Publications (58)
Snowmass Neutrino Frontier: DUNE Physics Summary
DUNE Collaboration, A. Abed Abud, B. Abi +1240
The Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) is a next-generation long-baseline neutrino oscillation experiment with a primary physics goal of observing neutrino and antineutrin…
Supernova Neutrino Burst Detection with the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment
DUNE collaboration, B. Abi, R. Acciarri +967
The Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE), a 40-kton underground liquid argon time projection chamber experiment, will be sensitive to the electron-neutrino flavor component…
Design, construction and operation of the ProtoDUNE-SP Liquid Argon TPC
DUNE Collaboration, A. Abed Abud, B. Abi +1175
The ProtoDUNE-SP detector is a single-phase liquid argon time projection chamber (LArTPC) that was constructed and operated in the CERN North Area at the end of the H4 beamline. Th…
Impact of cross-section uncertainties on supernova neutrino spectral parameter fitting in the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment
DUNE Collaboration, A. Abed Abud, B. Abi +1313
A primary goal of the upcoming Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) is to measure the MeV neutrinos produced by a Galactic core-collapse supernova if one s…
A study of electron recombination using highly ionizing particles in the ArgoNeuT Liquid Argon TPC
R. Acciarri, C. Adams, J. Asaadi +29
Electron recombination in highly ionizing stopping protons and deuterons is studied in the ArgoNeuT detector. The data are well modeled by either a Birks model or a modified form o…
First Measurement of Electron Neutrino Scattering Cross Section on Argon
ArgoNeuT Collaboration, R. Acciarri, C. Adams +21
We report the first electron neutrino cross section measurements on argon, based on data collected by the ArgoNeuT experiment running in the GeV-scale NuMI beamline at Fermilab. A…
Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) Near Detector Conceptual Design Report
A. Abed Abud, B. Abi, R. Acciarri +1059
This report describes the conceptual design of the DUNE near detector
Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE), Far Detector Technical Design Report, Volume II: DUNE Physics
B. Abi, R. Acciarri, Mario A. Acero +958
The preponderance of matter over antimatter in the early universe, the dynamics of the supernovae that produced the heavy elements necessary for life, and whether protons eventuall…
Long-baseline neutrino oscillation physics potential of the DUNE experiment
DUNE Collaboration, B. Abi, R. Acciarri +966
The sensitivity of the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) to neutrino oscillation is determined, based on a full simulation, reconstruction, and event selection of the far…
The Extreme-ultraviolet Stellar Characterization for Atmospheric Physics and Evolution (ESCAPE) Mission: Motivation and Overview
K. France, B. Fleming, A. Youngblood +4
The Extreme-ultraviolet Stellar Characterization for Atmospheric Physics and Evolution (ESCAPE) mission is an astrophysics Small Explorer employing ultraviolet spectroscopy (EUV: 8…
A deep-learning based raw waveform region-of-interest finder for the liquid argon time projection chamber
ArgoNeuT Collaboration, R. Acciarri, B. Baller +19
The liquid argon time projection chamber (LArTPC) detector technology has an excellent capability to measure properties of low-energy neutrinos produced by the sun and supernovae a…
A Novel Cosmic Ray Tagger System for Liquid Argon TPC Neutrino Detectors
M. Auger, M. Del Tutto, A. Ereditato +13
The Fermilab Short Baseline Neutrino (SBN) program aims to observe and reconstruct thousands of neutrino-argon interactions with its three detectors (SBND, MicroBooNE and ICARUS-T6…
Photomultiplier Tubes in the MiniBooNE Experiment
S. J. Brice, L. Bugel, J. M. Conrad +11
The detector for the MiniBooNE experiment at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory employs 1520 8 inch Hamamatsu models R1408 and R5912 photomultiplier tubes with custom-design…
Highly-parallelized simulation of a pixelated LArTPC on a GPU
DUNE Collaboration, A. Abed Abud, B. Abi +1300
The rapid development of general-purpose computing on graphics processing units (GPGPU) is allowing the implementation of highly-parallelized Monte Carlo simulation chains for part…
Experiment Simulation Configurations Used in DUNE CDR
T. Alion, J. J. Back, A. Bashyal +31
The LBNF/DUNE CDR describes the proposed physics program and experimental design at the conceptual design phase. Volume 2, entitled The Physics Program for DUNE at LBNF, outlines t…
