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Publications (70)

hep-ex2022

Search for an anomalous excess of charged-current quasi-elastic interactions with the MicroBooNE experiment using Deep-Learning-based reconstruction

MicroBooNE collaboration, P. Abratenko, R. An +185

We present a measurement of the -interaction rate in the MicroBooNE detector that addresses the observed MiniBooNE anomalous low-energy excess (LEE). The approach taken isola…

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-ex2023

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…

hep-ex2021

A Convolutional Neural Network for Multiple Particle Identification in the MicroBooNE Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber

MicroBooNE collaboration, P. Abratenko, M. Alrashed +184

We present the multiple particle identification (MPID) network, a convolutional neural network (CNN) for multiple object classification, developed by MicroBooNE. MPID provides the…

physics.ins-det2020

Vertex-Finding and Reconstruction of Contained Two-track Neutrino Events in the MicroBooNE Detector

MicroBooNE collaboration, P. Abratenko, M. Alrashed +186

We describe algorithms developed to isolate and accurately reconstruct two-track events that are contained within the MicroBooNE detector. This method is optimized to reconstruct t…

physics.ins-det2025

The DUNE Phase II Detectors

DUNE Collaboration, A. Abed Abud, R. Acciarri +1340

The international collaboration designing and constructing the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) at the Long-Baseline Neutrino Facility (LBNF) has developed a two-phase s…

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…

hep-ex2025

Towards mono-energetic virtual beam cross-section measurements: A feasibility study of -Ar interaction analysis with DUNE-PRISM

DUNE Collaboration, S. Abbaslu, A. Abed Abud +1321

Neutrino-nucleus cross-section measurements are critical for future neutrino oscillation analyses. However, our models to describe them require further refinement, and a deeper und…

hep-ex2022

Search for an anomalous excess of charged-current interactions without pions in the final state with the MicroBooNE experiment

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

This article presents a measurement of interactions without pions in the final state using the MicroBooNE experiment and an investigation into the excess of low-energy elect…

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…

physics.ins-det2021

Neutrino Event Selection in the MicroBooNE Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber using Wire-Cell 3-D Imaging, Clustering, and Charge-Light Matching

MicroBooNE collaboration, P. Abratenko, M. Alrashed +182

An accurate and efficient event reconstruction is required to realize the full scientific capability of liquid argon time projection chambers (LArTPCs). The current and future neut…

physics.ins-det2018

Ionization Electron Signal Processing in Single Phase LArTPCs II. Data/Simulation Comparison and Performance in MicroBooNE

MicroBooNE collaboration, C. Adams, R. An +168

The single-phase liquid argon time projection chamber (LArTPC) provides a large amount of detailed information in the form of fine-grained drifted ionization charge from particle t…

hep-ex2025

The DUNE Science Program

DUNE Collaboration, A. Abed Abud, R. Acciarri +1340

The international collaboration designing and constructing the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) at the Long-Baseline Neutrino Facility (LBNF) has developed a two-phase s…

hep-ex2024

Measurement of the double-differential cross section of muon-neutrino charged-current interactions with low hadronic energy in the NOvA Near Detector

M. A. Acero, B. Acharya, P. Adamson +208

The NOvA collaboration reports cross-section measurements for charged-current interactions with low hadronic energy (maximum kinetic energy of 250 MeV for protons and 175 M…

hep-ex2023

The DUNE Far Detector Vertical Drift Technology, Technical Design Report

DUNE Collaboration, A. Abed Abud, B. Abi +1324

DUNE is an international experiment dedicated to addressing some of the questions at the forefront of particle physics and astrophysics, including the mystifying preponderance of m…

hep-ex2019

Reconstruction and Measurement of (100) MeV Energy Electromagnetic Activity from Decays in the MicroBooNE LArTPC

MicroBooNE collaboration, C. Adams, M. Alrashed +186

We present results on the reconstruction of electromagnetic (EM) activity from photons produced in charged current interactions with final state s. We employ a fully-…

hep-ex2025

Neutrino Interaction Vertex Reconstruction in DUNE with Pandora Deep Learning

DUNE Collaboration, A. Abed Abud, R. Acciarri +1331

The Pandora Software Development Kit and algorithm libraries perform reconstruction of neutrino interactions in liquid argon time projection chamber detectors. Pandora is the prima…

physics.acc-ph2025

European Contributions to Fermilab Accelerator Upgrades and Facilities for the DUNE Experiment

