Measurement of cosmic-ray reconstruction efficiencies in the MicroBooNE LArTPC using a small external cosmic-ray counter
Abstract
The MicroBooNE detector is a liquid argon time projection chamber at Fermilab designed to study short-baseline neutrino oscillations and neutrino-argon interaction cross-section. Due to its location near the surface, a good understanding of cosmic muons as a source of backgrounds is of fundamental importance for the experiment. We present a method of using an external 0.5 m (L) x 0.5 m (W) muon counter stack, installed above the main detector, to determine the cosmic-ray reconstruction efficiency in MicroBooNE. Data are acquired with this external muon counter stack placed in three different positions, corresponding to cosmic rays intersecting different parts of the detector. The data reconstruction efficiency of tracks in the detector is found to be $$\epsilon_{\mathrm{data}}=(97.1\pm0.1~(\mathrm{stat}) \pm 1.4~(\mathrm{sys}))\%$$, in good agreement with the Monte Carlo reconstruction efficiency $$\epsilon_{\mathrm{MC}} = (97.4\pm0.1)\%$$. This analysis represents a small-scale demonstration of the method that can be used with future data coming from a recently installed cosmic-ray tagger system, which will be able to tag $$\approx80\%$$ of the cosmic rays passing through the MicroBooNE detector.
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- Research Org.:
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States); Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States); Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States); Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States); Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP)
- Contributing Org.:
- MicroBooNE Collaboration; MicroBooNE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1417302
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1409073; OSTI ID: 1424962
- Report Number(s):
- FERMILAB-PUB-17-213-ND; arXiv:1707.09903; BNL-200083-2018-JAAM
Journal ID: ISSN 1748-0221; TRN: US1801028
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-76SF00515; AC02-07CH11359; SC0012704
- Resource Type:
- Journal Article: Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Journal of Instrumentation
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 12; Journal Issue: 12; Journal ID: ISSN 1748-0221
- Publisher:
- Institute of Physics (IOP)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 47 OTHER INSTRUMENTATION; 72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; Performance of High Energy Physics Detectors; Time projection chambers; Data reduction methods; Neutrino detectors; time projection chamber; pattern recognition; cluster finding
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Acciarri, R., Adams, C., An, R., Anthony, J., Asaadi, J., Auger, M., Bagby, L., Balasubramanian, S., Baller, B., Barnes, C., Barr, G., Bass, M., Bay, F., Bishai, M., Blake, A., Bolton, T., Camilleri, L., Caratelli, D., Carls, B., Fernandez, R. Castillo, Cavanna, F., Chen, H., Church, E., Cianci, D., Cohen, E., Collin, G. H., Conrad, J. M., Convery, M., Crespo-Anadón, J. I., Tutto, M. Del, Devitt, D., Dytman, S., Eberly, B., Ereditato, A., Sanchez, L. Escudero, Esquivel, J., Fadeeva, A. A., Fleming, B. T., Foreman, W., Furmanski, A. P., Garcia-Gamez, D., Garvey, G. T., Genty, V., Goeldi, D., Gollapinni, S., Graf, N., Gramellini, E., Greenlee, H., Grosso, R., Guenette, R., Hackenburg, A., Hamilton, P., Hen, O., Hewes, J., Hill, C., Ho, J., Horton-Smith, G., Hourlier, A., Huang, E. -C., James, C., de Vries, J. Jan, Jen, C. -M., Jiang, L., Johnson, R. A., Joshi, J., Jostlein, H., Kaleko, D., Kalousis, L. N., Karagiorgi, G., Ketchum, W., Kirby, B., Kirby, M., Kobilarcik, T., Kreslo, I., Lange, G., Laube, A., Li, Y., Lister, A., Littlejohn, B. R., Lockwitz, S., Lorca, D., Louis, W. C., Luethi, M., Lundberg, B., Luo, X., Marchionni, A., Mariani, C., Marshall, J., Caicedo, D. A. Martinez, Meddage, V., Miceli, T., Mills, G. B., Moon, J., Mooney, M., Moore, C. D., Mousseau, J., Murrells, R., Naples, D., Nienaber, P., Nowak, J., Palamara, O., Paolone, V., Papavassiliou, V., Pate, S. F., Pavlovic, Z., Pelkey, R., Piasetzky, E., Porzio, D., Pulliam, G., Qian, X., Raaf, J. L., Rafique, A., Rochester, L., Rohr, C. Rudolf von, Russell, B., Schmitz, D. W., Schukraft, A., Seligman, W., Shaevitz, M. H., Sinclair, J., Smith, A., Snider, E. L., Soderberg, M., Söldner-Rembold, S., Soleti, S. R., Spentzouris, P., Spitz, J., John, J. St., Strauss, T., Szelc, A. M., Tagg, N., Terao, K., Thomson, M., Toups, M., Tsai, Y. -T., Tufanli, S., Usher, T., Pontseele, W. Van De, de Water, R. G. Van, Viren, B., Weber, M., Wickremasinghe, D. A., Wolbers, S., Wongjirad, T., Woodruff, K., Yang, T., Yates, L., Zeller, G. P., Zennamo, J., and Zhang, C. Measurement of cosmic-ray reconstruction efficiencies in the MicroBooNE LArTPC using a small external cosmic-ray counter. United States: N. p., 2017.
