European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields (May 2022)
Novel approach for evaluating detector-related uncertainties in a LArTPC using MicroBooNE data
- P. Abratenko,
- R. An,
- J. Anthony,
- L. Arellano,
- J. Asaadi,
- A. Ashkenazi,
- S. Balasubramanian,
- B. Baller,
- C. Barnes,
- G. Barr,
- V. Basque,
- L. Bathe-Peters,
- O. Benevides Rodrigues,
- S. Berkman,
- A. Bhanderi,
- A. Bhat,
- M. Bishai,
- A. Blake,
- T. Bolton,
- J. Y. Book,
- L. Camilleri,
- D. Caratelli,
- I. Caro Terrazas,
- F. Cavanna,
- G. Cerati,
- Y. Chen,
- D. Cianci,
- J. M. Conrad,
- M. Convery,
- L. Cooper-Troendle,
- J. I. Crespo-Anadón,
- M. Del Tutto,
- S. R. Dennis,
- P. Detje,
- A. Devitt,
- R. Diurba,
- R. Dorrill,
- K. Duffy,
- S. Dytman,
- B. Eberly,
- A. Ereditato,
- J. J. Evans,
- R. Fine,
- G. A. Fiorentini Aguirre,
- R. S. Fitzpatrick,
- B. T. Fleming,
- N. Foppiani,
- D. Franco,
- A. P. Furmanski,
- D. Garcia-Gamez,
- S. Gardiner,
- G. Ge,
- S. Gollapinni,
- O. Goodwin,
- E. Gramellini,
- P. Green,
- H. Greenlee,
- W. Gu,
- R. Guenette,
- P. Guzowski,
- L. Hagaman,
- O. Hen,
- C. Hilgenberg,
- G. A. Horton-Smith,
- A. Hourlier,
- R. Itay,
- C. James,
- X. Ji,
- L. Jiang,
- J. H. Jo,
- R. A. Johnson,
- Y.-J. Jwa,
- D. Kalra,
- N. Kamp,
- N. Kaneshige,
- G. Karagiorgi,
- W. Ketchum,
- M. Kirby,
- T. Kobilarcik,
- I. Kreslo,
- I. Lepetic,
- K. Li,
- Y. Li,
- K. Lin,
- B. R. Littlejohn,
- W. C. Louis,
- X. Luo,
- K. Manivannan,
- C. Mariani,
- D. Marsden,
- J. Marshall,
- D. A. Martinez Caicedo,
- K. Mason,
- A. Mastbaum,
- N. McConkey,
- V. Meddage,
- T. Mettler,
- K. Miller,
- J. Mills,
- K. Mistry,
- A. Mogan,
- T. Mohayai,
- J. Moon,
- M. Mooney,
- A. F. Moor,
- C. D. Moore,
- L. Mora Lepin,
- J. Mousseau,
- M. Murphy,
- D. Naples,
- A. Navrer-Agasson,
- M. Nebot-Guinot,
- R. K. Neely,
- D. A. Newmark,
- J. Nowak,
- M. Nunes,
- O. Palamara,
- V. Paolone,
- A. Papadopoulou,
- V. Papavassiliou,
- S. F. Pate,
- N. Patel,
- A. Paudel,
- Z. Pavlovic,
- E. Piasetzky,
- I. D. Ponce-Pinto,
- S. Prince,
- X. Qian,
- J. L. Raaf,
- V. Radeka,
- A. Rafique,
- M. Reggiani-Guzzo,
- L. Ren,
- L. C. J. Rice,
- L. Rochester,
- J. Rodriguez Rondon,
- M. Rosenberg,
- M. Ross-Lonergan,
- G. Scanavini,
- D. W. Schmitz,
- A. Schukraft,
- W. Seligman,
- M. H. Shaevitz,
- R. Sharankova,
- J. Shi,
- J. Sinclair,
- A. Smith,
- E. L. Snider,
- M. Soderberg,
- S. Söldner-Rembold,
- P. Spentzouris,
- J. Spitz,
- M. Stancari,
- J. St. John,
- T. Strauss,
- K. Sutton,
- S. Sword-Fehlberg,
- A. M. Szelc,
- W. Tang,
- K. Terao,
- C. Thorpe,
- D. Totani,
- M. Toups,
- Y.-T. Tsai,
- M. A. Uchida,
- T. Usher,
- W. Van De Pontseele,
- B. Viren,
- M. Weber,
- H. Wei,
- Z. Williams,
- S. Wolbers,
- T. Wongjirad,
- M. Wospakrik,
- K. Wresilo,
- N. Wright,
- W. Wu,
- E. Yandel,
- T. Yang,
- G. Yarbrough,
- L. E. Yates,
- H. W. Yu,
- G. P. Zeller,
- J. Zennamo,
- C. Zhang,
- MicroBooNE Collaboration
Affiliations
- P. Abratenko
- Tufts University
- R. An
- Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT)
- J. Anthony
- University of Cambridge
- L. Arellano
- The University of Manchester
- J. Asaadi
- University of Texas
- A. Ashkenazi
- Tel Aviv University
- S. Balasubramanian
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)
- B. Baller
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)
- C. Barnes
- University of Michigan
- G. Barr
- University of Oxford
- V. Basque
- The University of Manchester
- L. Bathe-Peters
- Harvard University
- O. Benevides Rodrigues
- Syracuse University
- S. Berkman
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)
- A. Bhanderi
- The University of Manchester
- A. Bhat
- Syracuse University
- M. Bishai
- Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL)
- A. Blake
- Lancaster University
- T. Bolton
- Kansas State University (KSU)
- J. Y. Book
- Harvard University
- L. Camilleri
- Columbia University
- D. Caratelli
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)
- I. Caro Terrazas
- Colorado State University
- F. Cavanna
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)
- G. Cerati
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)
- Y. Chen
- Universität Bern
- D. Cianci
- Columbia University
- J. M. Conrad
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
- M. Convery
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
- L. Cooper-Troendle
- Wright Laboratory, Department of Physics, Yale University
- J. I. Crespo-Anadón
- Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas (CIEMAT)
- M. Del Tutto
