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hep-ex2026

Probing Nuclear Effects with Transverse Kinematic Imbalance in Muon-neutrino Induced Charged-Current Production on Argon with the MicroBooNE Detector

MicroBooNE collaboration, P. Abratenko, D. Andrade Aldana +192

Neutrino-nucleus cross-section measurements are needed to improve interaction modeling and to enable precision neutrino oscillation measurements in upcoming experiments such as the…

hep-ex2025

Enhanced search for neutral current radiative single-photon production in MicroBooNE

MicroBooNE collaboration, P. Abratenko, D. Andrade Aldana +177

We report results from an updated search for neutral current (NC) resonant (1232) baryon production and subsequent radiative decay (NC ). We consider e…

hep-ex2024

First simultaneous measurement of differential muon-neutrino charged-current cross sections on argon for final states with and without protons using MicroBooNE data

MicroBooNE collaboration, P. Abratenko, O. Alterkait +185

We report the first double-differential neutrino-argon cross section measurement made simultaneously for final states with and without protons for the inclusive muon neutrino charg…

nucl-ex2025

Backward-angle electroproduction of mesons off protons at and

T. Akiyama, P. Bydžovský, T. Gogami +83

The electroproduction of mesons from a target at , and $\cos θ^{\text{CM}}_{γ^{*}η'} \app…

hep-ex2026

First Measurement of Sub-GeV Charged-Current Coherent Pion Production on Argon in MicroBooNE

MicroBooNE collaboration, P. Abratenko, D. Andrade Aldana +189

We report a measurement of the charged-current coherent pion production cross section on argon using the MicroBooNE liquid argon time projection chamber exposed to the Booster Neut…

hep-ex2025

First double-differential cross section measurement of neutral-current production in neutrino-argon scattering in the MicroBooNE detector

MicroBooNE collaboration, P. Abratenko, O. Alterkait +188

We report the first double-differential cross section measurement of neutral-current neutral pion (NC) production in neutrino-argon scattering, as well as single-differential…

physics.ins-det2022

Observation of Radon Mitigation in MicroBooNE by a Liquid Argon Filtration System

MicroBooNE collaboration, P. Abratenko, J. Anthony +190

The MicroBooNE liquid argon time projection chamber (LArTPC) maintains a high level of liquid argon purity through the use of a filtration system that removes electronegative conta…

physics.ins-det2024

HighNESS Conceptual Design Report: Volume I

V. Santoro, O. Abou El Kheir, D. Acharya +87

The European Spallation Source, currently under construction in Lund, Sweden, is a multidisciplinary international laboratory. Once completed to full specifications, it will operat…

physics.ins-det2018

The DUNE Far Detector Interim Design Report, Volume 2: Single-Phase Module

DUNE Collaboration, B. Abi, R. Acciarri +1092

The DUNE IDR describes the proposed physics program and technical designs of the DUNE far detector modules in preparation for the full TDR to be published in 2019. It is intended a…

hep-ex2026

Measurement of charged-current muon neutrino-argon interactions without pions in the final state using the MicroBooNE detector

MicroBooNE collaboration, P. Abratenko, D. Andrade Aldana +177

We report a new measurement of flux-integrated differential cross sections for charged-current (CC) muon neutrino interactions with argon nuclei that produce no final-state pions (…

hep-ex2025

Data-driven model validation for neutrino-nucleus cross section measurements

MicroBooNE collaboration, P. Abratenko, O. Alterkait +184

Neutrino-nucleus cross section measurements are needed to improve interaction modeling to meet the precision needs of neutrino experiments in efforts to measure oscillation paramet…

hep-ex2022

Cosmic ray muon clustering for the MicroBooNE liquid argon time projection chamber using sMask-RCNN

MicroBooNE collaboration, P. Abratenko, R. An +188

In this article, we describe a modified implementation of Mask Region-based Convolutional Neural Networks (Mask-RCNN) for cosmic ray muon clustering in a liquid argon TPC and appli…

hep-ex2026

Measurements of differential charged-current cross sections on argon for electron neutrinos with final-state protons in MicroBooNE

MicroBooNE collaboration, P. Abratenko, D. Andrade Aldana +178

This work presents single-differential electron-neutrino charged-current cross sections on argon measured using the MicroBooNE detector at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory…

hep-ex2026

Measurement of single charged pion production in charged-current -Ar interactions with the MicroBooNE detector

