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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

An Ultra-Low Background PMT for Liquid Xenon Detectors

Results are presented from radioactivity screening of two models of photomultiplier tubes designed for use in current and future liquid xenon experiments. The Hamamatsu 5.6 cm diameter R8778 PMT, used in the LUX dark matter experiment, has…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2014-10-01 D. S. Akerib , X. Bai , E. Bernard , A. Bernstein , A. Bradley , D. Byram , S. B. Cahn , M. C. Carmona-Benitez , D. Carr , J. J. Chapman , Y-D. Chan , K. Clark , T. Coffey , L. deViveiros , M. Dragowsky , E. Druszkiewicz , B. Edwards , C. H. Faham , S. Fiorucci , R. J. Gaitskell , K. R. Gibson , C. Hall , M. Hanhardt , B. Holbrook , M. Ihm , R. G. Jacobsen , L. Kastens , K. Kazkaz , N. Larsen , C. Lee , K. Lesko , A. Lindote , M. I. Lopes , A. Lyashenko , D. C. Malling , R. Mannino , D. McKinsey , D. Mei , J. Mock , M. Morii , H. Nelson , F. Neves , J. A. Nikkel , M. Pangilinan , K. Pech , P. Phelps , T. Shutt , C. Silva , W. Skulski , V. N. Solovov , P. Sorensen , J. Spaans , T. Stiegler , M. Sweany , M. Szydagis , D. Taylor , J. Thomson , M. Tripathi , S. Uvarov , J. R. Verbus , N. Walsh , R. Webb , J. T. White , M. Wlasenko , F. L. H. Wolfs , M. Woods , C. Zhang

Viability of $\Delta m^2\sim$ 1 eV$^2$ sterile neutrino mixing models in light of MiniBooNE electron neutrino and antineutrino data from the Booster and NuMI beamlines

This paper examines sterile neutrino oscillation models in light of recently published results from the MiniBooNE Experiment. The new MiniBooNE data include the updated neutrino results, including the low energy region, and the first…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2014-11-20 G. Karagiorgi , Z. Djurcic , J. M. Conrad , M. H. Shaevitz , M. Sorel

A Proposal for a Near Detector Experiment on the Booster Neutrino Beamline: FINeSSE: Fermilab Intense Neutrino Scattering Scintillator Experiment

Understanding the quark and gluon substructure of the nucleon has been a prime goal of both nuclear and particle physics for more than thirty years and has led to much of the progress in strong interaction physics. Still the flavor…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2007-05-23 The FINeSSE Collaboration , S. Brice , L. Bugel , J. M. Conrad , J. Doskow , D. Finley , B. T. Fleming , G. T. Garvey , C. Green , C. Horowitz , R. Imlay , T. Katori , J. M. Link , W. C. Louis , L. Lu , G. McGregor , W. Metcalf , H. O. Meyer , P. Ockerse , V. Papavassiliou , J. C. Peng , M. Shaevitz , R. Stefanski , M. Sung , R. Tayloe , R. Van de Water , G. Visser , L. Wang , M. O. Wascko , G. P. Zeller

Design and construction of the MicroBooNE Cosmic Ray Tagger system

The MicroBooNE detector utilizes a liquid argon time projection chamber (LArTPC) with an 85 t active mass to study neutrino interactions along the Booster Neutrino Beam (BNB) at Fermilab. With a deployment location near ground level, the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2023-02-18 MicroBooNE collaboration , 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-Anadon , 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 , G. T. Garvey , V. Genty , D. Goeldi , S. Gollapinni , O. Goodwin , E. Gramellini , H. Greenlee , R. Grosso , R. Guenette , P. Guzowski , A. Hackenburg , P. Hamilton , O. Hen , V Hewes , C. Hill , G. A. Horton-Smith , A. Hourlier , E. -C. Huang , C. James , J. Jan de Vries , 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 , G. B. Mills , 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. Rochester , M. Ross-Lonergan , C. Rudolf von Rohr , B. Russell , 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 , 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