Web. doi:10.1088/1748-0221/12/12/p12030.
Acciarri, R., Adams, C., An, R., Anthony, J., Asaadi, J., Auger, M., Bagby, L., Balasubramanian, S., Baller, B., Barnes, C., Barr, G., Bass, M., Bay, F., Bishai, M., Blake, A., Bolton, T., Camilleri, L., Caratelli, D., Carls, B., Fernandez, R. Castillo, Cavanna, F., Chen, H., Church, E., Cianci, D., Cohen, E., Collin, G. H., Conrad, J. M., Convery, M., Crespo-Anadón, J. I., Tutto, M. Del, Devitt, D., Dytman, S., Eberly, B., Ereditato, A., Sanchez, L. Escudero, Esquivel, J., Fadeeva, A. A., Fleming, B. T., Foreman, W., Furmanski, A. P., Garcia-Gamez, D., Garvey, G. T., Genty, V., Goeldi, D., Gollapinni, S., Graf, N., Gramellini, E., Greenlee, H., Grosso, R., Guenette, R., Hackenburg, A., Hamilton, P., Hen, O., Hewes, J., Hill, C., Ho, J., Horton-Smith, G., Hourlier, A., Huang, E. -C., James, C., de Vries, J. Jan, Jen, C. -M., Jiang, L., Johnson, R. A., Joshi, J., Jostlein, H., Kaleko, D., Kalousis, L. N., Karagiorgi, G., Ketchum, W., Kirby, B., Kirby, M., Kobilarcik, T., Kreslo, I., Lange, G., Laube, A., Li, Y., Lister, A., Littlejohn, B. R., Lockwitz, S., Lorca, D., Louis, W. C., Luethi, M., Lundberg, B., Luo, X., Marchionni, A., Mariani, C., Marshall, J., Caicedo, D. A. Martinez, Meddage, V., Miceli, T., Mills, G. B., Moon, J., Mooney, M., Moore, C. D., Mousseau, J., Murrells, R., Naples, D., Nienaber, P., Nowak, J., Palamara, O., Paolone, V., Papavassiliou, V., Pate, S. F., Pavlovic, Z., Pelkey, R., Piasetzky, E., Porzio, D., Pulliam, G., Qian, X., Raaf, J. L., Rafique, A., Rochester, L., Rohr, C. Rudolf von, Russell, B., Schmitz, D. W., Schukraft, A., Seligman, W., Shaevitz, M. H., Sinclair, J., Smith, A., Snider, E. L., Soderberg, M., Söldner-Rembold, S., Soleti, S. R., Spentzouris, P., Spitz, J., John, J. St., Strauss, T., Szelc, A. M., Tagg, N., Terao, K., Thomson, M., Toups, M., Tsai, Y. -T., Tufanli, S., Usher, T., Pontseele, W. Van De, de Water, R. G. Van, Viren, B., Weber, M., Wickremasinghe, D. A., Wolbers, S., Wongjirad, T., Woodruff, K., Yang, T., Yates, L., Zeller, G. P., Zennamo, J., & Zhang, C. Measurement of cosmic-ray reconstruction efficiencies in the MicroBooNE LArTPC using a small external cosmic-ray counter. United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/12/12/p12030
