Calibration of the charge and energy loss per unit length of the MicroBooNE liquid argon time projection chamber using muons and protons

Adams, C.; Alrashed, M.; An, R.; Anthony, J.; Asaadi, J.; Ashkenazi, A.; Balasubramanian, S.; Baller, B.; Barnes, C.; Barr, G.; Basque, V.; Bass, M.; Bay, F.; Berkman, S.; Bhanderi, A.; Bhat, A.; Bishai, M.; Blake, A.; Bolton, T.; Camilleri, L.; Caratelli, D.; Terrazas, I. Caro; Carr, R.; Fernández, R. Castillo; Cavanna, F.; Cerati, G. B.; Chen, Y.; Church, E.; Cianci, D.; Cohen, E.; Conrad, J. M.; Convery, M. R.; Cooper-Troendle, L.; Crespo-Anadón, J. I.; Tutto, M. Del; Devitt, D.; Dı́az, A.; Domine, L.; Duffy, K.; Dytman, S. A.; Eberly, B.; Ereditato, A.; Sanchez, L. Escudero; Esquivel, J.; Evans, Justin J.; Fitzpatrick, R. S.; Fleming, B. T.; Foppiani, N.; Franco, D.; Furmanski, A. P.; García-Gámez, D.; Gardiner, S.; Genty, V.; Goeldi, D.; Gollapinni, S.; Goodwin, O.; Gramellini, E.; Green, P.; Greenlee, H.; Grosso, R.; Gu, L.; Gu, W.; Guénette, R.; Guzowski, P.; Hamilton, P.; Hen, O.; Hill, Colton; Horton-Smith, G. A.; Hourlier, A.; Huang, E.-C.; Itay, R.; James, C.; Vries, J. Jan de; Ji, X.; Jiang, L.; Jo, J. H.; Johnson, R. A.; Joshi, J.; Jwa, Y.; Karagiorgi, G.; Ketchum, W.; Kirby, B.; Kirby, M.; Kobilarcik, T.; Kreslo, I.; Lepetic, I.; Li, Y.; Lister, A.; Littlejohn, B. R.; Lockwitz, S.; Lorca, D.; Louis, W. C.; Luethi, M.; Lundberg, B.; Luo, X.; Marchionni, A.; Marcocci, S.; Mariani, C.; Marshall, J.; Martín-Albo, J.; Caicedo, D. A. Martínez; Mason, K.; Mastbaum, A.; McConkey, N.; Meddage, V.; Mettler, T.; Miller, K.; Mills, J.; Mistry, K.; Mogan, A.; Mohayai, T.; Moon, J.; Mooney, M.; Moore, C. D.; Mousseau, J.; Murphy, M.; Murrells, R.; Naples, D.; Neely, R. K.; Nienaber, P.; Nowak, J.; Palamara, O.; Pandey, V.; Paolone, V.; Papadopoulou, A.; Papavassiliou, V.; Pate, S. F.; Paudel, A.; Pavlović, Ž.; Piasetzky, E.; Porzio, D.; Prince, S.; Pulliam, G.; Qian, X.; Raaf, J. L.; Rafique, A.; Ren, Lu; Rochester, Lynn; Rogers, H. E.; Ross-Lonergan, M.; Rohr, C. Rudolf von; Russell, B.; Scanavini, G.; Schmitz, D.; Schukraft, A.; Seligman, W.; Shaevitz, M. H.; Sharankova, R.; Sinclair, J.; Smith, A.; Snider, E. L.; Soderberg, M.; Söldner-Rembold, S.; Soleti, S. R.; Spentzouris, P.; Spitz, J.; Stancari, M.; John, J. St.; Strauss, T.; Sutton, K.; Sword-Fehlberg, S.; Szelc, A. M.; Tagg, N.; Tang, W.; Terao, K.; Thornton, R. T.; Toups, M.; Tsai, Y.-T.; Tufanli, S.; Usher, T.; Pontseele, W. Van De; Water, R. G. Van de; Viren, B.; Weber, M.; Wei, H.; Wickremasinghe, D. A.; Williams, Z.; Wolbers, S.; Wongjirad, T.; Woodruff, K.; Wospakrik, M.; Wu, W.; Yang, T.; Yarbrough, G.; Yates, L. E.; Zeller, G. P.; Zennamo, J.; Zhang, C.

