavitt, K.Lee, J.Leon Vargas, H.Linnemann, J. T.Longinotti, A. L.Luis-Raya, G.Malone, K.Martinez, O.Martinez-Castro, J.Matthews, J. A.Miranda-Romagnoli, P.Miron-Enriquez, P. E.Montes, J. A.Morales-Soto, J. A.Moreno, E.Najafi, M.Nayerhoda, A.Nellen, L.Omodei, N.Osorio, M.Ponce, E.Perez Araujo, Y.Perez-Perez, E. G.Rho, C. D.Rodriguez Parra, A.Rosa-Gonzalez, D.Roth, M.Salazar, H.Sandoval, A.Serna-Franco, J.Smith, A. J.Son, Y.Springer, R. W.Tibolla, O.Tollefson, K.Torres, I.Torres-Escobedo, R.Varela, E.Villasenor, L.Wang, X.Wang, Z.Watson, I. J.Wu, H.Yu, S.Zhou, H.de Leon, C.HAWC Collaboration
DOI
10.3847/1538-4357/ae0186
발행일
2025-10
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Astrophysical Journal
992
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