DUNE Collaboration, A. Abed Abud, R. Acciarri +1340

The Proton Improvement Plan (PIP-II) to the FNAL accelerator chain and the Long-Baseline Neutrino Facility (LBNF) will provide the world's most intense neutrino beam to the Deep Un…

hep-ex2022

Search for Neutrino-Induced Neutral Current Radiative Decay in MicroBooNE and a First Test of the MiniBooNE Low Energy Excess Under a Single-Photon Hypothesis

MicroBooNE collaboration, P. Abratenko, R. An +185

We report results from a search for neutrino-induced neutral current (NC) resonant (1232) baryon production followed by radiative decay, with a ~GeV neu…

hep-ex2022

Electromagnetic Shower Reconstruction and Energy Validation with Michel Electrons and Samples for the Deep-Learning-Based Analyses in MicroBooNE

MicroBooNE collaboration, P. Abratenko, R. An +183

This article presents the reconstruction of the electromagnetic activity from electrons and photons (showers) used in the MicroBooNE deep learning-based low energy electron search.…

physics.ins-det2021

Measurement of the Longitudinal Diffusion of Ionization Electrons in the MicroBooNE Detector

P. Abratenko, R. An, J. Anthony +179

Accurate knowledge of electron transport properties is vital to understanding the information provided by liquid argon time projection chambers (LArTPCs). Ionization electron drift…

hep-ex2019

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

P. Abratenko, C. Adams, M. Alrashed +178

We report the first measurement of the double-differential and total muon neutrino charged current inclusive cross sections on argon at a mean neutrino energy of 0.8 GeV. Data were…

hep-ex2025

Identification of low-energy kaons in the ProtoDUNE-SP detector

DUNE Collaboration, S. Abbaslu, F. Abd Alrahman +1343

The Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) is a next-generation neutrino experiment with a rich physics program that includes searches for the hypothetical phenomenon of proto…

physics.ins-det2021

Wire-Cell 3D Pattern Recognition Techniques for Neutrino Event Reconstruction in Large LArTPCs: Algorithm Description and Quantitative Evaluation with MicroBooNE Simulation

MicroBooNE collaboration, P. Abratenko, R. An +185

Wire-Cell is a 3D event reconstruction package for liquid argon time projection chambers. Through geometry, time, and drifted charge from multiple readout wire planes, 3D space poi…

physics.ins-det2019

A Method to Determine the Electric Field of Liquid Argon Time Projection Chambers Using a UV Laser System and its Application in MicroBooNE

MicroBooNE collaboration, C. Adams, M. Alrashed +187

Liquid argon time projection chambers (LArTPCs) are now a standard detector technology for making accelerator neutrino measurements, due to their high material density, precise tra…

physics.ins-det2024

Performance of a modular ton-scale pixel-readout liquid argon time projection chamber

DUNE Collaboration, A. Abed Abud, B. Abi +1360

The Module-0 Demonstrator is a single-phase 600 kg liquid argon time projection chamber operated as a prototype for the DUNE liquid argon near detector. Based on the ArgonCube desi…

physics.ins-det2022

Calorimetric classification of track-like signatures in liquid argon TPCs using MicroBooNE data

MicroBooNE collaboration, P. Abratenko, R. An +179

The MicroBooNE liquid argon time projection chamber located at Fermilab is a neutrino experiment dedicated to the study of short-baseline oscillations, the measurements of neutrino…

physics.ins-det2021

The Continuous Readout Stream of the MicroBooNE Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber for Detection of Supernova Burst Neutrinos

MicroBooNE collaboration, P. Abratenko, M. Alrashed +185

The MicroBooNE continuous readout stream is a parallel readout of the MicroBooNE liquid argon time projection chamber (LArTPC) which enables detection of non-beam events such as th…

hep-ex2020

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

P. Abratenko, M. Alrashed, R. An +181

We present upper limits on the production of heavy neutral leptons (HNLs) decaying to pairs using data collected with the MicroBooNE liquid-argon time projection chamber (TP…

physics.comp-ph2023

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…

physics.ins-det2020

Construction of precision wire readout planes for the Short-Baseline Near Detector (SBND)

