In the BESⅢdetector at Beijing electron-positron collider,billions of events from e^(+)e^(-)collisions were recorded.These events passing through the trigger system were saved in raw data format files.They play an im...In the BESⅢdetector at Beijing electron-positron collider,billions of events from e^(+)e^(-)collisions were recorded.These events passing through the trigger system were saved in raw data format files.They play an important role in the study of physics inτ-charm energy region.Here,we published an e^(+)e^(-)collision dataset containing both Monte Carlo simulation samples and real data collected by the BESⅢdetector.The data pass through the detector trigger system,file format conversion,and physics information extraction and finally save the physics information and detector response in text format files.This dataset is publicly available and is intended to provide interested scientists and those outside of the BESⅢcollaboration with event information from BESⅢ,which can be used to understand physics research in e^(+)e^(-)collisions,developing visualization projects for physics education,public outreach,and science advocacy.展开更多
The Taishan Antineutrino Observatory(TAO)is a satellite experiment of the Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory,located near the Taishan nuclear power plant(NPP).The TAO aims to measure the energy spectrum of reac...The Taishan Antineutrino Observatory(TAO)is a satellite experiment of the Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory,located near the Taishan nuclear power plant(NPP).The TAO aims to measure the energy spectrum of reactor antineutrinos with unprecedented precision,which would benefit both reactor neutrino physics and the nuclear database.A detector geometry and event visualization system was developed for the TAO.The software was based on ROOT packages and embedded in the TAO offline software framework.This provided an intuitive tool for visualizing the detector geometry,tuning the reconstruction algorithm,understanding neutrino physics,and monitoring the operation of reactors at NPP.Further applications of the visualization system in the experimental operation of TAO and its future development are discussed.展开更多
Electron-positron colliders operating in the GeV center-of-mass range,or tau-charm energy region,have been proved to enable competitive frontier research due to several unique features.With the progress of high-energy...Electron-positron colliders operating in the GeV center-of-mass range,or tau-charm energy region,have been proved to enable competitive frontier research due to several unique features.With the progress of high-energy physics in the last two decades,a new-generation Tau-Charm factory,called the Super Tau-Charm Facility(STCF),has been actively promoted by the particle physics community in China.STCF has the potential to address fundamental questions such as the essence of color confinement and the matter-antimatter asymmetry within the next decades.The main design goals of the STCF are a center-of-mass energy ranging from 2 to 7 GeV and a luminosity surpassing 5×10^(34)cm^(−2)s^(−1)that is optimized at a center-of-mass energy of 4 GeV,which is approximately 50 times that of the currently operating Tau-Charm factory-BEPCII.The STCF accelerator has two main parts:a double-ring collider with a crab-waist collision scheme and an injector that provides top-up injections for both electron and positron beams.As a typical third-generation electron-positron circular collider,the STCF accelerator faces many challenges in both accelerator physics and technology.In this paper,the conceptual design of the STCF accelerator complex is presented,including the ongoing efforts and plans for technological research and develop-ment,as well as the required infrastructure.The STCF project aims to secure support from the Chinese central government for its construction during the 15th Five-Year Plan(2026-2030).展开更多
Large-volume liquid scintillator detectors with ultra-low background levels have been widely used to study neutrino physics and search for dark matter.Event vertex and event time are not only useful for event selectio...Large-volume liquid scintillator detectors with ultra-low background levels have been widely used to study neutrino physics and search for dark matter.Event vertex and event time are not only useful for event selection but also essential for the reconstruction of event energy.In this study,four event vertex and event time reconstruction algorithms using charge and time information collected by photomultiplier tubes were analyzed comprehensively.The effects of photomultiplier tube properties were also investigated.The results indicate that the transit time spread is the main effect degrading the vertex reconstruction,while the effect of dark noise is limited.In addition,when the event is close to the detector boundary,the charge information provides better performance for vertex reconstruction than the time information.展开更多
Detector and event visualization are essential parts of the software used in high-energy physics(HEP)experiments.Modern visualization techniques and multimedia production platforms such as Unity provide impressive dis...Detector and event visualization are essential parts of the software used in high-energy physics(HEP)experiments.Modern visualization techniques and multimedia production platforms such as Unity provide impressive display effects and professional extensions for visualization in HEP experiments.In this study,a method for automatic detector description transformation is presented,which can convert the complicated HEP detector geometry from GDML in offline software to 3D modeling in Unity.The method was successfully applied in the BESIII experiment and can be further developed into applications such as event displays,data monitoring,or virtual reality.It has great potential in detector design,offline software development,physics analysis,and outreach for next-generation HEP experiments as well as applications in nuclear techniques for the industry.展开更多
The precise vertex reconstruction for large liquid scintillator detectors is essential.A novel machine learning-based method was successfully developed to reconstruct an event vertex in JUNO.In this study,the performa...The precise vertex reconstruction for large liquid scintillator detectors is essential.A novel machine learning-based method was successfully developed to reconstruct an event vertex in JUNO.In this study,the performance of machine learning-based vertex reconstruction was further improved by optimizing the input images of neural networks.By separating the information of different types of PMTs and adding the information of the second hit of PMTs,the vertex resolution was improved by approximately 9.4% at 1 MeV and 9.8% at 11 MeV.展开更多
