用卷积神经网络自动识别中子共振,加速数据处理
Learning to Resolve Neutron Resonances with Fully Convolutional Neural Networks

- 用全卷积神经网络分类中子透射谱中的共振点
- 分类准确率达93%,但泛化能力不足
- 适合需要减少人工干预的核数据处理场景
本研究探讨了将先进的机器学习框架融入传统R-Matrix代码的可行性,以实现对中子透射谱中共振现象的自动检测。中子透射数据通常复杂且含噪,传统峰值识别方法难以应对。目前物理学家使用的先进R-Matrix代码依赖于先验评估,需大量人工操作。本初步研究展示了一种加速实验后数据处理、降低先验依赖偏见的方法。我们采用全卷积神经网络,在七组透射谱(两组模拟、五组实验)上对单个数据点进行共振与非共振区域分类。尽管模型分类准确率可达93%,进一步分析表明该指标高估了其泛化能力。基于此前在PHYSOR 2026的研究,即使增加训练数据,该方法仍无法可靠推广至未见过的同位素。未来工作应评估更大更多样化的训练数据是否能生成可泛化的模型,并引入中子共振的已知物理特性以提升性能。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
This work investigates the feasibility of augmenting traditional R-Matrix codes with a robust machine learning framework for automatically detecting neutron resonances in transmission spectra. Neutron transmission data are often complex and noisy, making them difficult to analyze using traditional peak-identification methods. The state-of-the-art R-Matrix codes currently used by physicists to fit these data often depend on prior evaluations and require substantial manual effort. This preliminary study demonstrates a method for accelerating the post-experimental processing of neutron transmission data and reducing bias associated with dependence on prior evaluations. We employ a fully convolutional neural network to classify individual points as belonging to resonance or non-resonance regions in seven transmission spectra---two evaluated and five experimental. Although the model achieves classification accuracies in the range of 93\%, further analysis shows that this metric overstates its ability to generalize. Building on our prior analysis in PHYSOR 2026, we find that, despite the inclusion of additional training data, the method does not generalize reliably to previously unseen isotopes. To address these limitations, future work should evaluate whether a larger and more diverse training dataset can produce a generalizable model and should incorporate known physical characteristics of neutron resonances to improve model performance.
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