Publications (65)
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…
The Simons Observatory: forecasted constraints on primordial gravitational waves with the expanded array of Small Aperture Telescopes
The Simons Observatory Collaboration, I. Abril-Cabezas, S. Adachi +479
We present updated forecasts for the scientific performance of the degree-scale (0.5 deg FWHM at 93 GHz), deep-field survey to be conducted by the Simons Observatory (SO). By 2027,…
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…
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…
A Convolutional Neural Network based Cascade Reconstruction for the IceCube Neutrino Observatory
R. Abbasi, M. Ackermann, J. Adams +364
Continued improvements on existing reconstruction methods are vital to the success of high-energy physics experiments, such as the IceCube Neutrino Observatory. In IceCube, further…
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…
Search for multi-flare neutrino emissions in 10 years of IceCube data from a catalog of sources
IceCube collaboration, R. Abbasi, M. Ackermann +375
A recent time-integrated analysis of a catalog of 110 candidate neutrino sources revealed a cumulative neutrino excess in the data collected by IceCube between April 6, 2008 and Ju…
A Proposal for a Three Detector Short-Baseline Neutrino Oscillation Program in the Fermilab Booster Neutrino Beam
R. Acciarri, C. Adams, R. An +221
A Short-Baseline Neutrino (SBN) physics program of three LAr-TPC detectors located along the Booster Neutrino Beam (BNB) at Fermilab is presented. This new SBN Program will deliver…
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 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…
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…
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…
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-…
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…
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.…
Search for High-Energy Neutrinos from Ultra-Luminous Infrared Galaxies with IceCube
IceCube Collaboration, R. Abbasi, M. Ackermann +378
Ultra-luminous infrared galaxies (ULIRGs) have infrared luminosities , making them the most luminous objects in the infrared sky. These dust…
LeptonInjector and LeptonWeighter: A neutrino event generator and weighter for neutrino observatories
R. Abbasi, M. Ackermann, J. Adams +362
We present a high-energy neutrino event generator, called LeptonInjector, alongside an event weighter, called LeptonWeighter. Both are designed for large-volume Cherenkov neutrino…
Search for GeV Neutrino Emission During Intense Gamma-Ray Solar Flares with the IceCube Neutrino Observatory
R. Abbasi, M. Ackermann, J. Adams +364
Solar flares convert magnetic energy into thermal and non-thermal plasma energy, the latter implying particle acceleration of charged particles such as protons. Protons are injecte…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 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…
The IceCube Collaboration -- Contributions to the 37th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC2021)
IceCube Collaboration, R. Abbasi, M. Ackermann +378
This list of contributions to the 37th International Cosmic Ray Conference in Berlin, Germany (12-23 July 2021) summarizes the latest results from the IceCube Neutrino Observatory.…
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…
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…
The IceCube-Gen2 Collaboration -- Contributions to the 37th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC2021)
Gen2 Collaboration, R. Abbasi, M. Ackermann +437
IceCube-Gen2 is a planned extension of the IceCube Neutrino Observatory at the South Pole. The extension is optimized to search for sources of astrophysical neutrinos from TeV to E…
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.…
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…
All-flavor constraints on nonstandard neutrino interactions and generalized matter potential with three years of IceCube DeepCore data
IceCube Collaboration, R. Abbasi, M. Ackermann +370
We report constraints on nonstandard neutrino interactions (NSI) from the observation of atmospheric neutrinos with IceCube, limiting all individual coupling strengths from a singl…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
A search for time-dependent astrophysical neutrino emission with IceCube data from 2012 to 2017
IceCube Collaboration, R. Abbasi, M. Ackermann +361
High-energy neutrinos are unique messengers of the high-energy universe, tracing the processes of cosmic-ray acceleration. This paper presents analyses focusing on time-dependent n…
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…
New CC0Ï 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…
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…
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…
Elasticities and stabilities: lipid membranes vs cell membranes
Z. C. Tu, R. An, Z. C. Ou-Yang
A cell membrane can be simply regarded as composite material consisting of lipid bilayer, membrane cytoskeleton beneath lipid bilayer, and proteins embedded in lipid bilayer and li…
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…
GUI Database for the Equipment Store of the Department of Geomatic Engineering, KNUST
J. A. Quaye-Ballard, R. An, A. B. Agyemang +2
The geospatial analyst is required to apply art, science, and technology to measure relative positions of natural and man-made features above or beneath the earths surface, and to…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Cosmology from Cross-Correlation of ACT-DR4 CMB Lensing and DES-Y3 Cosmic Shear
S. Shaikh, I. Harrison, A. van Engelen +105
Cross-correlation between weak lensing of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) and weak lensing of galaxies offers a way to place robust constraints on cosmological and astrophysi…
Cosmological shocks around galaxy clusters: A coherent investigation with DES, SPT & ACT
D. Anbajagane, C. Chang, E. J. Baxter +111
We search for signatures of cosmological shocks in gas pressure profiles of galaxy clusters using the cluster catalogs from three surveys: the Dark Energy Survey (DES) Year 3, the…
The Simons Observatory: Science Goals and Forecasts for the Enhanced Large Aperture Telescope
The Simons Observatory Collaboration, M. Abitbol, I. Abril-Cabezas +419
We describe updated scientific goals for the wide-field, millimeter-wave survey that will be produced by the Simons Observatory (SO). Significant upgrades to the 6-meter SO Large A…
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…
Search for Relativistic Magnetic Monopoles with Eight Years of IceCube Data
IceCube Collaboration, R. Abbasi, M. Ackermann +380
We present an all-sky 90\% confidence level upper limit on the cosmic flux of relativistic magnetic monopoles using 2886 days of IceCube data. The analysis was optimized for monopo…
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…
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…
A muon-track reconstruction exploiting stochastic losses for large-scale Cherenkov detectors
R. Abbasi, M. Ackermann, J. Adams +362
IceCube is a cubic-kilometer Cherenkov telescope operating at the South Pole. The main goal of IceCube is the detection of astrophysical neutrinos and the identification of their s…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Follow-up of astrophysical transients in real time with the IceCube Neutrino Observatory
R. Abbasi, M. Ackermann, J. Adams +360
In multi-messenger astronomy, rapid investigation of interesting transients is imperative. As an observatory with a 4 steradian field of view and 99\% uptime, the IceCube…