Publications (60)
Snowmass Neutrino Frontier: DUNE Physics Summary
DUNE Collaboration, A. Abed Abud, B. Abi +1240
The Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) is a next-generation long-baseline neutrino oscillation experiment with a primary physics goal of observing neutrino and antineutrin…
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…
Supernova Neutrino Burst Detection with the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment
DUNE collaboration, B. Abi, R. Acciarri +967
The Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE), a 40-kton underground liquid argon time projection chamber experiment, will be sensitive to the electron-neutrino flavor component…
Design, construction and operation of the ProtoDUNE-SP Liquid Argon TPC
DUNE Collaboration, A. Abed Abud, B. Abi +1175
The ProtoDUNE-SP detector is a single-phase liquid argon time projection chamber (LArTPC) that was constructed and operated in the CERN North Area at the end of the H4 beamline. Th…
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…
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…
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…
Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) Near Detector Conceptual Design Report
A. Abed Abud, B. Abi, R. Acciarri +1059
This report describes the conceptual design of the DUNE near detector
Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE), Far Detector Technical Design Report, Volume II: DUNE Physics
B. Abi, R. Acciarri, Mario A. Acero +958
The preponderance of matter over antimatter in the early universe, the dynamics of the supernovae that produced the heavy elements necessary for life, and whether protons eventuall…
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…
Long-baseline neutrino oscillation physics potential of the DUNE experiment
DUNE Collaboration, B. Abi, R. Acciarri +966
The sensitivity of the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) to neutrino oscillation is determined, based on a full simulation, reconstruction, and event selection of the far…
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…
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 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.…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
A Gaseous Argon-Based Near Detector to Enhance the Physics Capabilities of DUNE
A. Abed Abud, B. Abi, R. Acciarri +1239
This document presents the concept and physics case for a magnetized gaseous argon-based detector system (ND-GAr) for the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) Near Detector.…
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 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…
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…
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…
Separation of track- and shower-like energy deposits in ProtoDUNE-SP using a convolutional neural network
DUNE Collaboration, A. Abed Abud, B. Abi +1221
Liquid argon time projection chamber detector technology provides high spatial and calorimetric resolutions on the charged particles traversing liquid argon. As a result, the techn…
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…
Experiment Simulation Configurations Approximating DUNE TDR
DUNE Collaboration, B. Abi, R. Acciarri +966
The Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) is a next-generation long-baseline neutrino oscillation experiment consisting of a high-power, broadband neutrino beam, a highly cap…
Neutrino interaction classification with a convolutional neural network in the DUNE far detector
DUNE Collaboration, B. Abi, R. Acciarri +968
The Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment is a next-generation neutrino oscillation experiment that aims to measure -violation in the neutrino sector as part of a wider physics…
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…
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…
Low exposure long-baseline neutrino oscillation sensitivity of the DUNE experiment
DUNE Collaboration, A. Abed Abud, B. Abi +1151
The Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) will produce world-leading neutrino oscillation measurements over the lifetime of the experiment. In this work, we explore DUNE's se…
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…
Prospects for Beyond the Standard Model Physics Searches at the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment
DUNE Collaboration, B. Abi, R. Acciarri +970
The Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) will be a powerful tool for a variety of physics topics. The high-intensity proton beams provide a large neutrino flux, sampled by a…
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 + flux-averaged charged-current inclusive cross section on argon using data from the MicroBooNE liquid argon time project…
Reconstruction of interactions in the ProtoDUNE-SP detector with Pandora
DUNE Collaboration, A. Abed Abud, B. Abi +1220
The Pandora Software Development Kit and algorithm libraries provide pattern-recognition logic essential to the reconstruction of particle interactions in liquid argon time project…
Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE), Far Detector Technical Design Report, Volume III: DUNE Far Detector Technical Coordination
B. Abi, R. Acciarri, Mario A. Acero +958
The preponderance of matter over antimatter in the early universe, the dynamics of the supernovae that produced the heavy elements necessary for life, and whether protons eventuall…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE), Far Detector Technical Design Report, Volume IV: Far Detector Single-phase Technology
B. Abi, R. Acciarri, Mario A. Acero +958
The preponderance of matter over antimatter in the early universe, the dynamics of the supernovae that produced the heavy elements necessary for life, and whether protons eventuall…
First results on ProtoDUNE-SP liquid argon time projection chamber performance from a beam test at the CERN Neutrino Platform
DUNE Collaboration, B. Abi, A. Abed Abud +987
The ProtoDUNE-SP detector is a single-phase liquid argon time projection chamber with an active volume of m. It is installed at the CERN Neutrino Plat…
Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE), Far Detector Technical Design Report, Volume I: Introduction to DUNE
B. Abi, R. Acciarri, Mario A. Acero +958
The preponderance of matter over antimatter in the early universe, the dynamics of the supernovae that produced the heavy elements necessary for life, and whether protons eventuall…
Scintillation light detection in the 6-m drift-length ProtoDUNE Dual Phase liquid argon TPC
DUNE Collaboration, A. Abed Abud, B. Abi +1220
DUNE is a dual-site experiment for long-baseline neutrino oscillation studies, neutrino astrophysics and nucleon decay searches. ProtoDUNE Dual Phase (DP) is a 6x6x6m3 liquid argon…
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…
Searching for solar KDAR with DUNE
DUNE Collaboration, A. Abed Abud, B. Abi +1174
The observation of 236 MeV muon neutrinos from kaon-decay-at-rest (KDAR) originating in the core of the Sun would provide a unique signature of dark matter annihilation. Since exce…