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MicroBooNE: A New Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber Experiment

Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber detectors are well suited to study neutrino interactions, and are an intriguing option for future massive detectors capable of measuring the parameters that characterize neutrino oscillations. These…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2010-02-10 M. Soderberg

MicroBooNE, A Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber (LArTPC) Neutrino Experiment

Liquid Argon time projection chamber (LArTPC) is a promising detector technology for future neutrino experiments. MicroBooNE is an upcoming LArTPC neutrino experiment which will be located on-axis of Booster Neutrino Beam (BNB) at Fermilab,…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2015-05-28 Teppei Katori

Status of the MicroBooNE Low Energy Excess Search

MicroBooNE is a neutrino experiment that utilizes a liquid argon time projection chamber (LArTPC) located on-axis in the Booster Neutrino Beam (BNB) at Fermilab. One of the experiment's main goals is to search for excess low-energy…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2020-12-16 David Caratelli

Accelerator-based Short-baseline Neutrino Oscillation Experiments

Over the last two decades, several experiments have reported anomalous results that could be hinting at the exciting possibility of sterile neutrino states in the $eV^{2}$ mass scale. Liquid Argon Time Projection Chambers (LArTPCs) are a…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-08-13 Sowjanya Gollapinni

The Status of the MicroBooNE Experiment

The MicroBooNE experiment is an upcoming liquid argon TPC experiment which will pursue a program of short baseline neutrino physics in the Fermilab Booster Neutrino Beam, starting in early 2014. I give a description of the experiment and…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2011-10-13 Benjamin J P Jones

Search for a Low Energy Excess in MicroBooNE

MicroBooNE (the Micro Booster Neutrino Experiment) is a liquid argon time-projection chamber (TPC) experiment designed for short-baseline neutrino physics, currently running at Fermilab. It aims to address the anomalous excess of low-energy…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-05-15 Nicolò Foppiani

Recent results from MicroBooNE

Modelling and reconstructing neutrino-nucleus scattering is difficult, but it is crucial to do it precisely to enable next-generation oscillation measurements. Liquid argon time projection chambers (LArTPCs), such as MicroBooNE, can be the…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2025-06-05 Holly B. Parkinson , for the MicroBooNE Collaboration

Exploring Neutrino Interactions with MicroBooNE

Recently, MiniBooNE observed an electromagnetic excess at low energy. What is the nature of this excess? What about the nature of the low-energy excess at LSND 20 years ago? The MicroBooNE detector will see neutrinos from the same Booster…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2014-11-18 Tia Miceli

MicroBooNE and its Cross Section Measurement

MicroBooNE (the Micro Booster Neutrino Experiment) is a short-baseline neutrino experiment based on the technology of a liquid-argon time-projection chamber (LArTPC), and has recently completed its first year of data-taking in the Fermilab…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2017-05-23 Yun-Tse Tsai