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

Photocathode-Uniformity Tests of the Hamamatsu R5912 Photomultiplier Tubes Used in the Milagro Experiment

The Milagro experiment observes the extensive air showers produced by very high energy gamma-rays impacting the Earth's atmosphere. Milagro uses 898 Hamamatsu R5912 Photomultiplier Tubes. To complete our Monte Carlo simulations, we tested…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-11-14 V. Vasileiou , R. W. Ellsworth , A. J. Smith

Comparison of \nu\mu-Ar multiplicity distributions observed by MicroBooNE to GENIE model predictions

We measure a large set of observables in inclusive charged current muon neutrino scattering on argon with the MicroBooNE liquid argon time projection chamber operating at Fermilab. We evaluate three neutrino interaction models based on the…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2023-02-17 C. Adams , R. An , J. Anthony , J. Asaadi , 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 , R. Castillo Fernandez , F. Cavanna , G. Cerati , H. Chen , Y. Chen , E. Church , D. Cianci , E. Cohen , G. H. Collin , J. M. Conrad , M. Convery , L. Cooper-Troendle , J. I. Crespo-Anadon , M. Del Tutto , D. Devitt , A. Diaz , S. Dytman , B. Eberly , A. Ereditato , L. Escudero Sanchez , J. Esquivel , J. J Evans , A. A. Fadeeva , B. T. Fleming , W. Foreman , A. P. Furmanski , D. Garcia-Gamez , G. T. Garvey , V. Genty , D. Goeldi , S. Gollapinni , E. Gramellini , H. Greenlee , R. Grosso , R. Guenette , P. Guzowski , A. Hackenburg , P. Hamilton , O. Hen , V Hewes , C. Hill , J. Ho , G. A. Horton-Smith , A. Hourlier , E. -C. Huang , C. James , J. Jan de Vries , L. Jiang , R. A. Johnson , J. Joshi , H. Jostlein , Y. -J. Jwa , D. Kaleko , G. Karagiorgi , W. Ketchum , B. Kirby , M. Kirby , T. Kobilarcik , I. Kreslo , 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 , D. A. Martinez Caicedo , A. Mastbaum , V. Meddage , T. Mettler , T. Miceli , G. B. Mills , 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. Rochester , M. Ross-Lonergan , C. Rudolf von Rohr , B. Russell , D. W. Schmitz , A. Schukraft , W. Seligman , M. H. Shaevitz , J. Sinclair , A. Smith , E. L. Snider , M. Soderberg , S. Soldner-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 , 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

Radiative decay of heavy neutrinos at MiniBooNE and MicroBooNE

The MiniBooNE experiment reported results from the analysis of $\nu_e$ and $\overline{\nu}_e$ appearance searches, which showed an excess of signal-like events at low reconstructed neutrino energies with respect to the expected background.…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2017-05-02 Luis Alvarez-Ruso , Eduardo Saul-Sala

Prospects for Antineutrino Running at MiniBooNE

MiniBooNE began running in antineutrino mode on 19 January, 2006. We describe the sensitivity of MiniBooNE to LSND-like nuebar oscillations and outline a program of antineutrino cross-section measurements necessary for the next generation…

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

Neutrino Oscillation Results from MINOS and MiniBooNE

After a brief introduction to neutrino oscillations and a review of the world knowledge of neutrino oscillation parameters, we introduce two current neutrino oscillation experiments, MINOS and MiniBooNE. MINOS makes precise measurements of…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2008-08-05 Tobias M. Raufer

A large HPGe detector for the non-destructive radioassay of an ultra-low-background counting facility

We present the use of a low background counting facility, equipped with a p-type 80% relative efficiency HPGe detector, protected by active and passive shielding, and large enough to count a 10" photo-multiplier tube (PMT). A GEANT4…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2011-01-21 M. Fechner , C. Henson , J. Gaffiot , T. Lasserre , A. Letourneau , D. Lhuillier , G. Mention , Th. A. Mueller , R. Quéval , R. Svoboda

