Bhavya Jain
Physics and Data Science
Research Topic: NUCLEAR ASTROPHYSICS: RECONSTRUCTION OF PROTON-ALPHA COINCIDENCES IN GADGET-II DETECTOR
Research Poster Located in the Neighborhood Engagement Centers
Research Summary:
Bhavya's research addressed the challenge of distinguishing proton-only from proton–alpha coincidence events by applying a Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) framework to reconstruct event-by-event energy sharing between decay particles. This physics-driven method enabled probabilistic testing of decay hypotheses and improved identification of true coincidence events. Validation using 21Mg data demonstrates the method’s effectiveness, while comparisons with CNN classifiers highlighted trade-offs between interpretability and computational speed.