R. Acciarri, C. Adams, C. Andreopoulos +192

The Short-Baseline Near Detector time projection chamber is unique in the design of its charge readout planes. These anode plane assemblies (APAs) have been fabricated and assemble…

hep-ex2021

Search for a Higgs portal scalar decaying to electron-positron pairs in the MicroBooNE detector

MicroBooNE collaboration, P. Abratenko, R. An +181

We present a search for the decays of a neutral scalar boson produced by kaons decaying at rest, in the context of the Higgs portal model, using the MicroBooNE detector. We analyze…

hep-ex2019

Comparison of νμ-Ar multiplicity distributions observed by MicroBooNE to GENIE model predictions

C. Adams, R. An, J. Anthony +162

We measure a large set of observables in inclusive charged current muon neutrino scattering on argon with the MicroBooNE liquid argon time projection chamber operating at Fermilab.…

hep-ex2018

First Measurement of Charged-Current Production on Argon with a LArTPC

MicroBooNE collaboration, C. Adams, M. Alrashed +172

We report the first measurement of the flux-integrated cross section of charged-current single production on argon. This measurement is performed with the MicroBoo…

physics.data-an2025

DUNE Software and Computing Research and Development

DUNE Collaboration, A. Abed Abud, R. Acciarri +1340

The international collaboration designing and constructing the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) at the Long-Baseline Neutrino Facility (LBNF) has developed a two-phase s…

physics.ins-det2024

DUNE Phase II: Scientific Opportunities, Detector Concepts, Technological Solutions

DUNE Collaboration, A. Abed Abud, B. Abi +1366

The international collaboration designing and constructing the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) at the Long-Baseline Neutrino Facility (LBNF) has developed a two-phase s…

hep-ex2018

A Deep Neural Network for Pixel-Level Electromagnetic Particle Identification in the MicroBooNE Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber

MicroBooNE collaboration, C. Adams, M. Alrashed +170

We have developed a convolutional neural network (CNN) that can make a pixel-level prediction of objects in image data recorded by a liquid argon time projection chamber (LArTPC) f…

hep-ex2022

Search for an anomalous excess of inclusive charged-current interactions in the MicroBooNE experiment using Wire-Cell reconstruction

MicroBooNE collaboration, P. Abratenko, R. An +184

We report a search for an anomalous excess of inclusive charged-current (CC) interactions using the Wire-Cell event reconstruction package in the MicroBooNE experiment, whic…

physics.ins-det2026

Operation of a Modular 3D-Pixelated Liquid Argon Time-Projection Chamber in a Neutrino Beam

DUNE Collaboration, S. Abbaslu, A. Abed Abud +1318

The 2x2 Demonstrator, a prototype for the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) liquid argon (LAr) Near Detector, was exposed to the Neutrinos from the Main Injector (NuMI) n…

physics.ins-det2021

Semantic Segmentation with a Sparse Convolutional Neural Network for Event Reconstruction in MicroBooNE

MicroBooNE collaboration, P. Abratenko, M. Alrashed +180

We present the performance of a semantic segmentation network, SparseSSNet, that provides pixel-level classification of MicroBooNE data. The MicroBooNE experiment employs a liquid…

physics.ins-det2019

Rejecting cosmic background for exclusive neutrino interaction studies with Liquid Argon TPCs; a case study with the MicroBooNE detector

MicroBooNE collaboration, C. Adams, M. Alrashed +172

Cosmic ray (CR) interactions can be a challenging source of background for neutrino oscillation and cross-section measurements in surface detectors. We present methods for CR rejec…

hep-ex2020

First Measurement of Differential Charged Current Quasielastic-like -Argon Scattering Cross Sections with the MicroBooNE Detector

P. Abratenko, M. Alrashed, R. An +181

We report on the first measurement of flux-integrated single differential cross sections for charged-current (CC) muon neutrino () scattering on argon with a muon and a prot…

physics.ins-det2025

Spatial and Temporal Evaluations of the Liquid Argon Purity in ProtoDUNE-SP

DUNE Collaboration, S. Abbaslu, A. Abed Abud +1320

Liquid argon time projection chambers (LArTPCs) rely on highly pure argon to ensure that ionization electrons produced by charged particles reach readout arrays. ProtoDUNE Single-P…

hep-ex2025

Supernova Pointing Capabilities of DUNE

DUNE Collaboration, A. Abed Abud, B. Abi +1360

The determination of the direction of a stellar core collapse via its neutrino emission is crucial for the identification of the progenitor for a multimessenger follow-up. A highly…

hep-ex2022

New CC0π GENIE Model Tune for MicroBooNE

The MicroBooNE Collaboration, P. Abratenko, R. An +182

A novel tune has been made for the MicroBooNE experiment. The fit uses 4 new parameters within the GENIE v3.0.6 Monte Carlo program. Charged current pionless data from the T2K expe…

hep-ex2021

High-performance Generic Neutrino Detection in a LArTPC near the Earth's Surface with the MicroBooNE Detector

