3 papers
physics.ins-det2026
Gamma Neutron Radioactive Source Identification in Water Cherenkov Detectors
A. Núñez Selin, C. Sarmiento Cano, H. Asorey +1
Water Cherenkov Detectors (WCDs) are a robust technology widely used in astrophysics, high energy physics, and recently nuclear security applications. They detect high energy inter…
hep-ex2026
Water Cherenkov Detectors in Precision Agriculture: A Novel Approach for High-Resolution Soil Moisture Monitoring
Christian Sarmiento-Cano, Jaime Betancour, Alejandro Núñez Selin +4
Water Cherenkov Detectors (WCDs), traditionally employed in cosmic-ray detection, are repurposed here for precision soil moisture monitoring using cosmic-ray neutron sensing. This…
physics.ins-det2026
Two-Stage Gamma-Neutron Source Classification in Water Cherenkov Detectors: Energy Threshold Screening and Machine Learning Pulse Analysis
Alejandro Núñez-Selin, Iván Sidelnik, Christian Sarmiento-Cano +2
Water Cherenkov detectors offer a robust and economical solution for real-time radiation monitoring by detecting Cherenkov light from charged particles moving faster than light in…