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)
- S. R. Dennis
- University of Cambridge
- P. Detje
- University of Cambridge
- A. Devitt
- Lancaster University
- R. Diurba
- University of Minnesota
- R. Dorrill
- Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT)
- K. Duffy
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)
- S. Dytman
- University of Pittsburgh
- B. Eberly
- University of Southern Maine
- A. Ereditato
- Universität Bern
- J. J. Evans
- The University of Manchester
- R. Fine
- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)
- G. A. Fiorentini Aguirre
- South Dakota School of Mines and Technology (SDSMT)
- R. S. Fitzpatrick
- University of Michigan
- B. T. Fleming
- Wright Laboratory, Department of Physics, Yale University
- N. Foppiani
- Harvard University
- D. Franco
- Wright Laboratory, Department of Physics, Yale University
- A. P. Furmanski
- University of Minnesota
- D. Garcia-Gamez
- Universidad de Granada
- S. Gardiner
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)
- G. Ge
- Columbia University
- S. Gollapinni
- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)
- O. Goodwin
- The University of Manchester
- E. Gramellini
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)
- P. Green
- The University of Manchester
- H. Greenlee
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)
- W. Gu
- Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL)
- R. Guenette
- Harvard University
- P. Guzowski
- The University of Manchester
- L. Hagaman
- Wright Laboratory, Department of Physics, Yale University
- O. Hen
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
- C. Hilgenberg
- University of Minnesota
- G. A. Horton-Smith
- Kansas State University (KSU)
- A. Hourlier
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
- R. Itay
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
- C. James
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)
- X. Ji
- Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL)
- L. Jiang
- Center for Neutrino Physics, Virginia Tech
- J. H. Jo
- Wright Laboratory, Department of Physics, Yale University
- R. A. Johnson
- University of Cincinnati
- Y.-J. Jwa
- Columbia University
- D. Kalra
- Columbia University
- N. Kamp
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
- N. Kaneshige
- University of California
- G. Karagiorgi
- Columbia University
- W. Ketchum
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)
- M. Kirby
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)
- T. Kobilarcik
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)
- I. Kreslo
- Universität Bern
- I. Lepetic
- Rutgers University
- K. Li
- Wright Laboratory, Department of Physics, Yale University
- Y. Li
- Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL)
- K. Lin
- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)
- B. R. Littlejohn
- Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT)
- W. C. Louis
- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)
- X. Luo
- University of California
- K. Manivannan
- Syracuse University
- C. Mariani
- Center for Neutrino Physics, Virginia Tech
- D. Marsden
- The University of Manchester
- J. Marshall
- University of Warwick
- D. A. Martinez Caicedo
- South Dakota School of Mines and Technology (SDSMT)
- K. Mason
- Tufts University
- A. Mastbaum
- Rutgers University
- N. McConkey
- The University of Manchester
- V. Meddage
- Kansas State University (KSU)
- T. Mettler
- Universität Bern
- K. Miller
- University of Chicago
- J. Mills
- Tufts University
- K. Mistry
- The University of Manchester
- A. Mogan
- University of Tennessee
- T. Mohayai
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)
- J. Moon
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
- M. Mooney
- Colorado State University
- A. F. Moor
- University of Cambridge
- C. D. Moore
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)
- L. Mora Lepin
- The University of Manchester
- J. Mousseau
- University of Michigan
- M. Murphy
- Center for Neutrino Physics, Virginia Tech
- D. Naples
- University of Pittsburgh
- A. Navrer-Agasson
- The University of Manchester
- M. Nebot-Guinot
- University of Edinburgh
- R. K. Neely
- Kansas State University (KSU)
- D. A. Newmark
- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)
- J. Nowak
- Lancaster University
- M. Nunes
- Syracuse University
- O. Palamara
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)
- V. Paolone
- University of Pittsburgh
- A. Papadopoulou
