Self-Supervised Calibration of Scientific Instruments Using Physical Consistency Constraints

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2606.29466v1
• Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2026 15:51:36 GMT
• Title: Self-Supervised Calibration of Scientific Instruments Using Physical Consistency Constraints
• Abstract summary: We introduce a physics-informed self-supervised framework that jointly learns latent detector calibration parameters and task-specific predictions.<n>The method exploits known physical constraints to generate pseudo-labels iteratively, transforming calibration into a self-supervised optimization problem.<n>These results establish a general paradigm for self-calibrating and self-monitoring scientific instruments.
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• Abstract: Calibration remains one of the principal obstacles to the deployment of machine learning in scientific instrumentation because it typically relies on expert intervention, dedicated procedures, and manually labelled data. We introduce a physics-informed self-supervised framework that jointly learns latent detector calibration parameters and task-specific predictions directly from raw measurements without requiring pre-calibrated signals or external labels. The method exploits known physical constraints to generate pseudo-labels iteratively, transforming calibration into a self-supervised optimization problem. The approach is demonstrated for ionic charge-state determination in the VAMOS++ magnetic spectrometer, where the calibration of a segmented ionization chamber and the inference of ionic charge states are learned simultaneously. Starting from a weak prior on the mean ionic charge state, the model progressively refines its predictions through iterative fractional pseudo-labelling driven by the discrete nature of atomic masses. Beyond accurate ionic charge-state reconstruction, the inferred calibration coefficients provide a compact representation of the detector state that enables automated monitoring of gain drifts, pressure variations, and detector aging. The resulting labels can subsequently be transferred to specialized models that quantify detector imperfections and track their spatial and temporal evolution. These results establish a general paradigm for self-calibrating and self-monitoring scientific instruments and represent a step toward intelligent experimental systems capable of autonomous calibration, analysis, and performance optimization.

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