Prospects for novel track reconstruction algorithms based on Graph Neural Network models using telescope detector testbed

Graph Neural Networks (GNNs) marked their presence in track reconstruction a few years ago. Initial studies eventually grew into mature pipelines, performing end-to-end track reconstruction for different detectors. Publications describing those efforts usually present the selected GNN architectures for specific reconstruction steps. Therefore, in this study, we would like to contribute to research on which of the general-purpose GNN architectures are especially promising in link prediction of high-energy physics (HEP) data. For this analysis, we compare three graph neural networks: one leveraging only SAGEConv layers and two additionally using Graph Transformer or PointNet networks. We also present achievable metrics for the simplified edge classification task. In addition, we advocate for the use of the ACTS toolkit as a simulation testbed and present a simple VELO-inspired toy detector.

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EPJ Web of Conferences
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2025-01-01
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https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202533701262
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Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications
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Prospects for novel track reconstruction algorithms based on Graph Neural Network models using telescope detector testbed

Piotr A. Kowalski, T. Szumlak, T. Bołd, Wojciech Gomułka
EPJ Web of Conferences
Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications
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Prospects for novel track reconstruction algorithms based on Graph Neural Network models using telescope detector testbed

Piotr A. Kowalski, T. Szumlak, T. Bołd, Wojciech Gomułka
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Abstract

Graph Neural Networks (GNNs) marked their presence in track reconstruction a few years ago. Initial studies eventually grew into mature pipelines, performing end-to-end track reconstruction for different detectors. Publications describing those efforts usually present the selected GNN architectures for specific reconstruction steps. Therefore, in this study, we would like to contribute to research on which of the general-purpose GNN architectures are especially promising in link prediction of high-energy physics (HEP) data. For this analysis, we compare three graph neural networks: one leveraging only SAGEConv layers and two additionally using Graph Transformer or PointNet networks. We also present achievable metrics for the simplified edge classification task. In addition, we advocate for the use of the ACTS toolkit as a simulation testbed and present a simple VELO-inspired toy detector.

EPJ Web of ConferencesVol. 337
Jagiellonian University (PL), University of Agriculture in Krakow (PL), Systems Research Institute (PL), AGH University of Krakow (PL), Polish Academy of Sciences (PL)
Openalex Percentile: Top 58%
Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications
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