MicroBooNE collaboration, P. Abratenko, D. Andrade Aldana +178

We present flux-averaged charged-current cross-section measurements on argon for final states containing exactly one and no other hadrons except nucleons. The anal…

physics.ins-det2025

The HIBEAM Instrument at the European Spallation Source

V. Santoro, D. Milstead, P. Fierlinger +61

The European Spallation Source (ESS) will be the world's brightest neutron source and will open a new intensity frontier in particle physics. The HIBEAM collaboration aims to explo…

hep-ex2026

Demonstration and performance of an online data selection algorithm for liquid argon time projection chambers using MicroBooNE

MicroBooNE collaboration, P. Abratenko, D. Andrade Aldana +191

The MicroBooNE detector is a liquid argon time projection chamber (LArTPC) that produces three-dimensional images of particle interactions using ionization charge collected by anod…

hep-ex2022

Search for long-lived heavy neutral leptons and Higgs portal scalars decaying in the MicroBooNE detector

MicroBooNE collaboration, P. Abratenko, J. Anthony +185

We present a search for long-lived Higgs portal scalars (HPS) and heavy neutral leptons (HNL) decaying in the MicroBooNE liquid-argon time projection chamber. The measurement is pe…

hep-ex2026

Search for the production of Higgs-portal scalar bosons in the NuMI beam using the MicroBooNE detector

MicroBooNE collaboration, P. Abratenko, D. Andrade Aldana +178

We present the strongest experimental limits to date on the mixing angle, , with which a new scalar particle, , mixes with the Higgs field in the mass range $110\text{ MeV}<…

hep-ex2025

First Measurement of Differential Cross Sections for Muon Neutrino Charged Current Interactions on Argon with a Two-proton Final State in the MicroBooNE Detector

MicroBooNE collaboration, P. Abratenko, D. Andrade Aldana +199

We present the first measurement of differential cross sections for charged-current muon neutrino interactions on argon with one muon, two protons, and no pions in the final state.…

physics.ins-det2021

A Computing and Detector Simulation Framework for the HIBEAM/NNBAR Experimental Program at the ESS

J. Barrow, G. Brooijmans, J. I. M. Damian +22

The HIBEAM/NNBAR program is a proposed two-stage experiment at the European Spallation Source focusing on searches for baryon number violation via processes in which neutrons conve…

hep-ex2025

Improving Neutrino-Nuclei Interaction Models: Recommendations and Case Studies on Peelle's Pertinent Puzzle

S. Abe, L. Aliaga-Soplin, J. Barrow +19

Improving the modeling of neutrino-nuclei interactions using data-driven methods is crucial for high-precision neutrino oscillation experiments. This paper investigates Peelle's Pe…

hep-ex2025

Search for Light Sterile Neutrinos With Two Neutrino Beams at MicroBooNE

MicroBooNE collaboration, P. Abratenko, D. Andrade Aldana +176

The existence of three distinct neutrino flavours, , , and , is a central tenet of the Standard Model of particle physics. Quantum-mechanical interference can…

hep-ex2022

First constraints on light sterile neutrino oscillations from combined appearance and disappearance searches with the MicroBooNE detector

MicroBooNE collaboration, P. Abratenko, D. Andrade Aldana +184

We present a search for eV-scale sterile neutrino oscillations in the MicroBooNE liquid argon detector, simultaneously considering all possible appearance and disappearance effects…

hep-ex2025

Neutrino Scattering: Connections Across Theory and Experiment

L. Alvarez-Ruso, A. M. Ankowski, A. Ashkenazi +31

In this document drafted by the Neutrino Scattering Theory Experiment Collaboration (NuSTEC), we provide input on the synergies between theoretical and experimental efforts that ca…

hep-ex2025

Demonstration of new MeV-scale capabilities in large neutrino LArTPCs using ambient radiogenic and cosmogenic activity in MicroBooNE

MicroBooNE collaboration, P. Abratenko, O. Alterkait +184

Large neutrino liquid argon time projection chamber (LArTPC) experiments can broaden their physics reach by reconstructing and interpreting MeV-scale energy depositions, or blips,…

hep-ex2025

First measurement of + charged current single charged pion production differential cross sections on argon using the MicroBooNE detector

