{
  "id": 386288,
  "title": "Does the data only represent signals from a specific neutrino interaction?",
  "url": "/competitions/icecube-neutrinos-in-deep-ice/discussion/386288",
  "author_name": "",
  "post_date": "2023-02-12T09:48:42.786849100Z",
  "votes": null,
  "comment_count": 1,
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  "content": "<p>I was perusing through the <a href=\"https://arxiv.org/abs/2209.03042\" target=\"_blank\">paper</a> shared by the competition host.<br>\nThe paper states that the Icecube is interested in Cherenkov radiations produced by,</p>\n<ol>\n<li>Muons from atmospheric neutrinos interactions (&gt;1GeV and &lt;100GeV)</li>\n<li>Muons from astrophysical neutrinos interactions (&gt;100GeV and &lt;1Tev)</li>\n<li>Atmospheric muons (~1GeV)</li>\n</ol>\n<p>Does the competition data (train &amp; inference) include all three? or just one of the above, if so which one?<br>\nI'm asking this Q because I believe the direction of particle travel (target var in this comp), energy of particles etc. are signatures of cosmic events that produced them, and this info <strong><em>might</em></strong> be helpful in modelling.</p>\n<p>Thanks.</p>",
  "messages": [
    {
      "id": "2140935",
      "postDate": "02/12/2023 09:48:42",
      "content": "<p>I was perusing through the <a href=\"https://arxiv.org/abs/2209.03042\" target=\"_blank\">paper</a> shared by the competition host.<br>\nThe paper states that the Icecube is interested in Cherenkov radiations produced by,</p>\n<ol>\n<li>Muons from atmospheric neutrinos interactions (&gt;1GeV and &lt;100GeV)</li>\n<li>Muons from astrophysical neutrinos interactions (&gt;100GeV and &lt;1Tev)</li>\n<li>Atmospheric muons (~1GeV)</li>\n</ol>\n<p>Does the competition data (train &amp; inference) include all three? or just one of the above, if so which one?<br>\nI'm asking this Q because I believe the direction of particle travel (target var in this comp), energy of particles etc. are signatures of cosmic events that produced them, and this info <strong><em>might</em></strong> be helpful in modelling.</p>\n<p>Thanks.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "I was perusing through the [paper](https://arxiv.org/abs/2209.03042) shared by the competition host.\nThe paper states that the Icecube is interested in Cherenkov radiations produced by,\n1.  Muons from atmospheric neutrinos interactions (>1GeV and <100GeV)\n2. Muons from astrophysical neutrinos interactions (>100GeV and <1Tev)\n3. Atmospheric muons (~1GeV)\n\nDoes the competition data (train & inference) include all three? or just one of the above, if so which one?\nI'm asking this Q because I believe the direction of particle travel (target var in this comp), energy of particles etc. are signatures of cosmic events that produced them, and this info ***might*** be helpful in modelling.\n\nThanks.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "2141162",
      "postDate": "02/12/2023 14:05:18",
      "content": "<p>The paper you refer to deals with the low-energy neutrinos, that is  less than 1Tev.</p>\n<p>The competition data contains the events with energies above 100GeV, and all types of events, to quote the presentation:</p>\n<p>• All types of neutrino flavors and interactions<br>\n• Energies of ~100 GeV and upwards (falling spectrum)<br>\n• Every event contains:<br>\n1) a simulated neutrino<br>\n2) noise<br>\n3) potentially other particles, i.e. “downgoing” muons</p>\n<p>Hope this helps</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "The paper you refer to deals with the low-energy neutrinos, that is  less than 1Tev.\n\nThe competition data contains the events with energies above 100GeV, and all types of events, to quote the presentation:\n\n• All types of neutrino flavors and interactions\n• Energies of ~100 GeV and upwards (falling spectrum)\n• Every event contains:\n1) a simulated neutrino\n2) noise\n3) potentially other particles, i.e. “downgoing” muons\n\nHope this helps",
      "votes": null
    }
  ],
  "comments": [
    {
      "id": 2141162,
      "author_name": "alexz0",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "02/12/2023 14:05:18",
      "content": "<p>The paper you refer to deals with the low-energy neutrinos, that is  less than 1Tev.</p>\n<p>The competition data contains the events with energies above 100GeV, and all types of events, to quote the presentation:</p>\n<p>• All types of neutrino flavors and interactions<br>\n• Energies of ~100 GeV and upwards (falling spectrum)<br>\n• Every event contains:<br>\n1) a simulated neutrino<br>\n2) noise<br>\n3) potentially other particles, i.e. “downgoing” muons</p>\n<p>Hope this helps</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    }
  ],
  "raw_markdown_by_id": {
    "2140935": "I was perusing through the [paper](https://arxiv.org/abs/2209.03042) shared by the competition host.\nThe paper states that the Icecube is interested in Cherenkov radiations produced by,\n1.  Muons from atmospheric neutrinos interactions (>1GeV and <100GeV)\n2. Muons from astrophysical neutrinos interactions (>100GeV and <1Tev)\n3. Atmospheric muons (~1GeV)\n\nDoes the competition data (train & inference) include all three? or just one of the above, if so which one?\nI'm asking this Q because I believe the direction of particle travel (target var in this comp), energy of particles etc. are signatures of cosmic events that produced them, and this info ***might*** be helpful in modelling.\n\nThanks.",
    "2141162": "The paper you refer to deals with the low-energy neutrinos, that is  less than 1Tev.\n\nThe competition data contains the events with energies above 100GeV, and all types of events, to quote the presentation:\n\n• All types of neutrino flavors and interactions\n• Energies of ~100 GeV and upwards (falling spectrum)\n• Every event contains:\n1) a simulated neutrino\n2) noise\n3) potentially other particles, i.e. “downgoing” muons\n\nHope this helps"
  },
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}