Acciarri, R., Adams, C., An, R., Anthony, J., Asaadi, J., Auger, M., Bagby, L., Balasubramanian, S., Baller, B., Barnes, C., Barr, G., Bass, M., Bay, F., Bishai, M., Blake, A., Bolton, T., Camilleri, L., Caratelli, D., Carls, B., Fernandez, R. Castillo, Cavanna, F., Chen, H., Church, E., Cianci, D., Cohen, E., Collin, G. H., Conrad, J. M., Convery, M., Crespo-Anadón, J. I., Tutto, M. Del, Devitt, D., Dytman, S., Eberly, B., Ereditato, A., Sanchez, L. Escudero, Esquivel, J., Fadeeva, A. A., Fleming, B. T., Foreman, W., Furmanski, A. P., Garcia-Gamez, D., Garvey, G. T., Genty, V., Goeldi, D., Gollapinni, S., Graf, N., Gramellini, E., Greenlee, H., Grosso, R., Guenette, R., Hackenburg, A., Hamilton, P., Hen, O., Hewes, J., Hill, C., Ho, J., Horton-Smith, G., Hourlier, A., Huang, E. -C., James, C., de Vries, J. Jan, Jen, C. -M., Jiang, L., Johnson, R. A., Joshi, J., Jostlein, H., Kaleko, D., Kalousis, L. N., Karagiorgi, G., Ketchum, W., Kirby, B., Kirby, M., Kobilarcik, T., Kreslo, I., Lange, G., Laube, A., Li, Y., Lister, A., Littlejohn, B. R., Lockwitz, S., Lorca, D., Louis, W. C., Luethi, M., Lundberg, B., Luo, X., Marchionni, A., Mariani, C., Marshall, J., Caicedo, D. A. Martinez, Meddage, V., Miceli, T., Mills, G. B., Moon, J., Mooney, M., Moore, C. D., Mousseau, J., Murrells, R., Naples, D., Nienaber, P., Nowak, J., Palamara, O., Paolone, V., Papavassiliou, V., Pate, S. F., Pavlovic, Z., Pelkey, R., Piasetzky, E., Porzio, D., Pulliam, G., Qian, X., Raaf, J. L., Rafique, A., Rochester, L., Rohr, C. Rudolf von, Russell, B., Schmitz, D. W., Schukraft, A., Seligman, W., Shaevitz, M. H., Sinclair, J., Smith, A., Snider, E. L., Soderberg, M., Söldner-Rembold, S., Soleti, S. R., Spentzouris, P., Spitz, J., John, J. St., Strauss, T., Szelc, A. M., Tagg, N., Terao, K., Thomson, M., Toups, M., Tsai, Y. -T., Tufanli, S., Usher, T., Pontseele, W. Van De, de Water, R. G. Van, Viren, B., Weber, M., Wickremasinghe, D. A., Wolbers, S., Wongjirad, T., Woodruff, K., Yang, T., Yates, L., Zeller, G. P., Zennamo, J., and Zhang, C. 2017.
"Measurement of cosmic-ray reconstruction efficiencies in the MicroBooNE LArTPC using a small external cosmic-ray counter". United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/12/12/p12030. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1417302.
