Automatic Optimization of a Parallel-Plate Avalanche Counter with Optical Readout

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URI: https://hdl.handle.net/10347/46909
E-ISSN: 2571-712X
DOI: 10.3390/PARTICLES8010026

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2025

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An automatic optimization procedure is proposed for some operational parameters of a Parallel-Plate Avalanche Counter with Optical Readout, a detector designed for heavy-ion tracking and imaging. Exploiting differentiable programming and automatic differentiation, we model the reconstruction of the position of impinging 5.5 MeV alpha particles for different detector configurations and build an optimization cycle that minimizes an objective function. We analyze the performance improvement using this method, exploring the potential of these techniques in detector design.

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Differentiable programming| Machine learning| Detector optimization| Nuclear physics

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Martinez, M. P., Vidal, X. C., & Vischia, P. (2025). Automatic Optimization of a Parallel-Plate Avalanche Counter with Optical Readout. PARTICLES, 8(1). https://doi.org/10.3390/PARTICLES8010026

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The work of M. Pereira and X. Cid is supported by the Spanish Research State Agency under projects PID2022-139514NA-C33 and PCI2023-145984-2; by the "Maria de Maeztu" grant CEX2023-001318-M, funded by MICIU/AEI /10.13039/501100011033; and by the Xunta de Galicia (CIGUS Network of Research Centres). Pietro Vischia's work was supported by the "Ramon y Cajal" program under Project No. RYC2021-033305-I funded by the MCIN MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 and by the European Union NextGenerationEU/PRTR.

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