A Gaseous Argon-Based Near Detector to Enhance the Physics Capabilities of DUNE
A. Abed Abud, B. Abi, R. Acciarri +1239
This document presents the concept and physics case for a magnetized gaseous argon-based detector system (ND-GAr) for the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) Near Detector.…
The detection of back-to-back proton pairs in Charged-Current neutrino interactions with the ArgoNeuT detector in the NuMI low energy beam line
R. Acciarri, C. Adams, J. Asaadi +27
Short range nucleon-nucleon correlations in nuclei (NN SRC) carry important information on nuclear structure and dynamics. NN SRC have been extensively probed through two-nucleon k…
Long-Baseline Neutrino Facility (LBNF) and Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) Conceptual Design Report Volume 1: The LBNF and DUNE Projects
R. Acciarri, M. A. Acero, M. Adamowski +795
This document presents the Conceptual Design Report (CDR) put forward by an international neutrino community to pursue the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment at the Long-Baseline…
The 2010 Interim Report of the Long-Baseline Neutrino Experiment Collaboration Physics Working Groups
The LBNE Collaboration, T. Akiri, D. Allspach +329
In early 2010, the Long-Baseline Neutrino Experiment (LBNE) science collaboration initiated a study to investigate the physics potential of the experiment with a broad set of diffe…
Long-Baseline Neutrino Facility (LBNF) and Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) Conceptual Design Report Volume 2: The Physics Program for DUNE at LBNF
DUNE Collaboration, R. Acciarri, M. A. Acero +796
The Physics Program for the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) at the Fermilab Long-Baseline Neutrino Facility (LBNF) is described.
Scintillation Light in SBND: Simulation, Reconstruction, and Expected Performance of the Photon Detection System
SBND Collaboration, P. Abratenko, R. Acciarri +180
SBND is the near detector of the Short-Baseline Neutrino program at Fermilab. Its location near to the Booster Neutrino Beam source and relatively large mass will allow the study o…
LAr1-ND: Testing Neutrino Anomalies with Multiple LArTPC Detectors at Fermilab
C. Adams, C. Andreopoulos, J. Asaadi +47
This white paper describes LAr1-ND and the compelling physics it brings first in Phase 1 and next towards the full LAr1 program. In addition, LAr1-ND serves as a key step in the de…
The Liquid Argon In A Testbeam (LArIAT) Experiment
LArIAT Collaboration, R. Acciarri, C. J. Adams +103
The LArIAT liquid argon time projection chamber, placed in a tertiary beam of charged particles at the Fermilab Test Beam Facility, has collected large samples of pions, muons, ele…
Measurement of and Neutral Current Production in the ArgoNeuT Detector
R. Acciarri, C. Adams, J. Asaadi +30
The ArgoNeuT collaboration reports the first measurement of neutral current production in -argon and -argon scattering. This measurement was performed us…
The Short-Baseline Near Detector at Fermilab
SBND Collaboration, R. Acciarri, L. Aliaga-Soplin +195
SBND is a 112 ton liquid argon time projection chamber (LArTPC) neutrino detector located 110 meters from the Booster Neutrino Beam (BNB) target at Fermilab. Its main goals include…
Separation of track- and shower-like energy deposits in ProtoDUNE-SP using a convolutional neural network
DUNE Collaboration, A. Abed Abud, B. Abi +1221
Liquid argon time projection chamber detector technology provides high spatial and calorimetric resolutions on the charged particles traversing liquid argon. As a result, the techn…
Planning the Future of U.S. Particle Physics (Snowmass 2013): Chapter 8: Instrumentation Frontier
M. Demarteau, R. Lipton, H. Nicholson +211
These reports present the results of the 2013 Community Summer Study of the APS Division of Particles and Fields ("Snowmass 2013") on the future program of particle physics in the…
Analysis of a Large Sample of Neutrino-Induced Muons with the ArgoNeuT Detector
C. Anderson, M. Antonello, B. Baller +31
ArgoNeuT, or Argon Neutrino Test, is a 170 liter liquid argon time projection chamber designed to collect neutrino interactions from the NuMI beam at Fermi National Accelerator Lab…
Production and installation of wavelength-shifting reflective light enhancers for the Short-Baseline Near Detector
R. Acciarri, L. Aliaga-Soplin, R. Alvarez-Garrote +194
We report on the design, production, and installation of a wavelength-shifting reflective system on the cathode of the Short-Baseline Near Detector (SBND), a liquid argon time proj…