MicroBooNE collaboration, P. Abratenko, M. Alrashed +186

Large Liquid Argon Time Projection Chambers (LArTPCs) are being increasingly adopted in neutrino oscillation experiments because of their superb imaging capabilities through the co…

physics.ins-det2020

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

MicroBooNE collaboration, C. Adams, M. Alrashed +186

We describe a method used to calibrate the position- and time-dependent response of the MicroBooNE liquid argon time projection chamber anode wires to ionization particle energy lo…

hep-ex2025

Joint neutrino oscillation analysis from the T2K and NOvA experiments

NOvA, T2K Collaborations, : +597

The landmark discovery that neutrinos have mass and can change type (or "flavor") as they propagate -- a process called neutrino oscillation -- has opened up a rich array of theore…

physics.ins-det2021

Measurement of the Atmospheric Muon Rate with the MicroBooNE Liquid Argon TPC

MicroBooNE collaboration, C. Adams, M. Alrashed +187

MicroBooNE is a near-surface liquid argon (LAr) time projection chamber (TPC) located at Fermilab. We measure the characterisation of muons originating from cosmic interactions in…

hep-ex2021

Measurement of the Flux-Averaged Inclusive Charged-Current Electron Neutrino and Antineutrino Cross Section on Argon using the NuMI Beam and the MicroBooNE Detector

MicroBooNE collaboration, P. Abratenko, M. Alrashed +185

We present a measurement of the combined + flux-averaged charged-current inclusive cross section on argon using data from the MicroBooNE liquid argon time project…

hep-ex2022

Novel Approach for Evaluating Detector-Related Uncertainties in a LArTPC Using MicroBooNE Data

MicroBooNE collaboration, P. Abratenko, R. An +183

Primary challenges for current and future precision neutrino experiments using liquid argon time projection chambers (LArTPCs) include understanding detector effects and quantifyin…

physics.ins-det2020

Measurement of Space Charge Effects in the MicroBooNE LArTPC Using Cosmic Muons

MicroBooNE collaboration, P. Abratenko, M. Alrashed +184

Large liquid argon time projection chambers (LArTPCs), especially those operating near the surface, are susceptible to space charge effects. In the context of LArTPCs, the space ch…

physics.ins-det2021

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

MicroBooNE collaboration, P. Abratenko, M. Alrashed +186

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 crit…

hep-ex2025

Measurement of d2sigma/d|q|dEavail in charged current neutrino-nucleus interactions at <Ev> = 1.86 GeV using the NOvA Near Detector

M. A. Acero, B. Acharya, P. Adamson +205

Double- and single-differential cross sections for inclusive charged-current neutrino-nucleus scattering are reported for the kinematic domain 0 to 2 GeV/c in three-momentum transf…

hep-ex2022

First Measurement of Inclusive Electron-Neutrino and Antineutrino Charged Current Differential Cross Sections in Charged Lepton Energy on Argon in MicroBooNE

MicroBooNE collaboration, P. Abratenko, R. An +185

We present the first measurement of the single-differential charged-current inclusive cross sections on argon in electron or positron energy and in electron or po…

hep-ex2025

Measurement of Exclusive --argon Interactions Using ProtoDUNE-SP

DUNE Collaboration, S. Abbaslu, A. Abed Abud +1323

We present the measurement of --argon inelastic cross sections using the ProtoDUNE Single-Phase liquid argon time projection chamber in the incident kinetic energy r…

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

Search for an Excess of Electron Neutrino Interactions in MicroBooNE Using Multiple Final State Topologies

MicroBooNE collaboration, P. Abratenko, R. An +192

We present a measurement of electron neutrino interactions from the Fermilab Booster Neutrino Beam using the MicroBooNE liquid argon time projection chamber to address the nature o…

hep-ex2022

First Measurement of Energy-Dependent Inclusive Muon Neutrino Charged-Current Cross Sections on Argon with the MicroBooNE Detector