Liquid-based detectors are widely used in particle and nuclear physics experiments.Because fixed method is used to construct the geometry in detector simulations such as Geant4,it is usually difficult to describe the ...Liquid-based detectors are widely used in particle and nuclear physics experiments.Because fixed method is used to construct the geometry in detector simulations such as Geant4,it is usually difficult to describe the non-uniformity of the liquid in a detector.We propose a method based on geometry description markup language and a tessellated detector description to share the detector geometry information between computational fluid dynamics simulation software and detector simulation software.This method makes it possible to study the impact of a liquid flow and non-uniformity on the key performance of a liquid-based detector,such as the event vertex reconstruction resolution.This will also be helpful in the detector design and performance optimization.展开更多
A database system,known as the large PMT characterization and instrumentation database system(LPMT-CIDS),was designed and implemented for the Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory(JUNO).The system is based on a Li...A database system,known as the large PMT characterization and instrumentation database system(LPMT-CIDS),was designed and implemented for the Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory(JUNO).The system is based on a Linux+Apache+MySQL+PHP(LAMP)server and focuses on modularization and architecture separation.It covers all the testing stages for the 20-inch photomultiplier tubes(PMTs)at JUNO and provides its users with data storage,analysis,and visualization services.Based on the successful use of the system in the 20-inch PMT testing program,its design approach and construction elements can be extended to other projects.展开更多
DD4hep serves as a generic detector description toolkit recommended for offline software development in next-generation high-energy physics(HEP)experiments.Conversely,Filmbox(FBX)stands out as a widely used 3D modelin...DD4hep serves as a generic detector description toolkit recommended for offline software development in next-generation high-energy physics(HEP)experiments.Conversely,Filmbox(FBX)stands out as a widely used 3D modeling file format within the 3D software industry.In this paper,we introduce a novel method that can automatically convert complex HEP detector geometries from DD4hep description into 3D models in the FBX format.The feasibility of this method was dem-onstrated by its application to the DD4hep description of the Compact Linear Collider detector and several sub-detectors of the super Tau-Charm facility and circular electron-positron collider experiments.The automatic DD4hep–FBX detector conversion interface provides convenience for further development of applications,such as detector design,simulation,visualization,data monitoring,and outreach,in HEP experiments.展开更多
Modern particle physics experiments usually rely on highly complex and large-scale spectrometer devices.In high energy physics experiments,visualization helps detector design,data quality monitoring,offline data proce...Modern particle physics experiments usually rely on highly complex and large-scale spectrometer devices.In high energy physics experiments,visualization helps detector design,data quality monitoring,offline data processing,and has great potential for improving physics analysis.In addi-tion to the traditional physics data analysis based on statistical methods,visualization provides unique intuitive advantages in searching for rare signal events and reducing background noises.By applying the event display tool to several physics analyses in the BESIII experiment,we demonstrate that visualization can benefit potential physics discovery and improve the signal significance.With the development of modern visual-ization techniques,it is expected to play a more important role in future data processing and physics analysis of particle physics experiments.展开更多
基金supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(No.2023YFA1606000)National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.12175321,11975021,and U1932101)National College Students Science and Technology Innovation Project of Sun Yat-sen University。
文摘In the BESⅢdetector at Beijing electron-positron collider,billions of events from e^(+)e^(-)collisions were recorded.These events passing through the trigger system were saved in raw data format files.They play an important role in the study of physics inτ-charm energy region.Here,we published an e^(+)e^(-)collision dataset containing both Monte Carlo simulation samples and real data collected by the BESⅢdetector.The data pass through the detector trigger system,file format conversion,and physics information extraction and finally save the physics information and detector response in text format files.This dataset is publicly available and is intended to provide interested scientists and those outside of the BESⅢcollaboration with event information from BESⅢ,which can be used to understand physics research in e^(+)e^(-)collisions,developing visualization projects for physics education,public outreach,and science advocacy.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.12175321,11975021,and 11675275)the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(No.XDA10010900)。
文摘The Taishan Antineutrino Observatory(TAO)is a satellite experiment of the Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory,located near the Taishan nuclear power plant(NPP).The TAO aims to measure the energy spectrum of reactor antineutrinos with unprecedented precision,which would benefit both reactor neutrino physics and the nuclear database.A detector geometry and event visualization system was developed for the TAO.The software was based on ROOT packages and embedded in the TAO offline software framework.This provided an intuitive tool for visualizing the detector geometry,tuning the reconstruction algorithm,understanding neutrino physics,and monitoring the operation of reactors at NPP.Further applications of the visualization system in the experimental operation of TAO and its future development are discussed.
