Citizen science for IceCube: Name that Neutrino
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Author(s)
Abbasi, R.
Ackermann, M.
Adams, J.
Agarwalla, S. K.
Aguilar, J. A.
Ahlers, M.
Alameddine, J. M.
Amin, N. M.
Andeen, K.
Anton, G.
Date Issued
June 18, 2024
Journal
The European Physical Journal Plus
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Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Citation
Abbasi, R., Ackermann, M., Adams, J. et al. Citizen science for IceCube: Name that Neutrino. Eur. Phys. J. Plus 139, 533 (2024).
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Final published version
Abstract
Name that Neutrino is a citizen science project where volunteers aid in classification of events for the IceCube Neutrino Observatory, an immense particle detector at the geographic South Pole. From March 2023 to September 2023, volunteers did classifications of videos produced from simulated data of both neutrino signal and background interactions. Name that Neutrino obtained more than 128,000 classifications by over 1800 registered volunteers that were compared to results obtained by a deep neural network machine-learning algorithm. Possible improvements for both Name that Neutrino and the deep neural network are discussed.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
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https://doi.org/10.1140/epjp/s13360-024-05179-y
