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most citedDesign and Construction of the MicroBooNE Detector

429 citations · 1.4k across the 18 of their papers we have counts for

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22 papers

physics.ins-det2019★ 29 cited

The Liquid Argon In A Testbeam (LArIAT) Experiment

LArIAT Collaboration, R. Acciarri, C. J. Adams +103

The LArIAT liquid argon time projection chamber, placed in a tertiary beam of charged particles at the Fermilab Test Beam Facility, has collected large samples of pions, muons, ele…

hep-ex2019★ 79 cited

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…

physics.ins-det2019★ 2 cited

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-ex2018★ 39 cited

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 MicroBooNE…

hep-ex2018★ 83 cited

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…

physics.ins-det2018

The DUNE Far Detector Interim Design Report, Volume 3: Dual-Phase Module

DUNE Collaboration, B. Abi, R. Acciarri +1092

The DUNE IDR describes the proposed physics program and technical designs of the DUNE far detector modules in preparation for the full TDR to be published in 2019. It is intended a…

physics.ins-det2018

The DUNE Far Detector Interim Design Report Volume 1: Physics, Technology and Strategies

DUNE Collaboration, B. Abi, R. Acciarri +1092

The DUNE IDR describes the proposed physics program and technical designs of the DUNE Far Detector modules in preparation for the full TDR to be published in 2019. It is intended a…

physics.ins-det2018

The DUNE Far Detector Interim Design Report, Volume 2: Single-Phase Module

DUNE Collaboration, B. Abi, R. Acciarri +1092

The DUNE IDR describes the proposed physics program and technical designs of the DUNE far detector modules in preparation for the full TDR to be published in 2019. It is intended a…

physics.ins-det2018★ 111 cited

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-det2018★ 87 cited

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-ex2017★ 12 cited

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-det2017

The Single-Phase ProtoDUNE Technical Design Report

B. Abi, R. Acciarri, M. A. Acero +824

ProtoDUNE-SP is the single-phase DUNE Far Detector prototype that is under construction and will be operated at the CERN Neutrino Platform (NP) starting in 2018. ProtoDUNE-SP, a cr…

physics.ins-det2017★ 106 cited

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.ins-det2017★ 53 cited

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…

physics.ins-det2017★ 54 cited

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…

physics.ins-det2017★ 429 cited

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-det2016★ 110 cited

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-det2016★ 98 cited

Long-Baseline Neutrino Facility (LBNF) and Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) Conceptual Design Report Volume 1: The LBNF and DUNE Projects

R. Acciarri, M. A. Acero, M. Adamowski +795

This document presents the Conceptual Design Report (CDR) put forward by an international neutrino community to pursue the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment at the Long-Baseline…

physics.ins-det2015★ 5 cited

A Study of Dielectric Breakdown Along Insulators Surrounding Conductors in Liquid Argon

Sarah Lockwitz, Hans Jostlein

High voltage breakdown in liquid argon is an important concern in the design of liquid argon time projection chambers, which are often used as neutrino and dark matter detectors. W…

physics.ins-det2015★ 10 cited

Design and operation of LongBo: a 2 m long drift liquid argon TPC

C. Bromberg, B. Carls, D. Edmunds +12

In this paper, we report on the design and operation of the LongBo time projection chamber in the Liquid Argon Purity Demonstrator cryostat. This chamber features a 2 m long drift…

physics.ins-det2014★ 8 cited

Testing of High Voltage Surge Protection Devices for Use in Liquid Argon TPC Detectors

J. Asaadi, J. M. Conrad, S. Gollapinni +6

In this paper we demonstrate the capability of high voltage varistors and gas discharge tube arrestors for use as surge protection devices in liquid argon time projection chamber d…

hep-ex2011★ 76 cited

The 2010 Interim Report of the Long-Baseline Neutrino Experiment Collaboration Physics Working Groups

The LBNE Collaboration, T. Akiri, D. Allspach +329

In early 2010, the Long-Baseline Neutrino Experiment (LBNE) science collaboration initiated a study to investigate the physics potential of the experiment with a broad set of diffe…