MicroBooNE: A New Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber Experiment

Conference · Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 2009 · AIP Conf.Proc.1189:83-87,2009

OSTI ID:966460

Soderberg, M

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.

• Research Organization: Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-07CH11359
• OSTI ID: 966460
• Report Number(s): FERMILAB-CONF-09-520-E; arXiv eprint number arXiv:0910.3497; TRN: US0903982
• Journal Information: AIP Conf.Proc.1189:83-87,2009, Conference: Presented at 6th International Workshop on Neutrino-Nucleus Interactions in the Few-GeV Region (NUINT 2009), Sitges, Barcelona, Spain, 18-22 May 2009
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
ARGON
CALORIMETRY
ELECTRONS
NEUTRINO OSCILLATION
NEUTRINOS
PARTICLE IDENTIFICATION
PHOTONS
TIME PROJECTION CHAMBERS
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