Online Data Reduction with Spiking Neural Networks: A Temporal-Coincidence Encoder and Distributed SNN for the ePIC dRICH Detector

Pierpaolo Perticaroli, Roberto Ammendola, Andrea Biagioni +10

The dual-radiator Ring Imaging Cherenkov (dRICH) detector of the ePIC experiment at the Electron-Ion Collider (EIC) will read out $\sim$320,000 silicon photomultiplier (SiPM) chann…