用神经网络判断中微子质量顺序,效果媲美传统方法
Predicting the Neutrino Mass Ordering Using Neural Networks
- 用前馈神经网络分析模拟的中微子振荡数据
- 性能与传统χ²和似然方法相当,可实现高精度分类
- 适合用于交叉验证或教学引入机器学习
确定中微子质量顺序仍是粒子物理中的核心开放问题。尽管下一代长基线实验有望解决此问题,但当前数据灵敏度有限,因正常序与反序的能谱差异细微且易受参数歧义干扰。本文研究一种基于前馈神经网络分类器的机器学习策略,训练数据为包含三味振荡概率、物质效应及统计涨落的合成长基线数据集。通过接收者操作特征曲线等标准判别指标,对比了该方法与传统χ²和对数似然方法的性能,量化了灵敏度并展示了如何选择工作点以优先考虑纯度或效率。结果表明,神经网络在所研究场景下表现与传统拟合相当,提供了一种灵活且独立的交叉验证手段。该框架可扩展至系统误差建模及振荡参数联合推断,亦可用于向中微子物理领域引入机器学习方法的教学。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
Determining the neutrino mass ordering remains a central open problem in particle physics. While next-generation long-baseline experiments are expected to resolve this question, current data provide limited sensitivity because the spectral differences between normal and inverted ordering are subtle and entangled with parameter degeneracies. We investigate a machine-learning strategy for mass-ordering determination using a feed-forward neural-network classifier trained on synthetic long-baseline datasets generated with three-flavour oscillation probabilities, matter effects, and statistical fluctuations. We evaluate the classifier against standard $χ^2$ and $\log\mathcal{L}$ approaches using common discrimination metrics, including receiver-operating-characteristic curves, to quantify sensitivity and to illustrate how operating points can be selected to prioritise purity or efficiency. We find that the neural network achieves performance comparable to conventional fits for the scenarios studied, providing a flexible, independent cross-check of established analyses. The framework can be extended to incorporate systematic uncertainties and to explore joint inference of oscillation parameters, and it may also serve as a pedagogical tool for introducing machine-learning methods in neutrino physics.
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