Proton Track Identication in MicroBooNE Simulation for Neutral Current Elastic Events
The net contribution of the strange quark spins to the proton spin, Δs, can be determined from neutral current elastic neutrino-proton interactions at low momentum transfer combined with data from electron-proton scattering. The probability of neutrino-proton interactions depends in part on the axial form factor, which represents the spin structure of the proton and can be separated into its quark flavor contributions. Low momentum transfer neutrino neutral current interactions can be measured in MicroBooNE, a high-resolution liquid argon time projection chamber (LArTPC) in its first year of running in the Booster Neutrino Beamline at Fermilab. The signal for these interactions in MicroBooNE is a single short proton track. We present our work on the automated reconstruction and classification of proton tracks in LArTPCs, an important step in the determination of neutrinonucleon cross sections and the measurement of Δs.
- Research Organization:
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)
- Contributing Organization:
- The MicroBooNE Collaboration
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-07CH11359
- OSTI ID:
- 1573051
- Report Number(s):
- FERMILAB-MICROBOONE-NOTE-1025-PUB; MICROBOONE-NOTE-1025-PUB; oai:inspirehep.net:1763017
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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