Cosmic Ray Induced EM Showers in the NO$\nu$A Detectors
Instrumentation and Detectors
2015-11-03 v1 High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract
The NOA experiment is an electron neutrino appearance neutrino oscillation experiment at Fermilab. Electron neutrino events are identified by the electromagnetic (EM) showers induced by electrons in the final state of neutrino interactions. EM showers induced by cosmic muons or rock muons, are abundant in NOA detectors. We use a Muon-Removal Technique to get pure EM shower samples from cosmic and rock muon data. Those samples can be used to characterize the EM signature and provide valuable checks of the MC simulation, reconstruction, PID algorithms, and calibration across the NOA detectors.
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@article{arxiv.1511.00351,
title = {Cosmic Ray Induced EM Showers in the NO$\nu$A Detectors},
author = {Hongyue Duyang},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1511.00351},
year = {2015}
}
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Presentation at the DPF 2015 Meeting of the American Physical Society Division of Particles and Fields, Ann Arbor, Michigan, August 4-8, 2015