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Title: Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber Trigger Development with MicroBooNE

Conference · · J.Phys.Conf.Ser.

The Micro Booster Neutrino Experiment (MicroBooNE) is a Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber (LArTPC) neutrino detector at Fermilab that has been operating since 2015. It aims to perform v-Ar cross-section measurements, explore the low-energy excess reported by the MiniBooNE experiment and perform a combined search for sterile neutrino oscillations as part of three LArTPCs that make up the Short Baseline Neutrino (SBN) Program at Fermilab. Since MicroBooNE is currently in an R&D phase, it offers a unique opportunity for the implementation and testing of TPC-based triggers as R&D towards the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE). One of the technical challenges of DUNE that we aim to address with this study is that of efficient self-triggering of a LArTPC utilizing TPC signal information. This capability will enable searches for rare processes in DUNE, such as neutrino interactions from a potential galactic supernova burst. This talk will describe the MicroBooNE TPC readout system and ongoing R&D efforts to develop and demonstrate TPC-based triggering.

Research Organization:
Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)
Contributing Organization:
MicroBooNE
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-07CH11359
OSTI ID:
1915433
Report Number(s):
FERMILAB-CONF-22-958-V; oai:inspirehep.net:2611972
Journal Information:
J.Phys.Conf.Ser., Vol. 2374, Issue 1
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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