MicroBooNE collaboration, P. Abratenko, D. Andrade Aldana +172

Understanding electron neutrino interactions is crucial for measurements of neutrino oscillations and searches for new physics in neutrino experiments. We present the first measure…

hep-ex2023

First measurement of quasi-elastic baryon production in muon anti-neutrino interactions in the MicroBooNE detector

MicroBooNE collaboration, P. Abratenko, D. Andrade Aldana +183

We present the first measurement of the cross section of Cabibbo-suppressed baryon production, using data collected with the MicroBooNE detector when exposed to the neutrinos…

hep-ex2025

Search for an Anomalous Production of Charged-Current Interactions Without Visible Pions Across Multiple Kinematic Observables in MicroBooNE

MicroBooNE collaboration, P. Abratenko, D. Andrade Aldana +177

This Letter presents an investigation of low-energy electron-neutrino interactions in the Fermilab Booster Neutrino Beam by the MicroBooNE experiment, motivated by the excess of el…

hep-ex2024

Improving neutrino energy estimation of charged-current interaction events with recurrent neural networks in MicroBooNE

MicroBooNE collaboration, P. Abratenko, O. Alterkait +186

We present a deep learning-based method for estimating the neutrino energy of charged-current neutrino-argon interactions. We employ a recurrent neural network (RNN) architecture f…

hep-ex2024

Measurement of ambient radon progeny decay rates and energy spectra in liquid argon using the MicroBooNE detector

MicroBooNE collaboration, P. Abratenko, O. Alterkait +188

We report measurements of radon progeny in liquid argon within the MicroBooNE time projection chamber (LArTPC). The presence of specific radon daughters in MicroBooNE's 85 metric t…

physics.ins-det2018

The DUNE Far Detector Interim Design Report Volume 1: Physics, Technology and Strategies

DUNE Collaboration, B. Abi, R. Acciarri +1092

The DUNE IDR describes the proposed physics program and technical designs of the DUNE Far Detector modules in preparation for the full TDR to be published in 2019. It is intended a…

hep-ex2024

First application of a liquid argon time projection chamber for the search for intranuclear neutron-antineutron transitions and annihilation in Ar using the MicroBooNE detector

MicroBooNE collaboration, P. Abratenko, O. Alterkait +186

We present a novel methodology to search for intranuclear neutron-antineutron transition () followed by -nucleon annihilation within an Ar nucl…

hep-ex2023

First demonstration of timing resolution in the MicroBooNE liquid argon time projection chamber

MicroBooNE collaboration, P. Abratenko, O. Alterkait +185

MicroBooNE is a neutrino experiment located in the Booster Neutrino Beamline (BNB) at Fermilab, which collected data from 2015 to 2021. MicroBooNE's liquid argon time projection ch…

hep-ex2024

Demonstration of neutron identification in neutrino interactions in the MicroBooNE liquid argon time projection chamber

MicroBooNE collaboration, P. Abratenko, O. Alterkait +187

A significant challenge in measurements of neutrino oscillations is reconstructing the incoming neutrino energies. While modern fully-active tracking calorimeters such as liquid ar…

hep-ex2024

Measurement of the differential cross section for neutral pion production in charged-current muon neutrino interactions on argon with the MicroBooNE detector

MicroBooNE collaboration, P. Abratenko, O. Alterkait +185

We present a measurement of neutral pion production in charged-current interactions using data recorded with the MicroBooNE detector exposed to Fermilab's booster neutrino beam. Th…

physics.ins-det2022

The Development of the NNBAR Experiment

F. Backman, J. Barrow, Y. Beßler +40

The NNBAR experiment for the European Spallation Source will search for free neutrons converting to antineutrons with a sensitivity improvement of three orders of magnitude compare…

hep-ex2024

First search for dark-trident processes using the MicroBooNE detector

MicroBooNE collaboration, P. Abratenko, O. Alterkait +185

We present a first search for dark-trident scattering in a neutrino beam using a data set corresponding to protons on target taken with the MicroBooNE detector…

hep-ex2024

First measurement of production in neutrino interactions on argon with MicroBooNE