基金supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(No.2022YFA1602200)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.12341501 and 12405174)the Hefei Comprehensive National Science Center for the strong support on the STCF key technology research project.
文摘Electron-positron colliders operating in the GeV center-of-mass range,or tau-charm energy region,have been proved to enable competitive frontier research due to several unique features.With the progress of high-energy physics in the last two decades,a new-generation Tau-Charm factory,called the Super Tau-Charm Facility(STCF),has been actively promoted by the particle physics community in China.STCF has the potential to address fundamental questions such as the essence of color confinement and the matter-antimatter asymmetry within the next decades.The main design goals of the STCF are a center-of-mass energy ranging from 2 to 7 GeV and a luminosity surpassing 5×10^(34)cm^(−2)s^(−1)that is optimized at a center-of-mass energy of 4 GeV,which is approximately 50 times that of the currently operating Tau-Charm factory-BEPCII.The STCF accelerator has two main parts:a double-ring collider with a crab-waist collision scheme and an injector that provides top-up injections for both electron and positron beams.As a typical third-generation electron-positron circular collider,the STCF accelerator faces many challenges in both accelerator physics and technology.In this paper,the conceptual design of the STCF accelerator complex is presented,including the ongoing efforts and plans for technological research and develop-ment,as well as the required infrastructure.The STCF project aims to secure support from the Chinese central government for its construction during the 15th Five-Year Plan(2026-2030).
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.11805294 and 11975021)the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(2018M631013),the Strategic Priority Research Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences(XDA10010900)+1 种基金the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities,Sun Yatsen University(19lgpy268)in part by the CAS Center for Excellence in Particle Physics(CCEPP).
文摘Large-volume liquid scintillator detectors with ultra-low background levels have been widely used to study neutrino physics and search for dark matter.Event vertex and event time are not only useful for event selection but also essential for the reconstruction of event energy.In this study,four event vertex and event time reconstruction algorithms using charge and time information collected by photomultiplier tubes were analyzed comprehensively.The effects of photomultiplier tube properties were also investigated.The results indicate that the transit time spread is the main effect degrading the vertex reconstruction,while the effect of dark noise is limited.In addition,when the event is close to the detector boundary,the charge information provides better performance for vertex reconstruction than the time information.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 11975021,12175321,11675275,U1832204,and U1932101)National Key Research and Development Program of China (Nos. 2020YFA0406300 and 2020YFA0406400)+6 种基金Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation (No.2021A1515012039)State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology,Peking University (Nos. NPT2020KFY04 and NPT2020KFY05)Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (No. XDA10010900)Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Large-Scale Scientific Facility ProgramFundamental Research Funds for the Central UniversitiesSun Yat-sen University,National College Students Science and Technology Innovation ProjectUndergraduate Base Scientific Research Project of Sun Yat-sen University
文摘Detector and event visualization are essential parts of the software used in high-energy physics(HEP)experiments.Modern visualization techniques and multimedia production platforms such as Unity provide impressive display effects and professional extensions for visualization in HEP experiments.In this study,a method for automatic detector description transformation is presented,which can convert the complicated HEP detector geometry from GDML in offline software to 3D modeling in Unity.The method was successfully applied in the BESIII experiment and can be further developed into applications such as event displays,data monitoring,or virtual reality.It has great potential in detector design,offline software development,physics analysis,and outreach for next-generation HEP experiments as well as applications in nuclear techniques for the industry.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.11975021,12175257,12175321,11675275,and U1932101)the Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation(No.2021A1515012039)+3 种基金the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(No.XDA10010900)the National College Students Science and Technology Innovation Projectthe Undergraduate Base Scientific Research Project of Sun Yat-sen Universitythe CAS Center for Excellence in Particle Physics(CCEPP).
