Particle identification for proton and pion event discrimination using the SuperFGD prototype detector simulation

A novel three-dimensional projection scintillator tracker called SuperFGD is one of the key components of the near detector upgrade of the T2K experiment. Due to the ns timing resolution and fine granularity, SuperFGD will provide valuable data for studying neutrino interactions. A prototype of the SuperFGD detector was exposed to a neutron beam in LANL to study the detector response to neutron interactions, critical for future studies of neutrino interactions with a neutron in the final state in the T2K SuperFGD near detector. This talk will present preliminary results in the implementation of particle identification (PID) for proton and pion event discrimination using the SuperFGD prototype detector simulation. This PID development will allow future neutron-induced proton and pion production cross-section measurements on the scintillator using the SuperFGD prototype data.