doi:10.1088/1748-0221/15/03/p03022

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“…A calibration is performed to take into account all the microphysics in the detector, including electron-ion recombination and the space charge effect (SCE) [18]. The SCE is caused by slowly drifting ions produced by cosmic rays that create variations in the electric fields.…”

Section: Microboone Detectormentioning

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Search for heavy neutral leptons decaying into muon-pion pairs in the MicroBooNE detector

Abratenko¹,

Alrashed²,

An³

et al. 2020

Phys. Rev. D

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We present upper limits on the production of heavy neutral leptons (HNLs) decaying to μπ pairs using data collected with the MicroBooNE liquid-argon time projection chamber (TPC) operating at Fermilab. This search is the first of its kind performed in a liquid-argon TPC. We use data collected in 2017 and 2018 corresponding to an exposure of 2.0 × 10 20 protons on target from the Fermilab Booster Neutrino Beam, which produces mainly muon neutrinos with an average energy of ≈800 MeV. HNLs with higher mass are expected to have a longer time of flight to the liquid-argon TPC than Standard Model neutrinos. The data are therefore recorded with a dedicated trigger configured to detect HNL decays that occur after the neutrino spill reaches the detector. We set upper limits at the 90% confidence level on the element jU μ4 j 2 of the extended PMNS mixing matrix in the range jU μ4 j 2 < ð6.6-0.9Þ × 10 −7 for Dirac HNLs and jU μ4 j 2 < ð4.7-0.7Þ × 10 −7 for Majorana HNLs, assuming HNL masses between 260 and 385 MeV and jU e4 j 2 ¼ jU τ4 j 2 ¼ 0.

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Search for heavy neutral leptons decaying into muon-pion pairs in the MicroBooNE detector

Abratenko¹,

Alrashed²,

An³

et al. 2020

Phys. Rev. D

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“…The best matched pair (if any) identifies the neutrino interaction and its secondary tracks and showers within the event. Calorimetric information [19] in the form of a truncated mean value of the deposited charge per unit length, dQ=dx, and track length are used to discriminate muons from protons. The candidate interaction must contain a track that has a measured dQ=dx compatible with a muon.…”

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First Measurement of Inclusive Muon Neutrino Charged Current Differential Cross Sections on Argon at Eν∼0.8 GeV with the MicroBooNE Detector

Abratenko¹,

Adams²,

Alrashed³

et al. 2019

Phys. Rev. Lett.

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“…The recombination effects have been measured by the ICARUS [40], ArgoNeuT [38], and MicroBooNE [42] experiments in different electric fields. Table 2 summarizes the recombination model parameters measured by the three experiments.…”

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“…Comparison between the predicted and the measured most probable value of dE/dx for stopping muons in MicroBooNE data. This figure is from[42].…”

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Calibration of Calorimetric Measurement in a Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber

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2020

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The liquid argon time projection chamber provides high-resolution event images and excellent calorimetric resolution for studying neutrino physics and searching for beyond-standard-model physics. In this article, we review the main physics processes that affect detector response, including the electronics and field responses, space charge effects, electron attachment to impurities, diffusion, and recombination. We describe methods to measure those effects, which are used to calibrate the detector response and convert the measured raw analog-to-digital converter (ADC) counts into the original energy deposition.

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Calibration of the charge and energy loss per unit length of the MicroBooNE liquid argon time projection chamber using muons and protons

Abstract: Calibration of the charge and energy loss per unit length of the MicroBooNE liquid argon time projection chamber using muons and protons

Cited by 59 publications

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Search for heavy neutral leptons decaying into muon-pion pairs in the MicroBooNE detector

Search for heavy neutral leptons decaying into muon-pion pairs in the MicroBooNE detector

First Measurement of Inclusive Muon Neutrino Charged Current Differential Cross Sections on Argon at Eν∼0.8 GeV with the MicroBooNE Detector

Calibration of Calorimetric Measurement in a Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber

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