Experiment Simulation Configurations Approximating DUNE TDR
DUNE Collaboration, B. Abi, R. Acciarri +966
The Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) is a next-generation long-baseline neutrino oscillation experiment consisting of a high-power, broadband neutrino beam, a highly cap…
Neutrino interaction classification with a convolutional neural network in the DUNE far detector
DUNE Collaboration, B. Abi, R. Acciarri +968
The Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment is a next-generation neutrino oscillation experiment that aims to measure -violation in the neutrino sector as part of a wider physics…
Low exposure long-baseline neutrino oscillation sensitivity of the DUNE experiment
DUNE Collaboration, A. Abed Abud, B. Abi +1151
The Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) will produce world-leading neutrino oscillation measurements over the lifetime of the experiment. In this work, we explore DUNE's se…
Demonstration of MeV-Scale Physics in Liquid Argon Time Projection Chambers Using ArgoNeuT
ArgoNeuT Collaboration, R. Acciarri, C. Adams +35
MeV-scale energy depositions by low-energy photons produced in neutrino-argon interactions have been identified and reconstructed in ArgoNeuT liquid argon time projection chamber (…
Neutrinos
A. de Gouvea, K. Pitts, K. Scholberg +164
This document represents the response of the Intensity Frontier Neutrino Working Group to the Snowmass charge. We summarize the current status of neutrino physics and identify many…
New constraints on tau-coupled Heavy Neutral Leptons with masses MeV
ArgoNeuT Collaboration, R. Acciarri, C. Adams +19
A search for Heavy Neutral Leptons has been performed with the ArgoNeuT detector exposed to the NuMI neutrino beam at Fermilab. We search for the decay signature $N \to νμ^+ μ^-…
Prospects for Beyond the Standard Model Physics Searches at the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment
DUNE Collaboration, B. Abi, R. Acciarri +970
The Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) will be a powerful tool for a variety of physics topics. The high-intensity proton beams provide a large neutrino flux, sampled by a…
Long-Baseline Neutrino Facility (LBNF) and Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) Conceptual Design Report, Volume 4 The DUNE Detectors at LBNF
R. Acciarri, M. A. Acero, M. Adamowski +795
A description of the proposed detector(s) for DUNE at LBNF
First Measurements of Inclusive Muon Neutrino Charged Current Differential Cross Sections on Argon
C. Anderson, M. Antonello, B. Baller +32
The ArgoNeuT collaboration presents the first measurements of inclusive muon neutrino charged current differential cross sections on argon. Obtained in the NuMI neutrino beamline a…
The Intermediate Neutrino Program
C. Adams, J. R. Alonso, A. M. Ankowski +186
The US neutrino community gathered at the Workshop on the Intermediate Neutrino Program (WINP) at Brookhaven National Laboratory February 4-6, 2015 to explore opportunities in neut…
Reconstruction of interactions in the ProtoDUNE-SP detector with Pandora
DUNE Collaboration, A. Abed Abud, B. Abi +1220
The Pandora Software Development Kit and algorithm libraries provide pattern-recognition logic essential to the reconstruction of particle interactions in liquid argon time project…
Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE), Far Detector Technical Design Report, Volume III: DUNE Far Detector Technical Coordination
B. Abi, R. Acciarri, Mario A. Acero +958
The preponderance of matter over antimatter in the early universe, the dynamics of the supernovae that produced the heavy elements necessary for life, and whether protons eventuall…
The ArgoNeuT Detector in the NuMI Low-Energy beam line at Fermilab
C. Anderson, M. Antonello, B. Baller +35
The ArgoNeuT liquid argon time projection chamber has collected thousands of neutrino and antineutrino events during an extended run period in the NuMI beam-line at Fermilab. This…
First Observation of Low Energy Electron Neutrinos in a Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber
R. Acciarri, C. Adams, J. Asaadi +27
The capabilities of liquid argon time projection chambers (LArTPCs) to reconstruct the spatial and calorimetric information of neutrino events have made them the detectors of choic…
Sampling Off-Axis Neutrino Fluxes with the Short-Baseline Near Detector
P. Abratenko, R. Acciarri, C. Adams +199
The Short-Baseline Near Detector (SBND), the near detector in the Short-Baseline Neutrino Program at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, is located just 110 m from the Booster N…