Design and Construction of the MicroBooNE Detector

This paper describes the design and construction of the MicroBooNE liquid argon time projection chamber and associated systems. MicroBooNE is the first phase of the Short Baseline Neutrino program, located at Fermilab, and will utilize the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2023-02-17 MicroBooNE Collaboration , R. Acciarri , C. Adams , R. An , A. Aparicio , S. Aponte , J. Asaadi , M. Auger , N. Ayoub , L. Bagby , B. Baller , R. Barger , G. Barr , M. Bass , F. Bay , K. Biery , M. Bishai , A. Blake , V. Bocean , D. Boehnlein , V. D. Bogert , T. Bolton , L. Bugel , C. Callahan , L. Camilleri , D. Caratelli , B. Carls , R. Castillo Fernandez , F. Cavanna , S. Chappa , H. Chen , K. Chen , C. Y. Chi , C. S. Chiu , E. Church , D. Cianci , G. H. Collin , J. M. Conrad , M. Convery , J. Cornele , P. Cowan , J. I. Crespo-Anadon , G. Crutcher , C. Darve , R. Davis , M. Del Tutto , D. Devitt , S. Duffin , S. Dytman , B. Eberly , A. Ereditato , D. Erickson , L. Escudero Sanchez , J. Esquivel , S. Farooq , J. Farrell , D. Featherston , B. T. Fleming , W. Foreman , A. P. Furmanski , V. Genty , M. Geynisman , D. Goeldi , B. Goff , S. Gollapinni , N. Graf , E. Gramellini , J. Green , A. Greene , H. Greenlee , T. Griffin , R. Grosso , R. Guenette , A. Hackenburg , R. Haenni , P. Hamilton , P. Healey , O. Hen , E. Henderson , V Hewes , C. Hill , K. Hill , L. Himes , J. Ho , G. Horton-Smith , D. Huffman , C. M. Ignarra , C. James , E. James , J. Jan de Vries , W. Jaskierny , C. M. Jen , L. Jiang , B. Johnson , M. Johnson , R. A. Johnson , B. J. P. Jones , J. Joshi , H. Jostlein , D. Kaleko , L. N. Kalousis , G. Karagiorgi , T. Katori , P. Kellogg , W. Ketchum , J. Kilmer , B. King , B. Kirby , M. Kirby , E. Klein , T. Kobilarcik , I. Kreslo , R. Krull , R. Kubinski , G. Lange , F. Lanni , A. Lathrop , A. Laube , W. M. Lee , Y. Li , D. Lissauer , A. Lister , B. R. Littlejohn , S. Lockwitz , D. Lorca , W. C. Louis , G. Lukhanin , M. Luethi , B. Lundberg , X. Luo , G. Mahler , I. Majoros , D. Makowiecki , A. Marchionni , C. Mariani , D. Markley , J. Marshall , D. A. Martinez Caicedo , K. T. McDonald , D. McKee , A. McLean , J. Mead , V. Meddage , T. Miceli , G. B. Mills , W. Miner , J. Moon , M. Mooney , C. D. Moore , Z. Moss , J. Mousseau , R. Murrells , D. Naples , P. Nienaber , B. Norris , N. Norton , J. Nowak , M. OBoyle , T. Olszanowski , O. Palamara , V. Paolone , V. Papavassiliou , S. F. Pate , Z. Pavlovic , R. Pelkey , M. Phipps , S. Pordes , D. Porzio , G. Pulliam , X. Qian , J. L. Raaf , V. Radeka , A. Rafique , R. A Rameika , B. Rebel , R. Rechenmacher , S. Rescia , L. Rochester , C. Rudolf von Rohr , A. Ruga , B. Russell , R. Sanders , W. R. Sands , M. Sarychev , D. W. Schmitz , A. Schukraft , R. Scott , W. Seligman , M. H. Shaevitz , M. Shoun , J. Sinclair , W. Sippach , T. Smidt , A. Smith , E. L. Snider , M. Soderberg , M. Solano-Gonzalez , S. Soldner-Rembold , S. R. Soleti , J. Sondericker , P. Spentzouris , J. Spitz , J. St. John , T. Strauss , K. Sutton , A. M. Szelc , K. Taheri , N. Tagg , K. Tatum , J. Teng , K. Terao , M. Thomson , C. Thorn , J. Tillman , M. Toups , Y. T. Tsai , S. Tufanli , T. Usher , M. Utes , R. G. Van de Water , C. Vendetta , S. Vergani , E. Voirin , J. Voirin , B. Viren , P. Watkins , M. Weber , T. Wester , J. Weston , D. A. Wickremasinghe , S. Wolbers , T. Wongjirad , K. Woodruff , K. C. Wu , T. Yang , B. Yu , G. P. Zeller , J. Zennamo , C. Zhang , M. Zuckerbrot