文摘The precise vertex reconstruction for large liquid scintillator detectors is essential.A novel machine learning-based method was successfully developed to reconstruct an event vertex in JUNO.In this study,the performance of machine learning-based vertex reconstruction was further improved by optimizing the input images of neural networks.By separating the information of different types of PMTs and adding the information of the second hit of PMTs,the vertex resolution was improved by approximately 9.4% at 1 MeV and 9.8% at 11 MeV.
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.11675275,11975021 and U1932101)the Strategic Priority Research Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences(XDA10010900).
文摘Liquid-based detectors are widely used in particle and nuclear physics experiments.Because fixed method is used to construct the geometry in detector simulations such as Geant4,it is usually difficult to describe the non-uniformity of the liquid in a detector.We propose a method based on geometry description markup language and a tessellated detector description to share the detector geometry information between computational fluid dynamics simulation software and detector simulation software.This method makes it possible to study the impact of a liquid flow and non-uniformity on the key performance of a liquid-based detector,such as the event vertex reconstruction resolution.This will also be helpful in the detector design and performance optimization.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 11675273)the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (No. XDA10011102)
文摘A database system,known as the large PMT characterization and instrumentation database system(LPMT-CIDS),was designed and implemented for the Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory(JUNO).The system is based on a Linux+Apache+MySQL+PHP(LAMP)server and focuses on modularization and architecture separation.It covers all the testing stages for the 20-inch photomultiplier tubes(PMTs)at JUNO and provides its users with data storage,analysis,and visualization services.Based on the successful use of the system in the 20-inch PMT testing program,its design approach and construction elements can be extended to other projects.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.12175321,11975021,11675275,and U1932101)National Key Research and Development Program of China(Nos.2023YFA1606000 and 2020YFA0406400)+2 种基金State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology,Peking University(Nos.NPT2020KFY04 and NPT2020KFY05)Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(No.XDA10010900)National College Students Science and Technology Innovation Project,and Undergraduate Base Scientific Research Project of Sun Yat-sen University。
文摘DD4hep serves as a generic detector description toolkit recommended for offline software development in next-generation high-energy physics(HEP)experiments.Conversely,Filmbox(FBX)stands out as a widely used 3D modeling file format within the 3D software industry.In this paper,we introduce a novel method that can automatically convert complex HEP detector geometries from DD4hep description into 3D models in the FBX format.The feasibility of this method was dem-onstrated by its application to the DD4hep description of the Compact Linear Collider detector and several sub-detectors of the super Tau-Charm facility and circular electron-positron collider experiments.The automatic DD4hep–FBX detector conversion interface provides convenience for further development of applications,such as detector design,simulation,visualization,data monitoring,and outreach,in HEP experiments.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.12175321,12150005,11975021,11675275,and U1932101)the National Key Research and Development Program of China(Nos.2023YFA1606000,2020YFA0406300,and 2020YFA0406400)+2 种基金the State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology,PekingUniversity(Nos.NPT2020KFY04 and NPT2020KFY05)Chinese Academy of Sciences(CAS)Large-Scale Scientific Facility ProgramNational College Students Innovation and Entrepreneurship Training Program,Sun Yatsen University。
文摘Modern particle physics experiments usually rely on highly complex and large-scale spectrometer devices.In high energy physics experiments,visualization helps detector design,data quality monitoring,offline data processing,and has great potential for improving physics analysis.In addi-tion to the traditional physics data analysis based on statistical methods,visualization provides unique intuitive advantages in searching for rare signal events and reducing background noises.By applying the event display tool to several physics analyses in the BESIII experiment,we demonstrate that visualization can benefit potential physics discovery and improve the signal significance.With the development of modern visual-ization techniques,it is expected to play a more important role in future data processing and physics analysis of particle physics experiments.