MicroBooNE Collaboration, P. Abratenko, R. An +185

We report a measurement of the energy-dependent total charged-current cross section for inclusive muon neutrinos scattering on argon, as well as measurements…

hep-ex2024

First Measurement of the Total Inelastic Cross-Section of Positively-Charged Kaons on Argon at Energies Between 5.0 and 7.5 GeV

DUNE Collaboration, A. Abed Abud, B. Abi +1360

ProtoDUNE Single-Phase (ProtoDUNE-SP) is a 770-ton liquid argon time projection chamber that operated in a hadron test beam at the CERN Neutrino Platform in 2018. We present a meas…

physics.ins-det2018

Ionization Electron Signal Processing in Single Phase LArTPCs I. Algorithm Description and Quantitative Evaluation with MicroBooNE Simulation

MicroBooNE collaboration, C. Adams, R. An +166

We describe the concept and procedure of drifted-charge extraction developed in the MicroBooNE experiment, a single-phase liquid argon time projection chamber (LArTPC). This techni…

physics.ins-det2024

Doping Liquid Argon with Xenon in ProtoDUNE Single-Phase: Effects on Scintillation Light

DUNE Collaboration, A. Abed Abud, B. Abi +1317

Doping of liquid argon TPCs (LArTPCs) with a small concentration of xenon is a technique for light-shifting and facilitates the detection of the liquid argon scintillation light. I…

hep-ex2020

Measurement of Differential Cross Sections for -Ar Charged-Current Interactions with Protons and no Pions in the Final State with the MicroBooNE Detector

MicroBooNE collaboration, P. Abratenko, M. Alrashed +182

We present an analysis of MicroBooNE data with a signature of one muon, no pions, and at least one proton above a momentum threshold of 300 MeV/c (CC0Np). This is the first dif…

hep-ex2024

Search for -Violating Neutrino Nonstandard Interactions with the NOvA Experiment

NOvA Collaboration, M. A. Acero, B. Acharya +204

This Letter reports a search for charge-parity () symmetry violating nonstandard interactions (NSI) of neutrinos with matter using the NOvA Experiment, and examines their effec…

physics.ins-det2017

Design and Construction of the MicroBooNE Detector

MicroBooNE Collaboration, R. Acciarri, C. Adams +237

This paper describes the design and construction of the MicroBooNE liquid argon time projection chamber and associated systems. MicroBooNE is the first phase of the Short Baseline…

nucl-ex2026

First Measurement of -Ar and -Ar Total Inelastic Cross Sections in the Sub-GeV Energy Regime with ProtoDUNE-SP Data

DUNE Collaboration, S. Abbaslu, F. Abd Alrahman +1346

The ProtoDUNE-SP detector, a kiloton-scale prototype for the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) far detector, is the largest liquid argon time projection chamber built to…

physics.ins-det2024

The track-length extension fitting algorithm for energy measurement of interacting particles in liquid argon TPCs and its performance with ProtoDUNE-SP data

DUNE Collaboration, A. Abed Abud, B. Abi +1366

This paper introduces a novel track-length extension fitting algorithm for measuring the kinetic energies of inelastically interacting particles in liquid argon time projection cha…

physics.ins-det2019

Design and construction of the MicroBooNE Cosmic Ray Tagger system

MicroBooNE collaboration, C. Adams, M. Alrashed +171

The MicroBooNE detector utilizes a liquid argon time projection chamber (LArTPC) with an 85 t active mass to study neutrino interactions along the Booster Neutrino Beam (BNB) at Fe…

hep-ex2026

Reconstruction of atmospheric neutrinos in DUNE's horizontal-drift far-detector module

DUNE Collaboration, S. Abbaslu, F. Abd Alrahman +1343

This paper reports on the capabilities in reconstructing and identifying atmospheric neutrino interactions in one of the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment's (DUNE) far detector…

hep-ex2024

Expanding neutrino oscillation parameter measurements in NOvA using a Bayesian approach

NOvA Collaboration, M. A. Acero, B. Acharya +196

NOvA is a long-baseline neutrino oscillation experiment that measures oscillations in charged-current (disappearance) and (appe…