21–26 Jun 2026
University of California, Irvine
US/Pacific timezone

Conditional Generation of LArTPC Images Using Latent Diffusion

Not scheduled
20m
Conference Center (University of California, Irvine)

Conference Center

University of California, Irvine

Poster New Technologies for Neutrino Physics Poster session

Speaker

Zev Imani (Tufts University)

Description

Given the challenges in LArTPC event reconstruction, we present the first steps toward a fully automated inference pipeline mapping 2D detector images to event properties. Inspired by the success of denoising diffusion probabilistic models (DDPMs) in natural image generation, we developed a modified latent diffusion model capable of conditionally generating single-particle LArTPC images with quality comparable to Geant4 simulations. Utilizing this model, we constructed an iterative matching process in which observed detector images are meaningfully compared with generated images conditioned on known particle characteristics (PID & momentum), enabling a data-driven approach to inference of event properties without the use of traditional reconstruction techniques.

Author

Zev Imani (Tufts University)

Presentation materials