European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields (Aug 2019)
Rejecting cosmic background for exclusive charged current quasi elastic neutrino interaction studies with Liquid Argon TPCs; a case study with the MicroBooNE detector
- C. Adams,
- M. Alrashed,
- R. An,
- J. Anthony,
- J. Asaadi,
- A. Ashkenazi,
- M. Auger,
- S. Balasubramanian,
- B. Baller,
- C. Barnes,
- G. Barr,
- M. Bass,
- F. Bay,
- A. Bhat,
- K. Bhattacharya,
- M. Bishai,
- A. Blake,
- T. Bolton,
- L. Camilleri,
- D. Caratelli,
- I. Caro Terrazas,
- R. Carr,
- R. Castillo Fernandez,
- F. Cavanna,
- G. Cerati,
- Y. Chen,
- E. Church,
- D. Cianci,
- E. O. Cohen,
- G. H. Collin,
- J. M. Conrad,
- M. Convery,
- L. Cooper-Troendle,
- J. I. Crespo-Anadón,
- M. Del Tutto,
- D. Devitt,
- A. Diaz,
- K. Duffy,
- S. Dytman,
- B. Eberly,
- A. Ereditato,
- L. Escudero Sanchez,
- J. Esquivel,
- J. J Evans,
- A. A. Fadeeva,
- R. S. Fitzpatrick,
- B. T. Fleming,
- D. Franco,
- A. P. Furmanski,
- D. Garcia-Gamez,
- V. Genty,
- D. Goeldi,
- S. Gollapinni,
- O. Goodwin,
- E. Gramellini,
- H. Greenlee,
- R. Grosso,
- R. Guenette,
- P. Guzowski,
- A. Hackenburg,
- P. Hamilton,
- O. Hen,
- J. Hewes,
- C. Hill,
- G. A. Horton-Smith,
- A. Hourlier,
- E.-C. Huang,
- C. James,
- J. Jan de Vries,
- X. Ji,
- L. Jiang,
- R. A. Johnson,
- J. Joshi,
- H. Jostlein,
- Y.-J. Jwa,
- G. Karagiorgi,
- W. Ketchum,
- B. Kirby,
- M. Kirby,
- T. Kobilarcik,
- I. Kreslo,
- I. Lepetic,
- Y. Li,
- A. Lister,
- B. R. Littlejohn,
- S. Lockwitz,
- D. Lorca,
- W. C. Louis,
- M. Luethi,
- B. Lundberg,
- X. Luo,
- A. Marchionni,
- S. Marcocci,
- C. Mariani,
- J. Marshall,
- J. Martin-Albo,
- D. A. Martinez Caicedo,
- A. Mastbaum,
- V. Meddage,
- T. Mettler,
- K. Mistry,
- A. Mogan,
- J. Moon,
- M. Mooney,
- C. D. Moore,
- J. Mousseau,
- M. Murphy,
- R. Murrells,
- D. Naples,
- P. Nienaber,
- J. Nowak,
- O. Palamara,
- V. Pandey,
- V. Paolone,
- A. Papadopoulou,
- V. Papavassiliou,
- S. F. Pate,
- Z. Pavlovic,
- E. Piasetzky,
- D. Porzio,
- G. Pulliam,
- X. Qian,
- J. L. Raaf,
- A. Rafique,
- L. Ren,
- L. Rochester,
- M. Ross-Lonergan,
- C. Rudolf von Rohr,
- B. Russell,
- G. Scanavini,
- D. W. Schmitz,
- A. Schukraft,
- W. Seligman,
- M. H. Shaevitz,
- R. Sharankova,
- J. Sinclair,
- A. Smith,
- E. L. Snider,
- M. Soderberg,
- S. Söldner-Rembold,
- S. R. Soleti,
- P. Spentzouris,
- J. Spitz,
- J. St. John,
- T. Strauss,
- K. Sutton,
- S. Sword-Fehlberg,
- A. M. Szelc,
- N. Tagg,
- W. Tang,
- K. Terao,
- M. Thomson,
- R. T. Thornton,
- M. Toups,
- Y.-T. Tsai,
- S. Tufanli,
- T. Usher,
- W. Van De Pontseele,
- R. G. Van de Water,
- B. Viren,
- M. Weber,
- H. Wei,
- D. A. Wickremasinghe,
- K. Wierman,
- Z. Williams,
- S. Wolbers,
- T. Wongjirad,
- K. Woodruff,
- T. Yang,
- G. Yarbrough,
- L. E. Yates,
- G. P. Zeller,
- J. Zennamo,
- C. Zhang
Affiliations
- C. Adams
- Harvard University
- M. Alrashed
- Kansas State University (KSU)
- R. An
- Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT)
- J. Anthony
- University of Cambridge
- J. Asaadi
- University of Texas
- A. Ashkenazi
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
- M. Auger
- Universität Bern
- S. Balasubramanian
- Yale University
- B. Baller
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)
- C. Barnes
- University of Michigan
- G. Barr
- University of Oxford
- M. Bass
- Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL)
- F. Bay
- TUBITAK Space Technologies Research Institute, METU Campus
- A. Bhat
- Syracuse University
- K. Bhattacharya
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)
- M. Bishai
- Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL)
- A. Blake
- Lancaster University
- T. Bolton
- Kansas State University (KSU)
- L. Camilleri
- Columbia University
- D. Caratelli
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)
- I. Caro Terrazas
- Colorado State University
- R. Carr
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
- R. Castillo Fernandez
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)
- F. Cavanna