Characterisation and testing of a prototype $6 \times 6$ cm$^2$ Argonne MCP-PMT

The Argonne micro-channel plate photomultiplier tube (MCP-PMT) is an offshoot of the Large Area Pico-second Photo Detector (LAPPD) project, wherein \mbox{6 $\times$ 6 cm$^2$} sized detectors are made at Argonne National Laboratory.…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-03-14 Greig A. Cowan , Franz Muheim , Matthew Needham , Silvia Gambetta , Stephan Eisenhardt , Neil McBlane , Matthew Malek

A study of the new hemispherical 9-inch PMT

The new hemispherical photomultiplier tubes (PMTs) with 9 inch diameter from Hainan Zhanchuang Photonics Technology Co.,Ltd (HZC) have been studied. Narrow transit time spread (FWHM=2.35 ns) accompanied by small nonlinearity (750…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-03-27 Fengjiao Luo , Yuekun Heng , Zhimin Wang , Zhonghua Qina , Anbo Yang , Nan Li , Gang Wang , Yan Zhang , Zhiyan Cai , Mengzhao Li , Haiqiong Zhang , Meihang Xu , Zhi Wu , Yuanbo Chen

Critique of the Rowe 2001 Detector Efficiency Experiment

The Rowe 2001 experiment scattered photons from two prepared 9Be+ ions. Measurement of the scattered photons used a single photomultiplier tube (PMT). The resultant histograms appear to be a superposition of the individual ions'…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-12-19 Douglas G. Danforth

Neutrino Oscillation Search at MiniBooNE

This article reports the status of a $\nu_{\mu} \to \nu_{e}$ oscillation search in MiniBooNE (Booster Neutrino Experiment) experiment. If an appearance signal is observed, it will imply Physics Beyond the Standard Model such as the…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2008-11-26 Z. Djurcic

Inclusive Search for Anomalous Single-Photon Production in MicroBooNE

We present an inclusive search for anomalous production of single-photon events from neutrino interactions in the MicroBooNE experiment. The search and its signal definition are motivated by the previous observation of a low-energy excess…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2026-05-08 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 , O. Benevides Rodrigues , S. Berkman , A. Bhat , M. Bhattacharya , M. Bishai , A. Blake , B. Bogart , T. Bolton , M. B. Brunetti , L. Camilleri , D. Caratelli , 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 , R. Diurba , Z. Djurcic , K. Duffy , S. Dytman , B. Eberly , P. Englezos , A. Ereditato , J. J. Evans , C. Fang , B. T. Fleming , W. Foreman , 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 , A. Hussain , B. Irwin , M. S. Ismail , C. James , X. Ji , J. H. Jo , R. A. Johnson , D. Kalra , G. Karagiorgi , W. Ketchum , M. Kirby , T. Kobilarcik , N. Lane , J. -Y. Li , Y. Li , K. Lin , 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 , K. Mistry , T. Mohayai , A. Mogan , M. Mooney , A. F. Moor , C. D. Moore , L. Mora Lepin , M. M. Moudgalya , S. Mulleria Babu , 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. 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 , 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. Soldner-Rembold , J. Spitz , M. Stancari , J. St. John , T. Strauss , A. M. Szelc , 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

PMT Triggering and Readout for the MicroBooNE Experiment

This paper presents the proposed PMT readout and triggering system that will be used in the MicroBooNE LArTPC experiment. The triggering scheme has been designed to study beam neutrino events as well as fully characterize cosmic rays. In…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-06-16 David Kaleko

Oscillations and Cross Sections at the SNS with a Large Cerenkov Detector

MiniBooNE at FermiLab should be able to confirm or refute the LSND Decay-in-Flight $\nu_\mu \to \nu_e$ oscillation signal within a few years. The primary evidence of neutrino oscillations from the LSND was in the anti-neutrino channel…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2007-05-23 Gordon J. VanDalen

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