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Publications (12)

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…

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…

physics.ins-det2015

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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.…

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…

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…

physics.acc-ph2023

Artificial Intelligence for the Electron Ion Collider (AI4EIC)

C. Allaire, R. Ammendola, E. -C. Aschenauer +92

The Electron-Ion Collider (EIC), a state-of-the-art facility for studying the strong force, is expected to begin commissioning its first experiments in 2028. This is an opportune t…

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…