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)
- G. Cerati
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)
- Y. Chen
- Universität Bern
- E. Church
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)
- D. Cianci
- Columbia University
- E. O. Cohen
- Tel Aviv University
- G. H. Collin
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
- J. M. Conrad
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
- M. Convery
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
- L. Cooper-Troendle
- Yale University
- J. I. Crespo-Anadón
- Columbia University
- M. Del Tutto
- University of Oxford
- D. Devitt
- Lancaster University
- A. Diaz
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
- K. Duffy
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)
- S. Dytman
- University of Pittsburgh
- B. Eberly
- Davidson College
- A. Ereditato
- Universität Bern
- L. Escudero Sanchez
- University of Cambridge
- J. Esquivel
- Syracuse University
- J. J Evans
- The University of Manchester
- A. A. Fadeeva
- Columbia University
- R. S. Fitzpatrick
- University of Michigan
- B. T. Fleming
- Yale University
- D. Franco
- Yale University
- A. P. Furmanski
- The University of Manchester
- D. Garcia-Gamez
- The University of Manchester
- V. Genty
- Columbia University
- D. Goeldi
- Universität Bern
- S. Gollapinni
- University of Tennessee
- O. Goodwin
- The University of Manchester
- E. Gramellini
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)
- H. Greenlee
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)
- R. Grosso
- University of Cincinnati
- R. Guenette
- Harvard University
- P. Guzowski
- The University of Manchester
- A. Hackenburg
- Yale University
- P. Hamilton
- Syracuse University
- O. Hen
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
- J. Hewes
- The University of Manchester
- C. Hill
- The University of Manchester
- G. A. Horton-Smith
- Kansas State University (KSU)
- A. Hourlier
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
- E.-C. Huang
- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)
- C. James
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)
- J. Jan de Vries
- University of Cambridge
- X. Ji
- Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL)
- L. Jiang
- University of Pittsburgh
- R. A. Johnson
- University of Cincinnati
- J. Joshi
- Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL)
- H. Jostlein
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)
- Y.-J. Jwa
- Columbia University
- G. Karagiorgi
- Columbia University
- W. Ketchum
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)
- B. Kirby
- Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL)
- M. Kirby
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)
- T. Kobilarcik
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)
- I. Kreslo
- Universität Bern
- I. Lepetic
- Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT)
- Y. Li
- Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL)
- A. Lister
- Lancaster University
- B. R. Littlejohn
- Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT)
- S. Lockwitz
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)
- D. Lorca
- Universität Bern
- W. C. Louis
- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)
- M. Luethi
- Universität Bern
- B. Lundberg
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)
- X. Luo
- Yale University
- A. Marchionni
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)
- S. Marcocci
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)
- C. Mariani
- Center for Neutrino Physics, Virginia Tech
- J. Marshall
- University of Cambridge
- J. Martin-Albo
- Harvard University
- D. A. Martinez Caicedo
- Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT)
- A. Mastbaum
- University of Chicago
- V. Meddage
- Kansas State University (KSU)
- T. Mettler
- Universität Bern
- K. Mistry
- The University of Manchester
- A. Mogan
- University of Tennessee
- J. Moon
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
- M. Mooney
- Colorado State University
- C. D. Moore
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)
- J. Mousseau
- University of Michigan
- M. Murphy
- Center for Neutrino Physics, Virginia Tech
- R. Murrells
- The University of Manchester
- D. Naples
- University of Pittsburgh
- P. Nienaber
- Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota
- J. Nowak
- Lancaster University
- O. Palamara
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)
- V. Pandey
- Center for Neutrino Physics, Virginia Tech
- 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)
- Z. Pavlovic
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)
- E. Piasetzky
- Tel Aviv University
- D. Porzio
- The University of Manchester
- G. Pulliam
- Syracuse University
- X. Qian
- Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL)
- J. L. Raaf
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)
- A. Rafique
- Kansas State University (KSU)
- L. Ren
- New Mexico State University (NMSU)
- L. Rochester
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
- M. Ross-Lonergan
- Columbia University
- C. Rudolf von Rohr
- Universität Bern
- B. Russell
- Yale University
- G. Scanavini
- 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. 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
- S. R. Soleti
- Harvard University
- P. Spentzouris
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)
- J. Spitz
- University of Michigan
- 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
- The University of Manchester
- N. Tagg
- Otterbein University
- W. Tang
- University of Tennessee
- K. Terao
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
- M. Thomson
- University of Cambridge
- R. T. Thornton
- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)
- M. Toups
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)
- Y.-T. Tsai
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
- S. Tufanli
- Yale University
- T. Usher
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
- W. Van De Pontseele
- Harvard University
- R. G. Van de Water
- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)
- B. Viren
- Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL)
- M. Weber
- Universität Bern
- H. Wei
- Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL)
- D. A. Wickremasinghe
- University of Pittsburgh
- K. Wierman
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)
- Z. Williams
- University of Texas
- S. Wolbers
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)
- T. Wongjirad
- Tufts University
- K. Woodruff
- New Mexico State University (NMSU)
- T. Yang
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)
- G. Yarbrough
- University of Tennessee
- L. E. Yates
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
- G. P. Zeller
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)
- J. Zennamo
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)
- C. Zhang
- Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL)
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-019-7184-7
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 79,
no. 8
pp. 1 – 12
Abstract
Abstract 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 rejection in measurements of charged-current quasielastic-like (CCQE-like) neutrino interactions, with a muon and a proton in the final state, measured using liquid argon time projection chambers (LArTPCs). Using a sample of cosmic data collected with the MicroBooNE detector, mixed with simulated neutrino scattering events, a set of event selection criteria is developed that produces an event sample with minimal contribution from CR background. Depending on the selection criteria used a purity between 50 and 80% can be achieved with a signal selection efficiency between 50 and 25%, with higher purity coming at the expense of lower efficiency. While using a specific dataset and selection criteria values optimized for the MicroBooNE detector, the concepts presented here are generic and can be adapted for various studies of exclusive $$\nu _{\mu }$$ νμ CCQE interactions in LArTPCs.
