A Blessing in Disguise -- Characterisations of ProtoDUNE photon showers for neutrino measurements in DUNE

Thesis/Dissertation · Tue Oct 12 04:00:00 EDT 2021

OSTI ID:2553989

Vermeulen, Milo ^[1]

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1. Nikhef, Amsterdam

This thesis presents three studies performed on ProtoDUNE, a prototype liquid argon time projection chamber for the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE). The first study concerns the readout of detector data by the FELIX data acquisition system, as well as compression studies performed on the same data. The second study concerns the identification of photons created in neutral pion decay, which form a major background to neutrino-produced electrons. The distinction between electrons and photons is based on the differing energy deposition in the initial part of the particle showers they produce. The third study concerns the energy reconstruction of these particle showers in the detector. They have a known energy profile and can thus be used to calibrate the energy reconstruction of particle showers in general, a vital requirement for DUNE’s physics goals.

• Research Organization: Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP) (SC-25)
• DOE Contract Number: 89243024CSC000002
• OSTI ID: 2553989
• Report Number(s): CERN-THESIS-2021-171; FERMILAB-THESIS-2021-05; oai:inspirehep.net:1869456
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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