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Recent Results from MiniBooNE

Recent results from MiniBooNE are described. These include neutrino oscillation results, low energy anomaly, and neutrino/antineutrino cross sections.

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2008-05-20 Byron P. Roe

Backgrounds in Neutrino Appearance Signal at MiniBooNE

The MiniBooNE (Booster Neutrino Experiment) experiment is a precise search for neutrino oscillations but is crucially sensitive to background processes that would mimic an oscillation signal. The background sources include intrinsic…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2009-11-11 Zelimir Djurcic

Icecube/DeepCore tests for novel explanations of the MiniBooNE anomaly

While the low-energy excess observed at MiniBooNE remains unchallenged, it has become increasingly difficult to reconcile it with the results from other sterile neutrino searches and cosmology. Recently, it has been shown that non-minimal…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2019-10-02 Pilar Coloma

Using Deep Learning Techniques to Search for the MiniBooNE Low Energy Excess in MicroBooNE with > 3$\sigma$ Sensitivity

This thesis describes an analysis developed for the MicroBooNE experiment to investigate an anomalous excess of electron-like events observed in the MiniBooNE detector. The hypothesis investigated here is that the MiniBooNE anomaly…

Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability · Physics 2020-10-29 Jarrett Moon

Prospects for Antineutrino Running at MiniBooNE

We outline a program of antineutrino cross-section measurements necessary for the next generation of neutrino oscillation experiments, that can be performed with one year of data at MiniBooNE. We describe three independent methods of…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2009-11-11 M. O. Wascko

Searching for short baseline anomalies with the LAr-TPC detector at shallow depths

The ICARUS Collaboration has operated successfully the Liquid Argon time projection chamber (LAr-TPC), a novel and continuously sensitive bubble chamber like neutrino detector in the GranSasso Laboratory and an underground neutrino beam…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2014-08-28 C. Rubbia

The Photomultiplier Tube Calibration System of the MicroBooNE Experiment

We report on the design and construction of a LED-based fiber calibration system for large liquid argon time projection detectors. This system was developed to calibrate the optical systems of the MicroBooNE experiment. As well as detailing…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-06-04 J. Conrad , B. J. P. Jones , Z. Moss , T. Strauss , M. Toups

Current Status of the MiniBooNE Experiment

MiniBooNE is an experiment designed to refute or confirm the LSND anti-nu_mu -> anti-nu_e oscillation result. MiniBooNE will look for oscillations of nu_mu -> nu_e in a closed-box appearance analysis. MiniBooNE began collecting data in…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-08-14 H. Ray

Future Neutrino Oscillation Sensitivities for LBNE

The primary goal of the Long-Baseline Neutrino Experiment (LBNE) is to measure the neutrino mixing matrix parameters. The design, optimized to search for CP violation and to determine the neutrino mass hierarchy, includes a large…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2013-10-28 Matthew Bass , Daniel Cherdack , Robert J. Wilson

Determination of muon momentum in the MicroBooNE LArTPC using an improved model of multiple Coulomb scattering

