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Such studies require accurate particle identification (PID) . ALICE provides PID information via several detectors for particles with momentum from about 100 MeV/c up to 20 GeV/c. Traditionally, particles are selected with rectangular cuts. A much better performance can be achieved with machine learning (ML) methods. Our solution uses multiple neural networks (NN) serving as binary classifiers. Moreover, we extended our particle classifier with Feature Set Embedding and attention in order to train on data withincomplete samples. We also present the integration of the ML project with the ALICE analysis software, and we discuss domain adaptation, the ML technique needed to transfer the knowledge between simulated and real experimental data.  \nKeywords: Particle identification methods, Analysis and statistical methods, Data processing methods  \n1Corresponding author.  \nContents  \n1 Introduction 1  \n2 PID with machine learning 2  \n2.1 Neural network approach 2  \n2.2 Integration of PID ML with the O2 framework 3  \n3 Feature Set Embedding and the attention mechanism 4  \n4 Domain Adversarial Neural Networks 6  \n5 Conclusions and outlook 7  \n1 Introduction  \nALICE (A Large Ion Collider Experiment) [1] is one of the four major detectors located at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN [2] . The main goal of ALICE is to measure the properties of the quark–gluon plasma (QGP), a deconfined state of quarks and gluons, theorized to exist in the early Universe [3] . Detailed studies of QGP require very precise particle identification (PID), i.e., the ability to discriminate between different particle species produced during the collision. High PID accuracy distinguishes ALICE from other LHC experiments. It also allows for selecting a subset of particles required for specific analysis. Thanks to several detectors operating concurrently, various types of particles can be separated over a wide range of momentum from just around 100 MeV/c up to around 10 GeV/c. Figure 1 presents a scheme of the ALICE detectors as used during the Run 1 and Run 2 LHC data-taking periods.  \nIn particular, particle identification over the full azimuthal angle uses information from three detectors: Time Projection Chamber [5](TPC), Time-of-Flight [6](TOF), Transition Radiation Detector [7](TRD) . The TPC is one of the most important ALICE detectors as it records the 3D trajectory of charged particles. It also measures particle-specific ionization energy loss, which is essential for PID. The TOF takes measurements of particle time offlight from the collision vertex to the detector. Particle velocity and mass can be further computed from the time offlight and the track information. The TRD records transition radiation, the emission of photons by electrons traversing the boundaries of a radiator. It enables to distinguish electrons from other charged particles. Since all the aforementioned detectors detect particles carrying a non-zero ele","cbCaiaiTfy4hTqHG","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiaiTfy4hTqHG","pdf",2156516,"English","# Contents\n## 1 Introduction\n## 2 PID with machine learning\n## 3 Feature Set Embedding and the attention mechanism\n## 4 Domain Adversarial Neural Networks\n## 5 Conclusions and outlook","[{\"question\":\"What is the main goal of particle identification (PID) in the ALICE experiment?\",\"answer\":\"To discriminate between different particle species produced in collisions, enabling precise studies and selection of relevant particle subsets for specific analyses.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the paper improve PID compared with traditional rectangular cut methods?\",\"answer\":\"It uses multiple neural networks as binary classifiers, achieving better performance than fixed selection cuts.\"},{\"question\":\"Why does the work introduce Feature Set Embedding and attention?\",\"answer\":\"To train the particle classifier using incomplete data samples while preserving discriminative power.\"}]","Particle identification with machine learning from incomplete data in the ALICE experiment | PDF",25]