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physics.ins-det2020★ 9 cited

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…

physics.ins-det2020★ 46 cited

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-det2020★ 1 cited

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-det2020★ 14 cited

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…

physics.ins-det2020★ 53 cited

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-det2020★ 123 cited

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…

physics.ins-det2020★ 45 cited

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…

physics.ins-det2020★ 18 cited

-event Characterization and Rejection in Point-Contact HPGe Detectors

The MAJORANA Collaboration, I. J. Arnquist, F. T. Avignone +62

P-type point contact (PPC) HPGe detectors are a leading technology for rare event searches due to their excellent energy resolution, low thresholds, and multi-site event rejection…

physics.ins-det2020★ 60 cited

The LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) radioactivity and cleanliness control programs

D. S. Akerib, C. W. Akerlof, D. Yu. Akimov +387

LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) is a second-generation direct dark matter experiment with spin-independent WIMP-nucleon scattering sensitivity above cm for a WIMP mass…

physics.ins-det2020★ 23 cited

Supernova neutrino detection in NOvA

NOvA Collaboration, M. A. Acero, P. Adamson +199

The NOvA long-baseline neutrino experiment uses a pair of large, segmented, liquid-scintillator calorimeters to study neutrino oscillations, using GeV-scale neutrinos from the Ferm…

physics.ins-det2020★ 70 cited

Investigation of background electron emission in the LUX detector

D. S. Akerib, S. Alsum, H. M. Araújo +93

Dual-phase xenon detectors, as currently used in direct detection dark matter experiments, have observed elevated rates of background electron events in the low energy region. Whil…

physics.ins-det2020★ 43 cited

Discrimination of electronic recoils from nuclear recoils in two-phase xenon time projection chambers

LUX Collaboration, D. S. Akerib, S. Alsum +94

We present a comprehensive analysis of electronic recoil vs. nuclear recoil discrimination in liquid/gas xenon time projection chambers, using calibration data from the 2013 and 20…

physics.ins-det2020★ 14 cited

ADC Nonlinearity Correction for the MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR

N. Abgrall, J. M. Allmond, I. J. Arnquist +64

Imperfections in analog-to-digital conversion (ADC) cannot be ignored when signal digitization requirements demand both wide dynamic range and high resolution, as is the case for t…

physics.ins-det2020★ 20 cited

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-det2020★ 32 cited

In-situ calibration of the single-photoelectron charge response of the IceCube photomultiplier tubes

The IceCube Collaboration

We describe an improved in-situ calibration of the single-photoelectron charge distributions for each of the in-ice Hamamatsu Photonics R7081-02[MOD] photomultiplier tubes in the I…

physics.ins-det2020★ 41 cited

Simulations of Events for the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) Dark Matter Experiment

ZEPLIN Collaboration, D. S. Akerib, C. W. Akerlof +194

The LUX-ZEPLIN dark matter search aims to achieve a sensitivity to the WIMP-nucleon spin-independent cross-section down to (1--2)\,pb at a WIMP mass of 40 GeV/…