We discuss a technique for measuring a charged particle's momentum by means of multiple Coulomb scattering (MCS) in the MicroBooNE liquid argon time projection chamber (LArTPC). This method does not require the full particle ionization…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2023-02-17 MicroBooNE collaboration , P. Abratenko , R. Acciarri , C. Adams , R. An , J. Asaadi , M. Auger , L. Bagby , S. Balasubramanian , B. Baller , C. Barnes , G. Barr , M. Bass , F. Bay , M. Bishai , A. Blake , T. Bolton , L. Bugel , L. Camilleri , D. Caratelli , B. Carls , R. Castillo Fernandez , F. Cavanna , H. Chen , E. Church , D. Cianci , E. Cohen , G. H. Collin , J. M. Conrad , M. Convery , J. I. Crespo-Anadon , M. Del Tutto , D. Devitt , S. Dytman , B. Eberly , A. Ereditato , L. Escudero Sanchez , J. Esquivel , B. T. Fleming , W. Foreman , A. P. Furmanski , D. Garcia-Gamez , G. T. Garvey , V. Genty , D. Goeldi , S. Gollapinni , N. Graf , E. Gramellini , H. Greenlee , R. Grosso , R. Guenette , A. Hackenburg , P. Hamilton , O. Hen , V Hewes , C. Hill , J. Ho , G. Horton-Smith , E. -C. Huang , C. James , J. Jan de Vries , C. -M. Jen , L. Jiang , R. A. Johnson , B. J. P. Jones , J. Joshi , H. Jostlein , D. Kaleko , L. N. Kalousis , G. Karagiorgi , W. Ketchum , B. Kirby , M. Kirby , T. Kobilarcik , I. Kreslo , A. Laube , Y. Li , A. Lister , B. R. Littlejohn , S. Lockwitz , D. Lorca , W. C. Louis , M. Luethi , B. Lundberg , X. Luo , A. Marchionni , C. Mariani , J. Marshall , D. A. Martinez Caicedo , V. Meddage , T. Miceli , G. B. Mills , J. Moon , M. Mooney , C. D. Moore , J. Mousseau , R. Murrells , D. Naples , P. Nienaber , J. Nowak , O. Palamara , V. Paolone , V. Papavassiliou , S. F. Pate , Z. Pavlovic , E. Piasetzky , D. Porzio , G. Pulliam , X. Qian , J. L. Raaf , A. Rafique , L. Rochester , C. Rudolf von Rohr , B. Russell , D. W. Schmitz , A. Schukraft , W. Seligman , M. H. Shaevitz , J. Sinclair , E. L. Snider , M. Soderberg , S. Soldner-Rembold , S. R. Soleti , P. Spentzouris , J. Spitz , J. St. John , T. Strauss , A. M. Szelc , N. Tagg , K. Terao , M. Thomson , M. Toups , Y. -T. Tsai , S. Tufanli , T. Usher , R. G. Van de Water , B. Viren , M. Weber , J. Weston , D. A. Wickremasinghe , S. Wolbers , T. Wongjirad , K. Woodruff , T. Yang , L. Yates , G. P. Zeller , J. Zennamo , C. Zhang

Design and operation of ARGONTUBE: a 5 m long drift liquid argon TPC

The Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber (LArTPC) is a prime type of detector for future large-mass neutrino observatories and proton decay searches. In this paper we present the design and operation, as well as experimental results from…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-06-15 A. Ereditato , C. C. Hsu , S. Janos , I. Kreslo , M. Messina , C. Rudolf von Rohr , B. Rossi , T. Strauss , M. S. Weber , M. Zeller

First Measurement of Differential Cross Sections for Muon Neutrino Charged Current Interactions on Argon with a Two-proton Final State in the MicroBooNE Detector

