MicroBooNE collaboration

Search for an anomalous excess of charged-current quasi-elastic $I^½_{e}$ interactions with the MicroBooNE experiment using Deep-Learning-based reconstruction

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

We present a measurement of the $I^½_{e}$ -interaction rate in the MicroBooNE detector that addresses the observed MiniBooNE anomalous low-energy excess (LEE). The approach taken isola…

Probing Nuclear Effects with Transverse Kinematic Imbalance in Muon-neutrino Induced Charged-Current $I ¨ ^{0}$ 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…

Enhanced search for neutral current $I^$ 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 $I^$ (1232) baryon production and subsequent $I^$ radiative decay (NC $I^ \to N I^^{3}$ ). We consider e…

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…

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…

physics.ins-det2017

Noise Characterization and Filtering in the MicroBooNE Liquid Argon TPC

MicroBooNE collaboration, R. Acciarri, C. Adams +152

The low-noise operation of readout electronics in a liquid argon time projection chamber (LArTPC) is critical to properly extract the distribution of ionization charge deposited on…

First Measurement of Sub-GeV $I^½_{I^} ¼$ 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…

First double-differential cross section measurement of neutral-current $I ¨ ^{0}$ 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 $I ¨ ^{0}$ ) 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…

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 (…

physics.ins-det2017

Determination of muon momentum in the MicroBooNE LArTPC using an improved model of multiple Coulomb scattering

MicroBooNE collaboration, P. Abratenko, R. Acciarri +145

We discuss a technique for measuring a charged particle's momentum by means of multiple Coulomb scattering (MCS) in the MicroBooNE liquid argon time projection chamber (LArTPC). Th…

Search for an anomalous excess of charged-current $I^½_{e}$ interactions without pions in the final state with the MicroBooNE experiment

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

This article presents a measurement of $I^½_{e}$ interactions without pions in the final state using the MicroBooNE experiment and an investigation into the excess of low-energy elect…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Measurement of single charged pion production in charged-current $I^½_{I^} ¼$ -Ar interactions with the MicroBooNE detector

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

We present flux-averaged charged-current $I^½_{I^} ¼$ cross-section measurements on argon for final states containing exactly one $I ¨ ^{\pm}$ and no other hadrons except nucleons. The anal…

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-ex2019

Reconstruction and Measurement of $O$ (100) MeV Energy Electromagnetic Activity from $I ¨ ^{0} \to I^^{3} I^^{3}$ 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 $I^½_{I^} ¼$ interactions with final state $I ¨ ^{0}$ s. We employ a fully-…

Search for Neutrino-Induced Neutral Current $I^$ 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 $I^$ (1232) baryon production followed by $I^$ radiative decay, with a $⟨ 0.8 ⟩$ ~GeV neu…

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…

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…

Electromagnetic Shower Reconstruction and Energy Validation with Michel Electrons and $I ¨ ^{0}$ 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.…

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, $I^¸$ , with which a new scalar particle, $S$ , mixes with the Higgs field in the mass range $110\text{ MeV}<…

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…

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-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-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…

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…

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, $I^½_{e}$ , $I^½_{I^} ¼$ , and $I^½_{I ¨} $ , is a central tenet of the Standard Model of particle physics. Quantum-mechanical interference can…

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-ex2017

The Pandora multi-algorithm approach to automated pattern recognition of cosmic-ray muon and neutrino events in the MicroBooNE detector

MicroBooNE collaboration, R. Acciarri, C. Adams +145

The development and operation of Liquid-Argon Time-Projection Chambers for neutrino physics has created a need for new approaches to pattern recognition in order to fully exploit t…

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,…

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…

First measurement of $I^½_{e}$ + $I^ˉ ½_{e}$ 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 $I^$ 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 $I^$ baryon production, using data collected with the MicroBooNE detector when exposed to the neutrinos…

Search for an Anomalous Production of Charged-Current $I^½_{e}$ 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…

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-ex2018

First Measurement of $I^½_{I^} ¼$ Charged-Current $I ¨ ^{0}$ 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 $I^½_{I^} ¼$ charged-current single $I ¨ ^{0}$ production on argon. This measurement is performed with the MicroBoo…

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…

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…

First application of a liquid argon time projection chamber for the search for intranuclear neutron-antineutron transitions and annihilation in $^{40}$ Ar using the MicroBooNE detector

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

We present a novel methodology to search for intranuclear neutron-antineutron transition ( $n \to n ˉ$ ) followed by $n ˉ$ -nucleon annihilation within an $^{40}$ Ar nucl…

hep-ex2023

First demonstration of $O (1 ns)$ 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…

Search for an anomalous excess of inclusive charged-current $I^½_{e}$ 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) $I^½_{e}$ interactions using the Wire-Cell event reconstruction package in the MicroBooNE experiment, whic…

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…

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…

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-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-ex2017

Measurement of cosmic-ray reconstruction efficiencies in the MicroBooNE LArTPC using a small external cosmic-ray counter

MicroBooNE collaboration, R. Acciarri, C. Adams +148

The MicroBooNE detector is a liquid argon time projection chamber at Fermilab designed to study short-baseline neutrino oscillations and neutrino-argon interaction cross-section. D…

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 $7.2 \times 1 0^{20}$ protons on target taken with the MicroBooNE detector…

First measurement of $I^\cdot$ production in neutrino interactions on argon with MicroBooNE

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

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

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…

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 Î½Î¼-argon quasielastic-like event topology with one muon and one proton in the final state an…

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…

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…

Inclusive cross section measurements in final states with and without protons for charged-current $I^½_{I^} ¼$ -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…

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…

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 $I^½_{e}$ + $I^ˉ ½_{e}$ flux-averaged charged-current inclusive cross section on argon using data from the MicroBooNE liquid argon time project…

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…

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…

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…

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 $I^½_{e} + I^ˉ ½_{e}$ charged-current inclusive cross sections on argon in electron or positron energy and in electron or po…

physics.ins-det2017

Michel Electron Reconstruction Using Cosmic-Ray Data from the MicroBooNE LArTPC

MicroBooNE collaboration, R. Acciarri, C. Adams +143

The MicroBooNE liquid argon time projection chamber (LArTPC) has been taking data at Fermilab since 2015 collecting, in addition to neutrino beam, cosmic-ray muons. Results are pre…

Measurement of neutral current single $I ¨ ^{0}$ production on argon with the MicroBooNE detector

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

We report the first measurement of $I ¨ ^{0}$ production in neutral current (NC) interactions on argon with average neutrino energy of $≲ 1$ ~GeV. We use data from the MicroBooNE…

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…

physics.ins-det2016

Convolutional Neural Networks Applied to Neutrino Events in a Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber

MicroBooNE collaboration, R. Acciarri, C. Adams +136

We present several studies of convolutional neural networks applied to data coming from the MicroBooNE detector, a liquid argon time projection chamber (LArTPC). The algorithms stu…

Differential cross section measurement of charged current $I^½_{e}$ 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…

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 $I^½ e^{+} e^{-}$ or $I^½ I ¨ ^{0}$ final states in a liquid-argon time projection chamber using data collected with th…

First Measurement of Charged Current Muon Neutrino-Induced $K^{+}$ 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-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-det2026

Characterizing the energy resolution of the MicroBooNE LArTPC at the MeV scale using monoenergetic features of $^{208}$ 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-ex2020

Measurement of Differential Cross Sections for $I^½_{I^} ¼$ -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 (CC0 $I ¨ $ Np). This is the first dif…