Neutrino-argon cross-section measurements from the MicroBooNE experiment

MicroBooNE is a liquid argon time projection chamber (LArTPC) neutrino detector located along the Fermilab Booster Neutrino Beam and 8 degrees off-axis to the Neutrinos at the Main Injector beam. MicroBooNE collected data from both beams…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2026-02-02 Liang Liu

MicroBooNE light collection system

MicroBooNE is a neutrino experiment located on axis in the Booster Neutrino Beamline, at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, scheduled to begin data collection in 2014. The MicroBooNE detector consists of two main components: a large…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-06-16 Teppei Katori

The MicroBooNE Experiment and the Impact of Space Charge Effects

MicroBooNE is an experiment designed to both probe neutrino physics phenomena and develop the LArTPC (Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber) detector technology. The MicroBooNE experiment, which began taking data this year, is the first…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-11-06 Michael Mooney

First demonstration of $\mathcal{O}(1\,\text{ns})$ timing resolution in the MicroBooNE liquid argon time projection chamber

MicroBooNE is a neutrino experiment located in the Booster Neutrino Beamline (BNB) at Fermilab, which collected data from 2015 to 2021. MicroBooNE's liquid argon time projection chamber (LArTPC) is accompanied by a photon detection system…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2023-08-31 MicroBooNE collaboration , P. Abratenko , O. Alterkait , D. Andrade Aldana , J. Anthony , L. Arellano , J. Asaadi , A. Ashkenazi , S. Balasubramanian , B. Baller , G. Barr , J. Barrow , V. Basque , O. Benevides Rodrigues , S. Berkman , A. Bhanderi , M. Bhattacharya , M. Bishai , A. Blake , B. Bogart , T. Bolton , J. Y. Book , L. Camilleri , Y. Cao , D. Caratelli , I. Caro Terrazas , F. Cavanna , G. Cerati , Y. Chen , J. M. Conrad , M. Convery , L. Cooper-Troendle , J. I. Crespo-Anadon , M. Del Tutto , S. R. Dennis , P. Detje , A. Devitt , R. Diurba , Z. Djurcic , R. Dorrill , K. Duffy , S. Dytman , B. Eberly , A. Ereditato , J. J. Evans , R. Fine , O. G. Finnerud , B. T. Fleming , N. Foppiani , W. Foreman , 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 , R. Hicks , C. Hilgenberg , G. A. Horton-Smith , Z. Imani , B. Irwin , R. Itay , C. James , X. Ji , L. Jiang , 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 , W. C. Louis , X. Luo , C. Mariani , D. Marsden , J. Marshall , N. Martinez , D. A. Martinez Caicedo , K. Mason , A. Mastbaum , N. McConkey , V. Meddage , K. Miller , J. Mills , K. Mistry , T. Mohayai , A. Mogan , M. Mooney , A. F. Moor , C. D. Moore , L. Mora Lepin , J. Mousseau , 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. Ponce-Pinto , I. Pophale , S. Prince , 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 , 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 , S. Sword-Fehlberg , 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 , Z. Williams , S. Wolbers , T. Wongjirad , M. Wospakrik , K. Wresilo , N. Wright , W. Wu , E. Yandel , T. Yang , L. E. Yates , H. W. Yu , G. P. Zeller , J. Zennamo , C. Zhang