We present the first measurement of differential cross sections for charged-current muon neutrino interactions on argon with one muon, two protons, and no pions in the final state. These final states are dominated by two-nucleon knockout…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2026-01-06 MicroBooNE collaboration , P. Abratenko , 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 , L. Bathe-Peters , 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 , D. Caratelli , I. Caro Terrazas , F. Cavanna , G. Cerati , A. Chappell , Y. Chen , J. M. Conrad , M. Convery , L. Cooper-Troendle , J. I. Crespo-Anadon , R. Cross , M. Del Tutto , S. R. Dennis , P. Detje , A. Devitt , R. Diurba , Z. Djurcic , R. Dorrill , K. Duffy , S. Dytman , B. Eberly , P. Englezos , A. Ereditato , J. J. Evans , C. Fang , O. G. Finnerud , R. Fine , B. T. Fleming , W. Foreman , N. Foppiani , 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 , R. Hicks , C. Hilgenberg , G. A. Horton-Smith , A. Hussain , B. Irwin , M. S. Ismail , 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 , N. Lane , I. Lepetic , J. Y. Li , K. Li , Y. Li , K. Lin , H. Liu , B. R. Littlejohn , L. Liu , W. C. Louis , X. Luo , T. Mahmud , C. Mariani , D. Marsden , J. Marshall , N. Martinez , D. A. Martinez Caicedo , S. Martynenko , A. Mastbaum , I. Mawby , N. McConkey , L. Mellet , J. Mendez , J. Micallef , 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. D. Ponce-Pinto , I. Pophale , S. Prince , X. Qian , J. L. Raaf , V. Radeka , A. Rafique , M. Reggiani-Guzzo , J. Rodriguez Rondon , M. Rosenberg , M. Ross-Lonergan , C. Rudolf von Rohr , I. Safa , G. Scanavini , D. W. Schmitz , A. Schukraft , W. Seligman , M. H. Shaevitz , R. Sharankova , J. Shi , E. L. Snider , M. Soderberg , S. S , 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 , 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

Reconstruction of neutrino events in the Accelerator Neutrino Neutron Interaction Experiment: Part I

The Accelerator Neutrino Neutron Interaction Experiment (ANNIE) was designed to reconstruct neutrino events from the Fermilab Booster Neutrino Beam (BNB) with the parallel goals of measuring neutron production in interactions with oxygen…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2026-01-07 S. Abubakar , M. Acsencio-Sosa , D. Ajana , M. A. Aman , J. Beacom , M. Bergevin , D. Bick , M. Breisch , G. Caceres Vera , S. Dazeley , S. Doran , E. Drakopoulou , S. Edayath , R. Edwards , J. Eisch , N. Everitt , Y. Feng , V. Fischer , D. Fleming , R. Foster , S. Gardiner , B. Gelli , N. Goehlke , A. Gupta , P. Hackspacher , C. Hagner , J. He , B. Kaiser , M. Kandemir , C. Karagiannis , T. Lachenmaier , F. Lemmons , F. Krennrich , M. Malek , J. Martyn , A. Mastbaum , D. Maksimovic , C. McGivern , J. Minock , L. Mora-Lepin , C. Nguyen , M. Nieslony , M. O'Flaherty , G. D. Orebi Gann , B. K. Ozdemir , E. Pantic , T. Pershing , L. Pickard , N. Poonthottathil , E. Pottebaum , B. Richards , R. Rosero , H. Sogarwal , M. Sanchez , D. Schmid , M. Smy , M. Stender , A. Sutton , R. Svoboda , E. Tiras , M. Vagins , V. Veeraraghavan , J. Wang , M. Wetstein , A. Weinstein , M. Wurm , M. Yeh , T. Zhang

Radioactive background for ProtoDUNE detector

The Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) is a leading-edge, international experiment for neutrino science and proton decay studies. This experiment is looking for answers regarding several fundamental questions about the nature of…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2021-08-24 Mihaela Parvu , Ionel Lazanu

The MiniBooNE Experiment

MiniBooNE is an experiment designed to provide a definitive test for the numubar to nuebar oscillations signal seen by LSND. Here, a brief summary of the MiniBooNE goals and strategies is presented, as well as some highlights of its current…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-08-14 Alexis A. Aguilar-Arevalo

