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-Ar charged-current interactions with protons and no pions in the final state with the MicroBooNE detector

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“…[97], characterized by an increased angular acceptance and higher statistics with respect to the ones of Ref. [98], and of the MicroBooNE CC1p0π [26] and CC0π [52] cross sections on argon. A deeper understanding of the very forward region is important for CP-violation experiments and should be further investigated.…”

Section: Open Issues In the Theoretical Understanding Of Cross Sectionsmentioning

confidence: 94%

“…[51] for MINERvA and of Ref. [52] for MicroBooNE. The MiniBooNE experience also boosted the development of neutrino scattering generators that embed several (switchable) models plus the features needed by the experiments to provide mock data samples.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Many theoretical calculations of CCQE+2p-2h and CC0π flux integrated differential cross sections have been performed by different groups [54,[70][71][72][73][74][75][76][77][78][79][80][81][82][83][84][85][86][87]. Nowadays several calculations agree on the crucial role of the multinucleon emission in order to explain the MiniBooNE [24,25], T2K [50,[88][89][90][91], MINERvA [51,92] and MicroBooNE [52] cross sections. Nevertheless there are some differences on the results obtained by the different theoretical approaches.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…T2K [122] and MINERvA [123,124] measurements have been published in terms of these variables. Semi-inclusive CC1p0π cross sections function of muon and proton kinematics have been published also by MicroBooNE [26,52]. The theoretical investigation on semi-inclusive cross sections [85,86,[125][126][127][128][129] and on transverse kinematic imbalances [75,120,130] are only at the beginning, as well as the studies related to the emission of nucleon pairs induced by meson exchange currents and short range correlations [85,86,131,132].…”

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Our knowledge of neutrino cross sections at the GeV scale, instrumental to test CP symmetry violation in the leptonic sector, has grown substantially in the last two decades. Still, their precision and understanding are far from the standard needed in contemporary neutrino physics. Nowadays, the knowledge of the neutrino cross section at O(10%) causes the main systematic uncertainty in oscillation experiments and jeopardizes their physics reach. In this paper, we envision the opportunities for a new generation of cross section experiments to be run in parallel with DUNE and HyperKamiokande. We identify the most prominent physics goals by looking at the theory and experimental limitations of the previous generation of experiments. We highlight the priorities in the theoretical understanding of GeV cross sections and the experimental challenges of this new generation of facilities.

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“…This capability improves the identification of ν e charged-current interactions, which enables precision measurements of ( − ) ν µ → ( − ) ν e oscillations. Utilizing the LArTPC technology, the MicroBooNE experiment [7] aims to understand the nature of the lowenergy excess of ν e -like events observed in the Mini-BooNE experiment [14] and to measure neutrino-argon interaction cross sections in the ≈1 GeV scale [15][16][17][18]. The Short Baseline Neutrino (SBN) Program [19], consisting of three large LArTPCs on the surface, is under construction to search for light sterile neutrinos [20].…”

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Cosmic Ray Background Rejection with Wire-Cell LArTPC Event Reconstruction in the MicroBooNE Detector

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Phys. Rev. Applied

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For a large liquid argon time projection chamber (LArTPC) operating on or near the Earth's surface to detect neutrino interactions, the rejection of cosmogenic background is a critical and challenging task because of the large cosmic ray flux and the long drift time of the TPC. We introduce a superior cosmic background rejection procedure based on the Wire-Cell three-dimensional (3D) event reconstruction for LArTPCs. From an initial 1:20,000 neutrino to cosmic-ray background ratio, we demonstrate these tools on data from the MicroBooNE experiment and create a high performance generic neutrino event selection with a cosmic contamination of 14.9% (9.7%) for a visible energy region greater than O(200) MeV. The neutrino interaction selection efficiency is 80.4% and 87.6% for inclusive νµ charged-current and νe charged-current interactions, respectively. This significantly improved performance compared to existing reconstruction algorithms, marks a major milestone toward reaching the scientific goals of LArTPC neutrino oscillation experiments operating near the Earth's surface.

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LEvEL: Low-Energy Neutrino Experiment at the LHC

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Machado

Marchionni

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J. High Energ. Phys.

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We propose the operation of LEvEL, the Low-Energy Neutrino Experiment at the LHC, a neutrino detector near the Large Hadron Collider Beam Dump. Such a detector is capable of exploring an intense, low-energy neutrino flux and can measure neutrino cross sections that have previously never been observed. These cross sections can inform other future neutrino experiments, such as those aiming to observe neutrinos from supernovae, allowing such measurements to accomplish their fundamental physics goals. We perform detailed simulations to determine neutrino production at the LHC beam dump, as well as neutron and muon backgrounds. Measurements at a few to ten percent precision of neutrino-argon charged current and neutrino-nucleus coherent scattering cross sections are attainable with 100 ton-year and 1 ton-year exposures at LEvEL, respectively, concurrent with the operation of the High Luminosity LHC. We also estimate signal and backgrounds for an experiment exploiting the forward direction of the LHC beam dump, which could measure neutrinos above 100 GeV.

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Measurement of differential cross sections for νμ -Ar charged-current interactions with protons and no pions in the final state with the MicroBooNE detector

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A New Generation of Neutrino Cross Section Experiments: Challenges and Opportunities

A New Generation of Neutrino Cross Section Experiments: Challenges and Opportunities

Cosmic Ray Background Rejection with Wire-Cell LArTPC Event Reconstruction in the MicroBooNE Detector

LEvEL: Low-Energy Neutrino Experiment at the LHC

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