First observation of low energy electron neutrinos in a liquid argon time projection chamber
Abstract
Liquid argon time projection chambers (LArTPCs) produce remarkable fidelity in the observation of neutrino interactions. Here, the superior capabilities of such detectors to reconstruct the spatial and calorimetric information of neutrino events have made them the detectors of choice in a number of experiments, specifically those looking to observe electron neutrino ($$\nu_e$$) appearance. The LArTPC promises excellent background rejection capabilities, especially in this "golden" channel for both short and long baseline neutrino oscillation experiments. We present the first experimental observation of electron neutrinos and anti-neutrinos in the ArgoNeut LArTPC, in the energy range relevant to DUNE and the Fermilab Short Baseline Neutrino Program. Additionally, we present a demonstration of separation of electrons from gammas using neutrino data.
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- Research Org.:
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States); Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)
- Contributing Org.:
- ArgoNeuT Collaboration
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1346381
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1350156
- Report Number(s):
- FERMILAB-PUB-16-466-ND; arXiv:1610.04102
Journal ID: ISSN 2470-0010; PRVDAQ; 1491945
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-07CH11359
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Physical Review D
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 95; Journal Issue: 7; Journal ID: ISSN 2470-0010
- Publisher:
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; 72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
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Acciarri, R., Adams, C., Asaadi, J., Baller, B., Bolton, T., Bromberg, C., Cavanna, F., Church, E., Edmunds, D., Ereditato, A., Farooq, S., Fitzpatrick, R. S., Fleming, B., Hackenburg, A., Horton-Smith, G., James, C., Lang, K., Luo, X., Mehdiyev, R., Page, B., Palamara, O., Rebel, B., Schukraft, A., Scanavini, G., Soderberg, M., Spitz, J., Szelc, A. M., Weber, M., Yang, T., and Zeller, G. P. First observation of low energy electron neutrinos in a liquid argon time projection chamber. United States: N. p., 2017.
Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.95.072005.
Acciarri, R., Adams, C., Asaadi, J., Baller, B., Bolton, T., Bromberg, C., Cavanna, F., Church, E., Edmunds, D., Ereditato, A., Farooq, S., Fitzpatrick, R. S., Fleming, B., Hackenburg, A., Horton-Smith, G., James, C., Lang, K., Luo, X., Mehdiyev, R., Page, B., Palamara, O., Rebel, B., Schukraft, A., Scanavini, G., Soderberg, M., Spitz, J., Szelc, A. M., Weber, M., Yang, T., & Zeller, G. P. First observation of low energy electron neutrinos in a liquid argon time projection chamber. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.95.072005
Acciarri, R., Adams, C., Asaadi, J., Baller, B., Bolton, T., Bromberg, C., Cavanna, F., Church, E., Edmunds, D., Ereditato, A., Farooq, S., Fitzpatrick, R. S., Fleming, B., Hackenburg, A., Horton-Smith, G., James, C., Lang, K., Luo, X., Mehdiyev, R., Page, B., Palamara, O., Rebel, B., Schukraft, A., Scanavini, G., Soderberg, M., Spitz, J., Szelc, A. M., Weber, M., Yang, T., and Zeller, G. P. Thu .
"First observation of low energy electron neutrinos in a liquid argon time projection chamber". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.95.072005. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1346381.
@article{osti_1346381,
title = {First observation of low energy electron neutrinos in a liquid argon time projection chamber},
author = {Acciarri, R. and Adams, C. and Asaadi, J. and Baller, B. and Bolton, T. and Bromberg, C. and Cavanna, F. and Church, E. and Edmunds, D. and Ereditato, A. and Farooq, S. and Fitzpatrick, R. S. and Fleming, B. and Hackenburg, A. and Horton-Smith, G. and James, C. and Lang, K. and Luo, X. and Mehdiyev, R. and Page, B. and Palamara, O. and Rebel, B. and Schukraft, A. and Scanavini, G. and Soderberg, M. and Spitz, J. and Szelc, A. M. and Weber, M. and Yang, T. and Zeller, G. P.},
abstractNote = {Liquid argon time projection chambers (LArTPCs) produce remarkable fidelity in the observation of neutrino interactions. Here, the superior capabilities of such detectors to reconstruct the spatial and calorimetric information of neutrino events have made them the detectors of choice in a number of experiments, specifically those looking to observe electron neutrino ($\nu_e$) appearance. The LArTPC promises excellent background rejection capabilities, especially in this "golden" channel for both short and long baseline neutrino oscillation experiments. We present the first experimental observation of electron neutrinos and anti-neutrinos in the ArgoNeut LArTPC, in the energy range relevant to DUNE and the Fermilab Short Baseline Neutrino Program. Additionally, we present a demonstration of separation of electrons from gammas using neutrino data.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevD.95.072005},
journal = {Physical Review D},
number = 7,
volume = 95,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Apr 06 00:00:00 EDT 2017},
month = {Thu Apr 06 00:00:00 EDT 2017}
}
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