DCTracks: a dataset for machine learning-based drift chamber track reconstruction
摘要
To initiate machine learning (ML)-based drift chamber track reconstruction, for which no dedicated dataset currently exists, we present DCTracks-v1.0—a Monte Carlo (MC) dataset comprising single- and two-track events, with the latter including both conventional and close-by topologies. To enable standardized evaluation, we adopt a set of track reconstruction evaluation metrics, with which we benchmark both traditional and graph neural network (GNN)-based methods on this dataset. Our results show that while the GNN-based approach performs comparably to traditional methods on single and conventional two-track events, its performance degrades on close-by two-track events, highlighting both the potential and current limitations of GNN-based tracking. By providing baseline results on this dataset, this work validates the reliability of the dataset and establishes a foundation for systematic, reproducible validation and fair comparison in future research.