First simultaneous measurement of differential muon-neutrino charged-current cross sections on argon for final states with and without protons using MicroBooNE data
MicroBooNE collaboration, P. Abratenko, O. Alterkait, D. Andrade Aldana, L. Arellano, J. Asaadi, A. Ashkenazi, S. Balasubramanian, B. Baller, G. Barr, D. Barrow… 展开作者
MicroBooNE collaboration, P. Abratenko, O. Alterkait, D. Andrade Aldana, L. Arellano, J. Asaadi, A. Ashkenazi, S. Balasubramanian, B. Baller, G. Barr, D. Barrow, J. Barrow, V. Basque, O. Benevides Rodrigues, S. Berkman, A. Bhanderi, A. Bhat, M. Bhattacharya, M. Bishai, A. Blake, B. Bogart, T. Bolton, J. Y. Book, M. B. Brunetti, L. Camilleri, Y. Cao, D. Caratelli, F. Cavanna, G. Cerati, A. Chappell, Y. Chen, J. M. Conrad, M. Convery, L. Cooper-Troendle, J. I. Crespo-Anadon, R. Cross, M. Del Tutto, S. R. Dennis, P. Detje, A. Devitt, R. Diurba, Z. Djurcic, R. Dorrill, K. Duffy, S. Dytman, B. Eberly, P. Englezos, A. Ereditato, J. J. Evans, R. Fine, O. G. Finnerud, B. T. Fleming, W. Foreman, D. Franco, A. P. Furmanski, F. Gao, D. Garcia-Gamez, S. Gardiner, G. Ge, S. Gollapinni, E. Gramellini, P. Green, H. Greenlee, L. Gu, W. Gu, R. Guenette, P. Guzowski, L. Hagaman, O. Hen, C. Hilgenberg, G. A. Horton-Smith, Z. Imani, B. Irwin, M. S. Ismail, C. James, X. Ji, J. H. Jo, R. A. Johnson, Y. J. Jwa, D. Kalra, N. Kamp, G. Karagiorgi, W. Ketchum, M. Kirby, T. Kobilarcik, I. Kreslo, M. B. Leibovitch, I. Lepetic, J. -Y. Li, K. Li, Y. Li, K. Lin, B. R. Littlejohn, H. Liu, W. C. Louis, X. Luo, C. Mariani, D. Marsden, J. Marshall, N. Martinez, D. A. Martinez Caicedo, S. Martynenko, A. Mastbaum, I. Mawby, N. McConkey, V. Meddage, J. Micallef, K. Miller, K. Mistry, T. Mohayai, A. Mogan, M. Mooney, A. F. Moor, C. D. Moore, L. Mora Lepin, M. M. Moudgalya, S. Mulleria Babu, D. Naples, A. Navrer-Agasson, N. Nayak, M. Nebot-Guinot, J. Nowak, N. Oza, O. Palamara, N. Pallat, V. Paolone, A. Papadopoulou, V. Papavassiliou, H. Parkinson, S. F. Pate, N. Patel, Z. Pavlovic, E. Piasetzky, I. Pophale, X. Qian, J. L. Raaf, V. Radeka, A. Rafique, M. Reggiani-Guzzo, L. Ren, L. Rochester, J. Rodriguez Rondon, M. Rosenberg, M. Ross-Lonergan, C. Rudolph von Rohr, I. Safa, G. Scanavini, D. W. Schmitz, A. Schukraft, W. Seligman, M. H. Shaevitz, R. Sharankova, J. Shi, E. L. Snider, M. Soderberg, S. Soldner-Rembold, J. Spitz, M. Stancari, J. St. John, T. Strauss, A. M. Szelc, W. Tang, N. Taniuchi, K. Terao, C. Thorpe, D. Torbunov, D. Totani, M. Toups, Y. -T. Tsai, J. Tyler, M. A. Uchida, T. Usher, B. Viren, M. Weber, H. Wei, A. J. White, S. Wolbers, T. Wongjirad, M. Wospakrik, K. Wresilo, W. Wu, E. Yandel, T. Yang, L. E. Yates, H. W. Yu, G. P. Zeller, J. Zennamo, C. Zhang
We report the first double-differential neutrino-argon cross section measurement made simultaneously for final states with and without protons for the inclusive muon neutrino charged-current interaction channel. The proton kinematics of this channel are further explored with a differential cross section measurement as a function of the leading proton's kinetic energy that extends across the detection threshold. These measurements utilize data collected using the MicroBooNE detector from 6.4$\times10^{20}$ protons on target from the Fermilab Booster Neutrino Beam with a mean neutrino energy of $\sim$0.8 GeV. Extensive data-driven model validation utilizing the conditional constraint formalism is employed. This motivates enlarging the uncertainties with an empirical reweighting approach to minimize the possibility of extracting biased cross section results. The extracted nominal flux-averaged cross sections are compared to widely used event generator predictions revealing severe mismodeling of final states without protons for muon neutrino charged-current interactions, possibly from insufficient treatment of final state interactions. These measurements provide a wealth of new information useful for improving event generators which will enhance the sensitivity of precision measurements in neutrino experiments.
