Title Event Classification in Liquid Scintillator Using PMT Hit Patterns : for Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay Searches Author(s) Dunger, Jack Publication Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2019. Description XVII, 223 p. 166 illus., 102 illus. in color : online resource Abstract Note The search for neutrinoless double beta decay is one of the highest priority areas in particle physics today; it could provide insights to the nature of neutrino masses (currently not explained by the Standard Model) as well as how the universe survived its early stages. One promising experimental approach involves the use of large volumes of isotope-loaded liquid scintillator, but new techniques for background identification and suppression must be developed in order to reach the required sensitivity levels and clearly distinguish the signal. The results from this thesis constitute a significant advance in this area, laying the groundwork for several highly effective and novel approaches based on a detailed evaluation of state-of-the-art detector characteristics. This well written thesis includes a particularly clear and comprehensive description of the theoretical motivations as well as impressively demonstrating the effective use of diverse statistical techniques. The professionally constructed signal extraction framework contains clever algorithmic solutions to efficient error propagation in multi-dimensional space. In general, the techniques developed in this work will have a notable impact on the field ISBN,Price 9783030316167 Keyword(s) 1. EBOOK 2. EBOOK - SPRINGER 3. IMAGE PROCESSING 4. Measurement Science and Instrumentation 5. Measurement?????? 6. Particle acceleration 7. Particle Acceleration and Detection, Beam Physics 8. PHYSICAL MEASUREMENTS 9. SIGNAL PROCESSING 10. Signal, Image and Speech Processing 11. Speech processing systems 12. Statistics for Engineering, Physics, Computer Science, Chemistry and Earth Sciences 13. Statistics?? Item Type eBook Multi-Media Links Please Click here for eBook Circulation Data Accession#   Call# Status Issued To Return Due On Physical Location I09315     On Shelf