Measurement of the Atmospheric Muon Rate with the MicroBooNE Liquid Argon TPC

MicroBooNE is a near-surface liquid argon (LAr) time projection chamber (TPC) located at Fermilab. We measure the characterisation of muons originating from cosmic interactions in the atmosphere using both the charge collection and light…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2021-04-14 MicroBooNE collaboration , C. Adams , M. Alrashed , R. An , J. Anthony , J. Asaadi , A. Ashkenazi , S. Balasubramanian , B. Baller , C. Barnes , G. Barr , V. Basque , M. Bass , F. Bay , S. Berkman , A. Bhanderi , A. Bhat , 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 , J. M. Conrad , M. Convery , L. Cooper-Troendle , J. I. Crespo-Anadon , M. Del Tutto , D. Devitt , A. Diaz , L. Domine , K. Duffy , S. Dytman , B. Eberly , A. Ereditato , L. Escudero Sanchez , J. J. Evans , R. S. Fitzpatrick , B. T. Fleming , N. Foppiani , D. Franco , A. P. Furmanski , D. Garcia-Gamez , S. Gardiner , V. Genty , D. Goeldi , S. Gollapinni , O. Goodwin , E. Gramellini , P. Green , H. Greenlee , R. Grosso , L. Gu , W. Gu , R. Guenette , P. Guzowski , P. Hamilton , O. Hen , C. Hill , G. A. Horton-Smith , A. Hourlier , E. C. Huang , R. Itay , C. James , J. Jan de Vries , X. Ji , L. Jiang , J. H. Jo , R. A. Johnson , J. Joshi , 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 , K. Mason , A. Mastbaum , N. McConkey , V. Meddage , T. Mettler , K. Miller , J. Mills , K. Mistry , T. Mohayai , A. Mogan , J. Moon , M. Mooney , C. D. Moore , J. Mousseau , M. Murphy , R. Murrells , D. Naples , R. K. Neely , P. Nienaber , J. Nowak , O. Palamara , V. Pandey , V. Paolone , A. Papadopoulou , V. Papavassiliou , S. F. Pate , A. Paudel , Z. Pavlovic , E. Piasetzky , D. Porzio , S. Prince , G. Pulliam , X. Qian , J. L. Raaf , V. Radeka , A. Rafique , L. Ren , L. Rochester , H. E. Rogers , 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. Soldner-Rembold , S. R. Soleti , P. Spentzouris , J. Spitz , M. Stancari , J. St. John , T. Strauss , K. Sutton , S. Sword-Fehlberg , A. M. Szelc , N. Tagg , W. Tang , K. Terao , R. T. Thornton , M. Toups , Y. -T. Tsai , S. Tufanli , M. A. Uchida , T. Usher , W. Van De Pontseele , R. G. Van de Water , B. Viren , M. Weber , H. Wei , D. A. Wickremasinghe , Z. Williams , S. Wolbers , T. Wongjirad , K. Woodruff , M. Wospakrik , W. Wu , T. Yang , G. Yarbrough , L. E. Yates , G. P. Zeller , J. Zennamo , C. Zhang

The ArgoNeuT experiment

The ArgoNeuT experiment features a 175 liter Liquid Argon (LAr) Time Projection Chamber (TPC) that was located upstream of the MINOS near detector in the NuMI neutrino beam at Fermilab. The project is part of the LAr TPC development program…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2011-10-04 Roxanne Guenette

Signal Processing in the MicroBooNE LArTPC

The MicroBooNE experiment is designed to observe interactions of neutrinos with a Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber (LArTPC) detector from the on-axis Booster Neutrino Beam (BNB) and off-axis Neutrinos at the Main Injector (NuMI) beam at…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-11-03 Jyoti Joshi , Xin Qian

Neutrino Scattering Studies in MicroBooNE

A good understanding of the cross sections for neutrino interactions with nucleons and nuclei is crucial for neutrino oscillation studies, in addition to providing a tool for the exploration of nucleon and nuclear structures. The MicroBooNE…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2018-10-15 Vassili Papavassiliou

Current and Future Liquid Argon Neutrino Experiments

The liquid argon time projection chamber (LArTPC) detector technology provides an opportunity for precision neutrino oscillation measurements, neutrino cross section measurements, and searches for rare processes, such as SuperNova neutrino…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2013-04-09 Georgia Karagiorgi

Neutrino Interactions in MicroBooNE

MicroBooNE is a liquid-argon-based neutrino experiment, which began collecting data in Fermilab's Booster neutrino beam in October 2015. Physics goals of the experiment include probing the source of the anomalous excess of electron-like…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2017-05-16 Marco Del Tutto