Paper ID: 2112.02072

Deep learning method for identifying mass composition of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays

O. Kalashev, I. Kharuk, M. Kuznetsov, G. Rubtsov, T. Sako, Y. Tsunesada, Ya. Zhezher

We introduce a novel method for identifying the mass composition of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays using deep learning. The key idea of the method is to use a chain of two neural networks. The first network predicts the type of a primary particle for individual events, while the second infers the mass composition of an ensemble of events. We apply this method to the Monte-Carlo data for the Telescope Array Surface Detectors readings, on which it yields an unprecedented low error of 7% for 4-component approximation. We also discuss the problems of applying the developed method to the experimental data, and the way they can be resolved.

Submitted: Dec 3, 2021