MicroBooNE collaboration, P. Abratenko, O. Alterkait +186

We present a measurement of production from neutrino interactions on argon with the MicroBooNE detector. The modeling of resonant neutrino interactions on argon is a critical…

hep-ex2026

Improved muon energy estimation using a detailed model of multiple Coulomb scattering in the MicroBooNE LArTPC

MicroBooNE Collaboration, P. Abratenko, D. Andrade Aldana +189

The paper introduces an enhanced method for estimating muon energy in the MicroBooNE liquid‑argon time projection chamber by measuring multiple Coulomb scattering, achieving lower…

#muon energy reconstruction#multiple coulomb scattering#liquid argon tpc#microboone
hep-ex2026

Measurements of the electron neutrino-argon differential cross section without pions in the final state in MicroBooNE

MicroBooNE collaboration, P. Abratenko, D. Andrade Aldana +190

We present a new measurement of the electron neutrino charged current cross section on argon without pions in the final state. This measurement uses the full MicroBooNE Booster Neu…

hep-ex2025

First study of neutrino angle reconstruction using quasielastic-like interactions in MicroBooNE

MicroBooNE collaboration, P. Abratenko, D. Andrade Aldana +172

We investigate the expected precision of the reconstructed neutrino direction using a νμ-argon quasielastic-like event topology with one muon and one proton in the final state an…

hep-ex2024

Measurement of double-differential cross sections for mesonless charged-current muon neutrino interactions on argon with final-state protons using the MicroBooNE detector

MicroBooNE collaboration, P. Abratenko, O. Alterkait +185

Charged-current neutrino interactions with final states containing zero mesons and at least one proton are of high interest for current and future accelerator-based neutrino oscill…

nucl-ex2023

First Measurement of the EMC Effect in B and B

A. Karki, D. Biswas, F. A. Gonzalez +94

The nuclear dependence of the inclusive inelastic electron scattering cross section (the EMC effect) has been measured for the first time in B and B. Previous measure…

physics.ins-det2018

The DUNE Far Detector Interim Design Report, Volume 3: Dual-Phase Module

DUNE Collaboration, B. Abi, R. Acciarri +1092

The DUNE IDR describes the proposed physics program and technical designs of the DUNE far detector modules in preparation for the full TDR to be published in 2019. It is intended a…

hep-ex2025

First Search for Neutral Current Coherent Single-Photon Production in MicroBooNE

MicroBooNE Collaboration, P. Abratenko, D. Andrade Aldana +177

This article presents the first search for neutrino-induced neutral current coherent single-photon production (NC coherent 1). The search makes use of data from the MicroBooNE…

physics.ins-det2020

New high-sensitivity searches for neutrons converting into antineutrons and/or sterile neutrons at the European Spallation Source

A. Addazi, K. Anderson, S. Ansell +92

The violation of Baryon Number, , is an essential ingredient for the preferential creation of matter over antimatter needed to account for the observed baryon asymmetr…

hep-ex2024

Inclusive cross section measurements in final states with and without protons for charged-current -Ar scattering in MicroBooNE

MicroBooNE collaboration, P. Abratenko, O. Alterkait +186

A detailed understanding of inclusive muon neutrino charged-current interactions on argon is crucial to the study of neutrino oscillations in current and future experiments using l…

nucl-ex2022

The cross-section measurement for the reaction

K. N. Suzuki, T. Gogami, B. Pandey +80

The small binding energy of the hypertrition leads to predictions of non-existence of bound hypernuclei for isotriplet three-body systems such as . However, invariant mass sp…

nucl-ex2025

Inclusive studies of two- and three-nucleon short-range correlations in H and He

S. Li, S. N. Santiesteban, J. Arrington +113

Inclusive electron scattering at carefully chosen kinematics can isolate scattering from the high-momentum nucleons in short-range correlations (SRCs). SRCs are produced by the har…

physics.ins-det2024

Particle Physics at the European Spallation Source

H. Abele, A. Alekou, A. Algora +176

Presently under construction in Lund, Sweden, the European Spallation Source (ESS) will be the world's brightest neutron source. As such, it has the potential for a particle physic…

physics.ins-det2026

Scintillation light calibrations, systematic uncertainties, and triggering efficiency in the MicroBooNE detector

