ML-based muon identification using a FNAL-NICADD scintillator chamber for the MID subsystem of ALICE 3
Abstract The ALICE Collaboration is planning to construct a new detector (ALICE 3) aiming at exploiting the potential of the high-luminosity Large Hadron Collider (LHC). The new detector will allow ALICE to participate in LHC Run 5 scheduled from 2036 to 2041. The muon-identifier subsystem (MID) is part of the ALICE 3 reference detector layout. The MID will consist of a standard magnetic iron absorber (≈4 nuclear interaction lengths) followed by muon chambers. The baseline option for the MID chambers considers plastic scintillation bars equipped with wave-length shifting fibers and readout with silicon photomultipliers. This paper reports on the performance of a MID chamber prototype using 3 GeV/ c pion- and muon-enriched beams delivered by the CERN Proton Synchrotron (PS). The prototype was built using extruded plastic scintillator produced by FNAL-NICADD (Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory - Northern Illinois Center for Accelerator and Detector Development). The prototype was experimentally evaluated using varying absorber thicknesses (60, 70, 80, 90, and 100 cm) to assess its performance. The analysis was performed using Machine Learning techniques and the performance was validated with GEANT 4 simulations. Potential improvements in both hardware and data analysis are discussed.
Authors
- Hector David Règules Medel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0119-3505)
- Paola Vargas Torres (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-9527-0085)
- A. Fernández Téllez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0152-4220)
- J. E. M. Mendez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-4871-6334)
- G. Tejeda Muñoz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2184-3106)
- Edmundo García Solis
- Varlen Grabski (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9581-0879)
- Róbert Vértesi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3706-5265)
- M. Rodríguez Cahuantzi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9596-1060)
- Solangel Rojas Torres (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2361-2662)
- Yael Antonio Vásquez Beltran (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-8212-4789)
- A. Ortiz Velasquez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4788-7943)
- Antonio Paz
- D. Varga (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2450-1331)
- L. H. González-Trueba (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-9202-262X)
- R. Alfaro Molina
- Juan Carlos Cabanillas Noris (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2253-165X)
- G. G. Barnaföldi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9223-6480)
- Dániel Száraz
Institutions
- Instituto Tecnológico de Culiacán (MX)
- Tecnológico Nacional de México (MX)
- HUN-REN Wigner Research Centre for Physics (HU)
- Czech Technical University in Prague (CZ)
- Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla (MX)
- Chicago State University (US)
- Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (MX)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Instrumentation
- Published
- 2025-09-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/20/09/p09015
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.87