ML-based classification of photons and neutral mesons for Pb–Pb collisions recorded by ALICE

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Issue		EPJ Web Conf. Volume 337, 2025 27^th International Conference on Computing in High Energy and Nuclear Physics (CHEP 2024)


Article Number		01137
Number of page(s)		8
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202533701137
Published online		07 October 2025

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