LArIAT: Liquid Argon In A Testbeam

Liquid Argon Time Projection Chambers (LArTPCs) are ideal detectors for precision neutrino physics. These detectors, when located deep underground, can also be used for measurements of proton decay, and astrophysical neutrinos. The…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2014-07-01 J. Paley , D. Gastler , E. Kearns , R. Linehan , R. Patterson , W. Foremen , J. Ho , D. Schmitz , R. Johnson , J. St. John , R. Acciarri , P. Adamson , M. Backfish , W. Badgett , B. Baller , A. Hahn , D. Jensen , T. Junk , M. Kirby , T. Kobilarcik , P. Kryczynski , H. Lippincott , A. Marchionni , K. Nishikawa , J. Raaf , E. Ramberg , B. Rebel , M. Stancari , G. Zeller , M. Wascko , T. Maruyama , E. Iwai , S. Kunori , C. Mauger , F. Blaszczyk , W. Metcalf , A. Olivier , M. Tzanov , J. Evans , P. Guzowski , C. Bromberg , D. Edmunds , D. Shooltz , R. Gran , A. Habig , K. Kaess , S. Dytman , J. Asaadi , M. Soderberg , J. Esquivel , A. Farbin , S. Park , J. Yu , J. Huang , K. Lang , R. Nichol , A. Holin , J. Thomas , M. Kordosky , M. Stephens , P. Vahle , B. T. Fleming , F. Cavanna , E. Church , E. Gramellini , O. Palamara , A. Szelc

Dark Neutrino Portal to Explain MiniBooNE excess

We present a novel framework that provides an explanation to the long-standing excess of electron-like events in the MiniBooNE experiment at Fermilab. We suggest a new dark sector containing a dark neutrino and a dark gauge boson, both with…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2019-01-23 Enrico Bertuzzo , Sudip Jana , Pedro A. N. Machado , Renata Zukanovich Funchal

Electromagnetic Shower Reconstruction and Energy Validation with Michel Electrons and $\pi^0$ Samples for the Deep-Learning-Based Analyses in MicroBooNE

This article presents the reconstruction of the electromagnetic activity from electrons and photons (showers) used in the MicroBooNE deep learning-based low energy electron search. The reconstruction algorithm uses a combination of…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2022-03-02 MicroBooNE collaboration , 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-Anadon , 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 , T. Mohayai , A. Mogan , 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. 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. Soldner-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

Search for heavy neutral leptons decaying into muon-pion pairs in the MicroBooNE detector

We present upper limits on the production of heavy neutral leptons (HNLs) decaying to $\mu \pi$ pairs using data collected with the MicroBooNE liquid-argon time projection chamber (TPC) operating at Fermilab. This search is the first of its…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2020-03-11 P. Abratenko , M. Alrashed , R. An , J. Anthony , J. Asaadi , A. Ashkenazi , S. Balasubramanian , B. Baller , C. Barnes , G. Barr , V. Basque , S. Berkman , A. Bhanderi , A. Bhat , M. Bishai , A. Blake , T. Bolton , L. Camilleri , D. Caratelli , I. Caro Terrazas , 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-Anadón , M. Del Tutto , D. Devitt , 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 , 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 , R. LaZur , 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 , A. Mogan , T. Mohayai , J. Moon , M. Mooney , C. D. Moore , J. Mousseau , 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. Söldner-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

A new investigation of electron neutrino appearance oscillations with improved sensitivity in the MiniBooNE+ experiment

We propose the addition of scintillator to the existing MiniBooNE detector to allow a test of the neutral-current/charged-current (NC/CC) nature of the MiniBooNE low-energy excess. Scintillator will enable the reconstruction of 2.2 MeV…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2013-10-03 R. Dharmapalan , S. Habib , C. Jiang , I. Stancu , Z. Djurcic , R. A. Johnson , A. Wickremasinghe , G. Karagiorgi , M. H. Shaevitz , B. C. Brown , F. G. Garcia , R. Ford , W. Marsh , C. D. Moore , D. Perevalov , C. C. Polly , J. Grange , J. Mousseau , B. Osmanov , H. Ray , R. Cooper , R. Tayloe , R. Thornton , G. T. Garvey , W. Huelsnitz , W. C. Louis , C. Mauger , G. B. Mills , Z. Pavlovic , R. Van de Water , D. H. White , R. Imlay , M. Tzanov , B. P. Roe , A. A. Aguilar-Arevalo , T. Katori , P. Nienaber