MicroBooNE collaboration, P. Abratenko, D. Andrade Aldana +191

Scintillation light, produced alongside ionisation charge from particle interactions, plays a critical role in liquid argon time projection chamber (LArTPC) detectors. A detailed u…

nucl-ex2022

Revealing the short-range structure of the "mirror nuclei" H and He

S. Li, R. Cruz-Torres, N. Santiesteban +113

When protons and neutrons (nucleons) are bound into atomic nuclei, they are close enough together to feel significant attraction, or repulsion, from the strong, short-distance part…

hep-ex2022

Measurement of neutral current single production on argon with the MicroBooNE detector

MicroBooNE collaboration, P. Abratenko, J. Anthony +192

We report the first measurement of production in neutral current (NC) interactions on argon with average neutrino energy of ~GeV. We use data from the MicroBooNE…

hep-ex2022

Differential cross section measurement of charged current interactions without final-state pions in MicroBooNE

MicroBooNE collaboration, P. Abratenko, J. Anthony +183

In this letter we present the first measurements of an exclusive electron neutrino cross section with the MicroBooNE experiment using data from the Booster Neutrino Beamline at Fer…

hep-ex2024

Search for heavy neutral leptons in electron-positron and neutral-pion final states with the MicroBooNE detector

MicroBooNE collaboration, P. Abratenko, O. Alterkait +185

We present the first search for heavy neutral leptons (HNL) decaying into or final states in a liquid-argon time projection chamber using data collected with th…

hep-ex2025

First Measurement of Charged Current Muon Neutrino-Induced Production on Argon using the MicroBooNE Detector

MicroBooNE collaboration, P. Abratenko, D. Andrade Aldana +178

The MicroBooNE experiment is an 85 tonne active mass liquid argon time projection chamber neutrino detector exposed to the on-axis Booster Neutrino Beam (BNB) at Fermilab. One of M…

physics.ins-det2026

Characterizing the energy resolution of the MicroBooNE LArTPC at the MeV scale using monoenergetic features of Tl decays

MicroBooNE collaboration, P. Abratenko, D. Andrade Aldana +189

A detailed understanding of the capabilities and fidelity of low-energy reconstruction is crucial for taking advantage of MeV-scale neutrino physics opportunities in liquid argon t…

hep-ex2025

First Search for Dark Sector Explanations of the MiniBooNE Anomaly at MicroBooNE

MicroBooNE Collaboration, A. M. Abdullahi, P. Abratenko +178

We present MicroBooNE's first search for dark sector explanations of the long-standing MiniBooNE anomaly. The MiniBooNE anomaly has garnered significant attention over the…

nucl-ex2024

A novel measurement of the neutron magnetic form factor from A=3 mirror nuclei

S. N. Santiesteban, S. Li, D. Abrams +103

The electromagnetic form factors of the proton and neutron encode information on the spatial structure of their charge and magnetization distributions. While measurements of the pr…

hep-ex2025

Inclusive Search for Anomalous Single-Photon Production in MicroBooNE

MicroBooNE collaboration, P. Abratenko, D. Andrade Aldana +176

We present an inclusive search for anomalous production of single-photon events from neutrino interactions in the MicroBooNE experiment. The search and its signal definition are mo…

nucl-ex2024

Electroproduction of the Lambda/Sigma^0 hyperons at Q^2~0.5 (GeV/c)^2 at forward angles

K. Okuyama, K. Itabashi, S. Nagao +83

In 2018, the E12-17-003 experiment was conducted at the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (JLab) to explore the possible existence of an nnLambda state in the reconstr…

nucl-ex2024

Measurement of nuclear effects in neutrino-argon interactions using generalized kinematic imbalance variables with the MicroBooNE detector

MicroBooNE collaboration, P. Abratenko, O. Alterkait +185

We present a set of new generalized kinematic imbalance variables that can be measured in neutrino scattering. These variables extend previous measurements of kinematic imbalance o…

hep-ex2025

Measurement of three-dimensional inclusive muon-neutrino charged-current cross sections on argon with the MicroBooNE detector

MicroBooNE Collaboration, P. Abratenko, O. Alterkait +187

We report the measurement of the differential cross section for inclusive muon-neutrino charged-current scattering on argon. This measurement ut…