Hybrid-Graph Neural Network Method for Muon Fast Reconstruction in Neutrino Telescopes (2505.23425v2)

Abstract: Fast and accurate muon reconstruction is crucial for neutrino telescopes to improve experimental sensitivity and enable online triggering. This paper introduces a Hybrid-Graph Neural Network (GNN) method tailored for efficient muon track reconstruction, leveraging the robustness of GNNs alongside traditional physics-based approaches. The "LITE GNN model" achieves a runtime of 0.19-0.29 ms per event on GPUs, offering a three orders of magnitude speedup compared to traditional likelihood-based methods while maintaining a high reconstruction accuracy. For high-energy muons (10-100 TeV), the median angular error is approximately 0.1 degrees, with errors in reconstructed Cherenkov photon emission positions being below 3-5 meters, depending on the GNN model used. Furthermore, the Semi-GNN method offers a mechanism to assess the quality of event reconstruction, enabling the identification and exclusion of poorly reconstructed events. These results establish the GNN-based approach as a promising solution for next-generation neutrino telescope data reconstruction.