Measurement of the Argon Purity by ICP-MS and Results of the Analysis of the Gas Used for the MicroBooNE Experiment
测量氩的纯度对于所有基于氩的稀有事件研究实验都是至关重要的。质谱法通常用于评估低本底探测器材料样品中的铀和钍污染;然而，这项技术有可能提供目前尚未开发的其他有价值的信息。我们已经表明，通过ICP-MS，可以识别和量化氩气中常见的化学污染物。初步测试是用从FNAL的MicroBooNE实验和LSC的ArDM实验中提取的气体进行的。在前一种情况下，我们证明了相关的氮污染远高于在商业氩气中测量的氮污染。在ArDM中，我们确定并量化了用于科学运行的气体中汞的存在。在这两种情况下，氩气中均存在氪（~ppb）和氙（~ 10 s ppb）。
New model comparison for semi-inclusive charged-current electron and muon neutrino scattering by $^{40}$Ar in the energy range of the MicroBooNE experiment
First Measurement of Charged Current Muon Neutrino-Induced $K^+$ Production on Argon using the MicroBooNE Detector
Tufts University（塔夫茨大学）；Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT)（伊利诺伊理工学院）；The University of Manchester（曼彻斯特大学）；University of Texas, Arlington（德克萨斯大学阿灵顿分校）；Tel Aviv University（特拉维夫大学）；Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)（费米国家加速器实验室）；University of Oxford（牛津大学）；University of Minnesota（明尼苏达大学）；Imperial College London（伦敦帝国学院）；Michigan State University（密歇根州立大学）；University of Chicago（芝加哥大学）；Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL)（布鲁克海文国家实验室）
First Measurement of Sub-GeV $ν_μ$ Charged-Current Coherent Pion Production on Argon in MicroBooNE
Tufts University（塔夫茨大学）；Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT)（伊利诺伊理工学院）；University of Texas, Arlington（德克萨斯大学阿灵顿分校）；Tel Aviv University（特拉维夫大学）；Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)（费米国家加速器实验室）；University of Oxford（牛津大学）；University of Minnesota（明尼苏达大学）；Imperial College London（伦敦帝国学院）；The University of Manchester（曼彻斯特大学）；South Dakota School of Mines and Technology (SDSMT)（南达科他矿业和理工学院）；Michigan State University（密歇根州立大学）；University of Chicago（芝加哥大学）；Los Alamos National Laborato（洛斯阿拉莫斯国家实验室）
Measurement of the Flux-Averaged Inclusive Charged-Current Electron Neutrino and Antineutrino Cross Section on Argon using the NuMI Beam and the MicroBooNE Detector
Measurement of charged-current muon neutrino-argon interactions without pions in the final state using the MicroBooNE detector
Tufts University（塔夫茨大学）；Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT)（伊利诺伊理工学院）；The University of Manchester（曼彻斯特大学）；University of Texas, Arlington（德克萨斯大学阿灵顿分校）；Tel Aviv University（特拉维夫大学）；Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)（费米国家加速器实验室）；University of Oxford（牛津大学）；University of Minnesota（明尼苏达大学）；Imperial College London（伦敦帝国学院）；South Dakota School of Mines and Technology (SDSMT)（南达科他矿业和理工学院）；Michigan State University（密歇根州立大学）；University of Chicago（芝加哥大学）
First measurement of $ν_e$ + $\barν_e$ charged current single charged pion production differential cross sections on argon using the MicroBooNE detector
Measurement of double-differential cross sections for mesonless charged-current muon neutrino interactions on argon with final-state protons using the MicroBooNE detector
Probing Nuclear Effects with Transverse Kinematic Imbalance in Muon-neutrino Induced Charged-Current $π^0$ Production on Argon with the MicroBooNE Detector
Tufts University（塔夫茨大学）；Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT)（伊利诺伊理工学院）；University of Texas, Arlington（德克萨斯大学阿灵顿分校）；Tel Aviv University（特拉维夫大学）；Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)（费米国家加速器实验室）；University of Oxford（牛津大学）；University of Minnesota（明尼苏达大学）；Imperial College London（伦敦帝国学院）；The University of Manchester（曼彻斯特大学）；South Dakota School of Mines and Technology (SDSMT)（南达科他矿业和科技大学）；Michigan State University（密歇根州立大学）；University of Chicago（芝加哥大学）；Los Alamos National L（洛斯阿拉莫斯国家）
