Measuring the electron-neutrino cross section in MicroBooNE and SBND
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Manchester
Department Name: Physics and Astronomy
Abstract
The student is working on the MicroBooNE experiment at Fermilab. His thesis will be on
the measurement of the electron neutrino-cross section on argon. He will make a precise
differential measurement using the full range of NuMI beam data in MicroBooNE. This is a
very important parameter as the electron-neutrino is the golden channel in oscillation
searches for sterile neutrinos in the Short Baseline Programme and CP-violation searches,
e.g. in the DUNE experiment.
He will spend some time at Fermilab on long term attachment, which will allow him to
work with experts on liquid argon reconstruction and beam properties. He will also
participate in the construction and commissioning of the light detection system Short
Baseline Near Detector (SBND), enabling him to gain crucial hardware experience in
LArTPC construction.
the measurement of the electron neutrino-cross section on argon. He will make a precise
differential measurement using the full range of NuMI beam data in MicroBooNE. This is a
very important parameter as the electron-neutrino is the golden channel in oscillation
searches for sterile neutrinos in the Short Baseline Programme and CP-violation searches,
e.g. in the DUNE experiment.
He will spend some time at Fermilab on long term attachment, which will allow him to
work with experts on liquid argon reconstruction and beam properties. He will also
participate in the construction and commissioning of the light detection system Short
Baseline Near Detector (SBND), enabling him to gain crucial hardware experience in
LArTPC construction.
People |
ORCID iD |
| Andrzej Szelc (Primary Supervisor) | |
| Krishan Mistry (Student) |
Publications
Abratenko P
(2020)
Measurement of differential cross sections for ? µ -Ar charged-current interactions with protons and no pions in the final state with the MicroBooNE detector
in Physical Review D
Abratenko P
(2020)
Measurement of space charge effects in the MicroBooNE LArTPC using cosmic muons
in Journal of Instrumentation
Abratenko P
(2019)
First Measurement of Inclusive Muon Neutrino Charged Current Differential Cross Sections on Argon at E_{?}~0.8 GeV with the MicroBooNE Detector.
in Physical review letters
Abratenko P
(2021)
Vertex-finding and reconstruction of contained two-track neutrino events in the MicroBooNE detector
in Journal of Instrumentation
Abratenko P
(2020)
First Measurement of Differential Charged Current Quasielasticlike ?_{µ}-Argon Scattering Cross Sections with the MicroBooNE Detector.
in Physical review letters
Abratenko P
(2020)
Search for heavy neutral leptons decaying into muon-pion pairs in the MicroBooNE detector
in Physical Review D
Abratenko P
(2021)
The continuous readout stream of the MicroBooNE liquid argon time projection chamber for detection of supernova burst neutrinos
in Journal of Instrumentation
Acciarri R
(2020)
Construction of precision wire readout planes for the Short-Baseline Near Detector (SBND)
in Journal of Instrumentation
Adams C
(2019)
Deep neural network for pixel-level electromagnetic particle identification in the MicroBooNE liquid argon time projection chamber
in Physical Review D
Adams C
(2020)
A method to determine the electric field of liquid argon time projection chambers using a UV laser system and its application in MicroBooNE
in Journal of Instrumentation
Studentship Projects
| Project Reference | Relationship | Related To | Start | End | Student Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ST/R504956/1 | 30/09/2017 | 29/09/2021 | |||
| 2023179 | Studentship | ST/R504956/1 | 30/09/2017 | 30/03/2021 | Krishan Mistry |
| Description | MicroBooNE |
| Organisation | Fermilab - Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory |
| Department | MicroBooNE Experiment |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | MicroBooNE is a neutrino oscillation experiment. The work from my PhD uses data from this experiment to measure the electron neutrino cross section on argon. |
| Collaborator Contribution | MicroBooNE as an international collaboration has a wide range of expertise in neutrino physics. This has benefited my research significantly. MicroBooNE has also given me access to computing resources via Fermilab. |
| Impact | Please see my linked publications for a list of contributions as a result from this experiment. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | SBND |
| Organisation | Fermilab - Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | SBND is an upcoming neutrino oscillation experiment. This experiment has given me experience in neutrino detector construction and instamentation. |
| Collaborator Contribution | SBND is an international collaboration that has a wide range of expertise in neutrino physics. This has benefited my research significantly. SBND has also given me access to computing resources via Fermilab. |
| Impact | Please see list of publications linked with this award. |
| Start Year | 2017 |