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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-det2019★ 63 cited

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…

physics.ins-det2019★ 74 cited

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…

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…

physics.ins-det2019★ 31 cited

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…

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…

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-det2015★ 302 cited

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…