Generative Models for Simulation of KamLAND-Zen

no code implementations • 22 Dec 2023 • Z. Fu, C. Grant, D. M. Krawiec, A. Li, L. Winslow

The next generation of searches for neutrinoless double beta decay (0{\nu}\b{eta}\b{eta}) are poised to answer deep questions on the nature of neutrinos and the source of the Universe's matter-antimatter asymmetry.

KamNet: An Integrated Spatiotemporal Deep Neural Network for Rare Event Search in KamLAND-Zen

1 code implementation • 3 Mar 2022 • A. Li, Z. Fu, L. Winslow, C. Grant, H. Song, H. Ozaki, I. Shimizu, A. Takeuchi

A key component of this work is the addition of an attention mechanism to elucidate the underlying physics KamNet is using for the background rejection.

Benchmarking

Collaborative Experience between Scientific Software Projects using Agile Scrum Development

no code implementations • 19 Jan 2021 • A. L. Baxter, S. Y. BenZvi, W. Bonivento, A. Brazier, M. Clark, A. Coleiro, D. Collom, M. Colomer-Molla, B. Cousins, A. Delgado Orellana, D. Dornic, V. Ekimtcov, S. ElSayed, A. Gallo Rosso, P. Godwin, S. Griswold, A. Habig, S. Horiuchi, D. A. Howell, M. W. G. Johnson, M. Juric, J. P. Kneller, A. Kopec, C. Kopper, V. Kulikovskiy, M. Lamoureux, R. F. Lang, S. Li, M. Lincetto, W. Lindstrom, M. W. Linvill, C. McCully, J. Migenda, D. Milisavljevic, S. Nelson, R. Novoseltseva, E. O'Sullivan, D. Petravick, B. W. Pointon, N. Raj, A. Renshaw, J. Rumleskie, R. Tapia, J. C. L. Tseng, C. D. Tunnell, C. F. Vigorito, C. J. Virtue, C. Weaver, L. Winslow, R. Wolski, X. J. Xu, Y. Xu

This case study suggests that scientists and software developers can avoid scientific computing issues by collaborating and that Agile Scrum methods can address emergent concerns.

Software Engineering Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics