European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields (Oct 2024)
Demonstration of neutron identification in neutrino interactions in the MicroBooNE liquid argon time projection chamber
- The MicroBooNE Collaboration,
- P. Abratenko,
- O. Alterkait,
- D. Andrade Aldana,
- L. Arellano,
- J. Asaadi,
- A. Ashkenazi,
- S. Balasubramanian,
- B. Baller,
- A. Barnard,
- G. Barr,
- D. Barrow,
- J. Barrow,
- V. Basque,
- J. Bateman,
- 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-Anadón,
- R. Cross,
- M. Del Tutto,
- S. R. Dennis,
- P. Detje,
- R. Diurba,
- Z. Djurcic,
- R. Dorrill,
- K. Duffy,
- S. Dytman,
- B. Eberly,
- P. Englezos,
- A. Ereditato,
- J. J. Evans,
- R. Fine,
- W. Foreman,
- B. T. Fleming,
- 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,
- M. D. Handley,
- 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,
- N. Lane,
- J.-Y. 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. Mendez,
- J. Micallef,
- K. Miller,
- A. Mogan,
- T. Mohayai,
- M. Mooney,
- A. F. Moor,
- C. D. Moore,
- L. Mora Lepin,
- M. M. Moudgalya,
- S. Mulleriababu,
- D. Naples,
- A. Navrer-Agasson,
- N. Nayak,
- M. Nebot-Guinot,
- C. Nguyen,
- J. Nowak,
- N. Oza,
- O. Palamara,
- N. Pallat,
- V. Paolone,
- A. Papadopoulou,
- V. Papavassiliou,
- H. B. Parkinson,
- S. F. Pate,
- N. Patel,
- Z. Pavlovic,
- E. Piasetzky,
- K. Pletcher,
- 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,
- I. Safa,
- D. W. Schmitz,
- A. Schukraft,
- W. Seligman,
- M. H. Shaevitz,
- R. Sharankova,
- J. Shi,
- E. L. Snider,
- M. Soderberg,
- S. Söldner-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,
- A. Trettin,
- Y.-T. Tsai,
- J. Tyler,
- M. A. Uchida,
- T. Usher,
- B. Viren,
- J. Wang,
- 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
Affiliations
- The MicroBooNE Collaboration
- P. Abratenko
- Tufts University
- O. Alterkait
- Tufts University
- D. Andrade Aldana
- Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT)
- 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)
- A. Barnard
- University of Oxford
- G. Barr
- University of Oxford
- D. Barrow
- University of Oxford
- J. Barrow
- University of Minnesota
- V. Basque
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)
- J. Bateman
- The University of Manchester
- O. Benevides Rodrigues
- Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT)
- S. Berkman
- Michigan State University
- A. Bhanderi
- The University of Manchester
- A. Bhat
- University of Chicago
- M. Bhattacharya
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)
- M. Bishai
- Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL)
- A. Blake
- Lancaster University
- B. Bogart
- University of Michigan
- T. Bolton
- Kansas State University (KSU)
- J. Y. Book
- Harvard University
- M. B. Brunetti
- University of Warwick
- L. Camilleri
- Columbia University
- Y. Cao
- The University of Manchester
- D. Caratelli
- University of California
- F. Cavanna
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)
- G. Cerati
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)
- A. Chappell
- University of Warwick
- Y. Chen
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
- J. M. Conrad
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
- M. Convery
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
- L. Cooper-Troendle
- University of Pittsburgh
- J. I. Crespo-Anadón
- Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas (CIEMAT)
- R. Cross
- University of Warwick
- M. Del Tutto
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)
- S. R. Dennis
- University of Cambridge
- P. Detje
- University of Cambridge
- R. Diurba
- Universität Bern
- Z. Djurcic
- Argonne National Laboratory (ANL)
- R. Dorrill
- Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT)
- K. Duffy
- University of Oxford
- S. Dytman
- University of Pittsburgh
- B. Eberly
- University of Southern Maine
- P. Englezos
- Rutgers University
- A. Ereditato
- University of Chicago
- J. J. Evans
- The University of Manchester
- R. Fine
- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)
- W. Foreman
- Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT)
- B. T. Fleming
- University of Chicago
- D. Franco
- University of Chicago
- A. P. Furmanski
- University of Minnesota
- F. Gao
- University of California
- D. Garcia-Gamez
- Universidad de Granada
- S. Gardiner
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)
- G. Ge
- Columbia University
- S. Gollapinni
- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)
- E. Gramellini
- The University of Manchester
- P. Green
- University of Oxford
- H. Greenlee
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)
- L. Gu
- Lancaster University
- W. Gu
- Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL)
- R. Guenette
- The University of Manchester
- P. Guzowski
- The University of Manchester
- L. Hagaman
- University of Chicago
- M. D. Handley
- University of Cambridge
- O. Hen
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
- C. Hilgenberg
- University of Minnesota
- G. A. Horton-Smith
- Kansas State University (KSU)
- Z. Imani
- Tufts University
- B. Irwin
- University of Minnesota
- M. S. Ismail
- University of Pittsburgh
- C. James
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)
- X. Ji
- Nankai University
- J. H. Jo
- Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL)
- R. A. Johnson
- University of Cincinnati
- Y.-J. Jwa
- Columbia University
- D. Kalra
- Columbia University
- N. Kamp
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
- G. Karagiorgi
- Columbia University
- W. Ketchum
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)
- M. Kirby
- Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL)
- T. Kobilarcik
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)
- I. Kreslo
- Universität Bern
- N. Lane
- The University of Manchester
- J.-Y. Li
- University of Edinburgh
- Y. Li
- Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL)
- K. Lin
- Rutgers University
- B. R. Littlejohn
- Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT)
- H. Liu
- Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL)
- W. C. Louis
- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)
- X. Luo
- University of California
- C. Mariani
- Center for Neutrino Physics, Virginia Tech
- D. Marsden
- The University of Manchester
- J. Marshall
- University of Warwick
- N. Martinez
- Kansas State University (KSU)
- D. A. Martinez Caicedo
- South Dakota School of Mines and Technology (SDSMT)
- S. Martynenko
- Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL)
- A. Mastbaum
- Rutgers University
- I. Mawby
- Lancaster University
- N. McConkey
- Queen Mary University of London
- V. Meddage
- Kansas State University (KSU)
- J. Mendez
- Louisiana State University
- J. Micallef
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
- K. Miller
- University of Chicago
- A. Mogan
- Colorado State University
- T. Mohayai
- Indiana University
- 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
- M. M. Moudgalya
- The University of Manchester
- S. Mulleriababu
- Universität Bern
- D. Naples
- University of Pittsburgh
- A. Navrer-Agasson
- Imperial College London
- N. Nayak
- Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL)
- M. Nebot-Guinot
- University of Edinburgh
- C. Nguyen
- Rutgers University
- J. Nowak
- Lancaster University
- N. Oza
- Columbia University
- O. Palamara
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)
- N. Pallat
- University of Minnesota
- V. Paolone
- University of Pittsburgh
- A. Papadopoulou
- Argonne National Laboratory (ANL)
- V. Papavassiliou
- New Mexico State University (NMSU)
- H. B. Parkinson
- University of Edinburgh
- S. F. Pate
- New Mexico State University (NMSU)
- N. Patel
- Lancaster University
- Z. Pavlovic
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)
- E. Piasetzky
- Tel Aviv University
- K. Pletcher
- Michigan State University
- I. Pophale
- Lancaster University
- X. Qian
- Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL)
- J. L. Raaf
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)
- V. Radeka
- Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL)
- A. Rafique
- Argonne National Laboratory (ANL)
- M. Reggiani-Guzzo
- University of Edinburgh
- L. Ren
- New Mexico State University (NMSU)
- L. Rochester
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
- J. Rodriguez Rondon
- South Dakota School of Mines and Technology (SDSMT)
- M. Rosenberg
- Tufts University
- M. Ross-Lonergan
- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)
- I. Safa
- Columbia 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
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)
- J. Shi
- University of Cambridge
- E. L. Snider
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)
- M. Soderberg
- Syracuse University
- S. Söldner-Rembold
- Imperial College London
- 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)
- A. M. Szelc
- University of Edinburgh
- W. Tang
- University of Tennessee
- N. Taniuchi
- University of Cambridge
- K. Terao
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
- C. Thorpe
- The University of Manchester
- D. Torbunov
- Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL)
- D. Totani
- University of California
- M. Toups
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)
- A. Trettin
- The University of Manchester
- Y.-T. Tsai
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
- J. Tyler
- Kansas State University (KSU)
- M. A. Uchida
- University of Cambridge
- T. Usher
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
- B. Viren
- Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL)
- J. Wang
- Nankai University
- M. Weber
- Universität Bern
- H. Wei
- Louisiana State University
- A. J. White
- University of Chicago
- S. Wolbers
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)
- T. Wongjirad
- Tufts University
- M. Wospakrik
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)
- K. Wresilo
- University of Cambridge
- W. Wu
- University of Pittsburgh
- E. Yandel
- University of California
- T. Yang
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)
- L. E. Yates
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)
- 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)
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-024-13423-z
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 84,
no. 10
pp. 1 – 14
Abstract
Abstract A significant challenge in measurements of neutrino oscillations is reconstructing the incoming neutrino energies. While modern fully-active tracking calorimeters such as liquid argon time projection chambers in principle allow the measurement of all final state particles above some detection threshold, undetected neutrons remain a considerable source of missing energy with little to no data constraining their production rates and kinematics. We present the first demonstration of tagging neutrino-induced neutrons in liquid argon time projection chambers using secondary protons emitted from neutron-argon interactions in the MicroBooNE detector. We describe the method developed to identify neutrino-induced neutrons and demonstrate its performance using neutrons produced in muon-neutrino charged current interactions. The method is validated using a small subset of MicroBooNE’s total dataset. The selection yields a sample with $$60\%$$ 60 % of selected tracks corresponding to neutron-induced secondary protons. At this purity, the integrated efficiency is 8.4% for neutrons that produce a detectable proton.
