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Title: Backgrounds in Neutrino Appearance Signal at MiniBooNE

Journal Article · · AIP Conference Proceedings
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2220393· OSTI ID:20875839
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  1. Columbia University, Department of Physics, New York, NY 10027 (United States)

The MiniBooNE (Booster Neutrino Experiment) experiment is a precise search for neutrino oscillations but is crucially sensitive to background processes that would mimic an oscillation signal. The background sources include intrinsic ve from kaon and muon decays, mis-identified {pi}0, gammas from radiative delta decays, and muon neutrino events mis-identified as electrons. A summary of these backgrounds and the tools to handle them is presented.

OSTI ID:
20875839
Journal Information:
AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 842, Issue 1; Conference: 17. international conference on particles and nuclei, Santa Fe, NM (United States), 23-30 Oct 2005; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.2220393; (c) 2006 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English