The Far-Ultraviolet Continuum Slope as a Lyman Continuum Escape Estimator at High-redshift
J. Chisholm, A. Saldana-Lopez, S. Flury +25
Most of the hydrogen in the intergalactic medium (IGM) was rapidly ionized at high-redshifts. While observations have established that reionization occurred, observational constrai…
Measurements of Inclusive Muon Neutrino and Antineutrino Charged Current Differential Cross Sections on Argon in the NuMI Antineutrino Beam
R. Acciarri, C. Adams, J. Asaadi +28
The ArgoNeuT collaboration presents measurements of inclusive muon neutrino and antineutrino charged current differential cross sections on argon in the Fermilab NuMI beam operatin…
Improved Limits on Millicharged Particles Using the ArgoNeuT Experiment at Fermilab
ArgoNeuT Collaboration, R. Acciarri, C. Adams +21
A search for millicharged particles, a simple extension of the standard model, has been performed with the ArgoNeuT detector exposed to the Neutrinos at the Main Injector beam at F…
First Measurement of Neutrino and Antineutrino Coherent Charged Pion Production on Argon
R. Acciarri, C. Adams, J. Asaadi +29
We report on the first cross section measurements for charged current coherent pion production by neutrinos and antineutrinos on argon. These measurements are performed using the A…
Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE), Far Detector Technical Design Report, Volume IV: Far Detector Single-phase Technology
B. Abi, R. Acciarri, Mario A. Acero +958
The preponderance of matter over antimatter in the early universe, the dynamics of the supernovae that produced the heavy elements necessary for life, and whether protons eventuall…
The Radiation Environments of Middle-Aged F-Type Stars
F. Cruz Aguirre, K. France, N. Nell +5
Far ultraviolet (FUV) emission lines from dwarf stars are important driving sources of photochemistry in planetary atmospheres. Properly interpreting spectral features of planetary…
First Constraints on Heavy QCD Axions with a Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber using the ArgoNeuT Experiment
ArgoNeuT Collaboration, R. Acciarri, C. Adams +22
We present the results of a search for heavy QCD axions performed by the ArgoNeuT experiment at Fermilab. We search for heavy axions produced in the NuMI neutrino beam target and a…
First results on ProtoDUNE-SP liquid argon time projection chamber performance from a beam test at the CERN Neutrino Platform
DUNE Collaboration, B. Abi, A. Abed Abud +987
The ProtoDUNE-SP detector is a single-phase liquid argon time projection chamber with an active volume of m. It is installed at the CERN Neutrino Plat…
LUnar-based Survey for Time-domain Exploration and Research network (LUSTER-net)
T. S. Boyajian, R. A. Street, B. Fleming +7
LUSTER-net is a lunar-surface UVOIR observatory network mission concept for time-domain astrophysics. The concept envisions a scalable array of approximately 6-12 commonly designed…
First measurement of the cross section for and induced single charged pion production on argon using ArgoNeuT
ArgoNeuT Collaboration, R. Acciarri, C. Adams +31
We report on the first cross section measurement of charged-current single charged pion production by neutrinos and antineutrinos on argon. This analysis was performed using the Ar…
Identification and reconstruction of low-energy electrons in the ProtoDUNE-SP detector
DUNE Collaboration, A. Abed Abud, B. Abi +1253
Measurements of electrons from interactions are crucial for the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) neutrino oscillation program, as well as searches for physics bey…
Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE), Far Detector Technical Design Report, Volume I: Introduction to DUNE
B. Abi, R. Acciarri, Mario A. Acero +958
The preponderance of matter over antimatter in the early universe, the dynamics of the supernovae that produced the heavy elements necessary for life, and whether protons eventuall…
Scintillation light detection in the 6-m drift-length ProtoDUNE Dual Phase liquid argon TPC
DUNE Collaboration, A. Abed Abud, B. Abi +1220
DUNE is a dual-site experiment for long-baseline neutrino oscillation studies, neutrino astrophysics and nucleon decay searches. ProtoDUNE Dual Phase (DP) is a 6x6x6m3 liquid argon…
Searching for solar KDAR with DUNE
DUNE Collaboration, A. Abed Abud, B. Abi +1174
The observation of 236 MeV muon neutrinos from kaon-decay-at-rest (KDAR) originating in the core of the Sun would provide a unique signature of dark matter annihilation. Since exce…