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
- V. Papavassiliou
- New Mexico State University (NMSU)
- S. F. Pate
- New Mexico State University (NMSU)
- N. Patel
- Lancaster University
- A. Paudel
- Kansas State University (KSU)
- Z. Pavlovic
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)
- E. Piasetzky
- Tel Aviv University
- I. D. Ponce-Pinto
- Wright Laboratory, Department of Physics, Yale University
- S. Prince
- Harvard University
- X. Qian
- Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL)
- J. L. Raaf
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)
- V. Radeka
- Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL)
- A. Rafique
- Kansas State University (KSU)
- M. Reggiani-Guzzo
- The University of Manchester
- L. Ren
- New Mexico State University (NMSU)
- L. C. J. Rice
- University of Pittsburgh
- L. Rochester
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
- J. Rodriguez Rondon
- South Dakota School of Mines and Technology (SDSMT)
- M. Rosenberg
- University of Pittsburgh
- M. Ross-Lonergan
- Columbia University
- G. Scanavini
- Wright Laboratory, Department of Physics, Yale University
- D. W. Schmitz
- University of Chicago
- A. Schukraft
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)
- W. Seligman
- Columbia University
- M. H. Shaevitz
- Columbia University
- R. Sharankova
- Tufts University
- J. Shi
- University of Cambridge
- J. Sinclair
- Universität Bern
- A. Smith
- University of Cambridge
- E. L. Snider
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)
- M. Soderberg
- Syracuse University
- S. Söldner-Rembold
- The University of Manchester
- P. Spentzouris
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)
- J. Spitz
- University of Michigan
- M. Stancari
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)
- J. St. John
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)
- T. Strauss
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)
- K. Sutton
- Columbia University
- S. Sword-Fehlberg
- New Mexico State University (NMSU)
- A. M. Szelc
- University of Edinburgh
- W. Tang
- University of Tennessee
- K. Terao
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
- C. Thorpe
- Lancaster University
- D. Totani
- University of California
- M. Toups
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)
- Y.-T. Tsai
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
- M. A. Uchida
- University of Cambridge
- T. Usher
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
- W. Van De Pontseele
- Harvard University
- B. Viren
- Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL)
- M. Weber
- Universität Bern
- H. Wei
- Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL)
- Z. Williams
- University of Texas
- S. Wolbers
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)
- T. Wongjirad
- Tufts University
- M. Wospakrik
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)
- K. Wresilo
- University of Cambridge
- N. Wright
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
- W. Wu
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)
- E. Yandel
- University of California
- T. Yang
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)
- G. Yarbrough
- University of Tennessee
- L. E. Yates
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
- H. W. Yu
- Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL)
- G. P. Zeller
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)
- J. Zennamo
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)
- C. Zhang
- Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL)
- MicroBooNE Collaboration
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-022-10270-8
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 82,
no. 5
pp. 1 – 14
Abstract
Abstract Primary challenges for current and future precision neutrino experiments using liquid argon time projection chambers (LArTPCs) include understanding detector effects and quantifying the associated systematic uncertainties. This paper presents a novel technique for assessing and propagating LArTPC detector-related systematic uncertainties. The technique makes modifications to simulation waveforms based on a parameterization of observed differences in ionization signals from the TPC between data and simulation, while remaining insensitive to the details of the detector model. The modifications are then used to quantify the systematic differences in low- and high-level reconstructed quantities. This approach could be applied to future LArTPC detectors, such as those used in SBN and DUNE.
