MicroBooNE: A New Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber Experiment

Journal Article · Wed Nov 25 00:00:00 EST 2009 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3274193· OSTI ID:21335873

Soderberg, Mitchell ^[1]

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1. Yale University, Dept. of Physics, P.O. Box 208120, New Haven, CT 06520 (United States)

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 detectors combine fine-grained tracking with calorimetry, allowing for excellent imaging and particle identification ability. In this talk the details of the MicroBooNE experiment, a 175 ton LArTPC which will be exposed to Fermilab's Booster Neutrino Beamline starting in 2011, will be presented. The ability of MicroBooNE to differentiate electrons from photons gives the experiment unique capabilities in low energy neutrino interaction measurements.

• OSTI ID: 21335873
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1189, Issue 1; Conference: NUINT-09: 6. international workshop on neutrino-nucleus interactions in few GeV region, Barcelona (Spain), 18-22 May 2009; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.3274193; (c) 2009 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
ARGON
ELECTRONS
FERMILAB
LIQUIDS
MULTIPARTICLE SPECTROMETERS
NEUTRINO DETECTION
NEUTRINO OSCILLATION
NEUTRINO-NUCLEON INTERACTIONS
PARTICLE IDENTIFICATION
PHOTONS
RADIATION DETECTORS
REST MASS
TIME PROJECTION CHAMBERS