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title = {Measurement of cosmic-ray reconstruction efficiencies in the MicroBooNE LArTPC using a small external cosmic-ray counter},
author = {Acciarri, R. and Adams, C. and An, R. and Anthony, J. and Asaadi, J. and Auger, M. and Bagby, L. and Balasubramanian, S. and Baller, B. and Barnes, C. and Barr, G. and Bass, M. and Bay, F. and Bishai, M. and Blake, A. and Bolton, T. and Camilleri, L. and Caratelli, D. and Carls, B. and Fernandez, R. Castillo and Cavanna, F. and Chen, H. and Church, E. and Cianci, D. and Cohen, E. and Collin, G. H. and Conrad, J. M. and Convery, M. and Crespo-Anadón, J. I. and Tutto, M. Del and Devitt, D. and Dytman, S. and Eberly, B. and Ereditato, A. and Sanchez, L. Escudero and Esquivel, J. and Fadeeva, A. A. and Fleming, B. T. and Foreman, W. and Furmanski, A. P. and Garcia-Gamez, D. and Garvey, G. T. and Genty, V. and Goeldi, D. and Gollapinni, S. and Graf, N. and Gramellini, E. and Greenlee, H. and Grosso, R. and Guenette, R. and Hackenburg, A. and Hamilton, P. and Hen, O. and Hewes, J. and Hill, C. and Ho, J. and Horton-Smith, G. and Hourlier, A. and Huang, E. -C. and James, C. and de Vries, J. Jan and Jen, C. -M. and Jiang, L. and Johnson, R. A. and Joshi, J. and Jostlein, H. and Kaleko, D. and Kalousis, L. N. and Karagiorgi, G. and Ketchum, W. and Kirby, B. and Kirby, M. and Kobilarcik, T. and Kreslo, I. and Lange, G. and Laube, A. and Li, Y. and Lister, A. and Littlejohn, B. R. and Lockwitz, S. and Lorca, D. and Louis, W. C. and Luethi, M. and Lundberg, B. and Luo, X. and Marchionni, A. and Mariani, C. and Marshall, J. and Caicedo, D. A. Martinez and Meddage, V. and Miceli, T. and Mills, G. B. and Moon, J. and Mooney, M. and Moore, C. D. and Mousseau, J. and Murrells, R. and Naples, D. and Nienaber, P. and Nowak, J. and Palamara, O. and Paolone, V. and Papavassiliou, V. and Pate, S. F. and Pavlovic, Z. and Pelkey, R. and Piasetzky, E. and Porzio, D. and Pulliam, G. and Qian, X. and Raaf, J. L. and Rafique, A. and Rochester, L. and Rohr, C. Rudolf von and Russell, B. and Schmitz, D. W. and Schukraft, A. and Seligman, W. and Shaevitz, M. H. and Sinclair, J. and Smith, A. and Snider, E. L. and Soderberg, M. and Söldner-Rembold, S. and Soleti, S. R. and Spentzouris, P. and Spitz, J. and John, J. St. and Strauss, T. and Szelc, A. M. and Tagg, N. and Terao, K. and Thomson, M. and Toups, M. and Tsai, Y. -T. and Tufanli, S. and Usher, T. and Pontseele, W. Van De and de Water, R. G. Van and Viren, B. and Weber, M. and Wickremasinghe, D. A. and Wolbers, S. and Wongjirad, T. and Woodruff, K. and Yang, T. and Yates, L. and Zeller, G. P. and Zennamo, J. and Zhang, C.},
abstractNote = {The MicroBooNE detector is a liquid argon time projection chamber at Fermilab designed to study short-baseline neutrino oscillations and neutrino-argon interaction cross-section. Due to its location near the surface, a good understanding of cosmic muons as a source of backgrounds is of fundamental importance for the experiment. We present a method of using an external 0.5 m (L) x 0.5 m (W) muon counter stack, installed above the main detector, to determine the cosmic-ray reconstruction efficiency in MicroBooNE. Data are acquired with this external muon counter stack placed in three different positions, corresponding to cosmic rays intersecting different parts of the detector. The data reconstruction efficiency of tracks in the detector is found to be $\epsilon_{\mathrm{data}}=(97.1\pm0.1~(\mathrm{stat}) \pm 1.4~(\mathrm{sys}))\%$, in good agreement with the Monte Carlo reconstruction efficiency $\epsilon_{\mathrm{MC}} = (97.4\pm0.1)\%$. This analysis represents a small-scale demonstration of the method that can be used with future data coming from a recently installed cosmic-ray tagger system, which will be able to tag $\approx80\%$ of the cosmic rays passing through the MicroBooNE detector.},
doi = {10.1088/1748-0221/12/12/p12030},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1417302},
journal = {Journal of Instrumentation},
issn = {1748-0221},
number = 12,
volume = 12,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Dec 20 00:00:00 EST 2017},
month = {Wed Dec 20 00:00:00 EST 2017}
}
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