Neutrino flux prediction at MiniBooNE

Aguilar-Arevalo, A. A.; Anderson, Carl E.; Bazarko, A. O.; Brice, S. J.; Brown, Bruce; Bugel, L.; Cao, Junpeng; Coney, L.; Conrad, J. M.; Cox, D. C.; Curioni, A.; Djurcic, Z.; Finley, D. A.; Fleming, B. T.; Ford, R.; García, F.; Garvey, G. T.; Green, C.; Green, J. A.; Hart, T.; Hawker, E.; Imlay, R.; Johnson, R. A.; Karagiorgi, G.; Kasper, P. A.; Katori, T.; Kobilarcik, T.; Kourbanis, I.; Koutsoliotas, S.; Laird, E.; Linden, S. K.; Link, J. M.; Liu, Y.; Louis, W. C.; Mahn, Kendall; Marsh, W.; Martin, P.S.; McGregor, G.; Metcalf, W.; Meyers, P. D.; Mills, F.; Mills, G. B.; Monroe, J.; Moore, C. D.; Nelson, Robert H.; Nguyen, V.; Nienaber, P.; Nowak, J.; Ouedraogo, S.; Patterson, R. B.; Perevalov, D.; Polly, C. C.; Prebys, E.; Raaf, J. L.; Ray, H.; Roe, B. P.; Russell, A. D.; Sandberg, V.; Schirato, R.; Schmitz, D.; Shaevitz, M. H.; Shoemaker, F. C.; Smith, D.; Soderberg, M.; Sorel, M.; Spentzouris, P.; Stancu, I.; Stefanski, R. J.; Sung, M.; Tanaka, Hirohisa; Tayloe, R.; Tzanov, M.; Water, R. G. Van de; Wascko, M. O.; White, D. H.; Wilking, M. J.; Yang, H. J.; Zeller, G. P.; Zimmerman, E. D.

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“…The most important external source of neutrino data for our interaction model parameter constraints is the MiniBooNE experiment [37]. The MiniBooNE flux [38] covers an energy range similar to that of T2K and, as a 4π detector like SK, has a similar phase space acceptance, meaning NEUT is tested over a broader range of Q 2 than current ND280 analyses.…”

Section: B Constraints From External Experimentsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Measurements of neutrino oscillation in appearance and disappearance channels by the T2K experiment with6.6×1020protons on target

Abe¹,

Adam²,

Aihara³

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We report on measurements of neutrino oscillation using data from the T2K long-baseline neutrino experiment collected between 2010 and 2013. In an analysis of muon neutrino disappearance alone, we find the following estimates and 68% confidence intervals for the two possible mass hierarchies: normal hierarchy∶ sin 2 θ 23 ¼ 0.514 þ0.055 −0.056 and Δm 2 32 ¼ ð2.51 AE 0.10Þ × 10 −3 eV 2 =c 4 and inverted hierarchy∶ sin 2 θ 23 ¼ 0.511 AE 0.055 and Δm 2 13 ¼ ð2.48 AE 0.10Þ × 10 −3 eV 2 =c 4 . The analysis accounts for multinucleon mechanisms in neutrino interactions which were found to introduce negligible bias. We describe our first analyses that combine measurements of muon neutrino disappearance and electron neutrino appearance to estimate four oscillation parameters, jΔm 2 j, sin 2 θ 23 , sin 2 θ 13 , δ CP , and the mass hierarchy. Frequentist and Bayesian intervals are presented for combinations of these parameters, with and without including recent reactor measurements. At 90% confidence level and including reactor measurements, we exclude the region δ CP ¼ ½0.15; 0.83 π for normal hierarchy and δ CP ¼ ½−0.08; 1.09 π for inverted hierarchy. The T2K and reactor data weakly favor the normal hierarchy with a Bayes factor of 2.2. The most probable values and 68% one-dimensional credible intervals for the other oscillation parameters, when reactor data are included, are sin 2 θ 23 ¼ 0.528 þ0.055 −0.038 and jΔm 2 32 j ¼ ð2.51 AE 0.11Þ × 10 −3 eV 2 =c 4 .

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Section: B Constraints From External Experimentsmentioning

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Measurements of neutrino oscillation in appearance and disappearance channels by the T2K experiment with6.6×1020protons on target

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Adam²,

Aihara³

et al. 2015

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“…The MicroBooNE detector [5] consists of a rectangular time-projection chamber (TPC) with dimensions 2.6 m × 2.3 m × 10.4 m (width × height × length) located 470 m downstream from the Booster Neutrino Beam (BNB) target [6]. LArTPCs allow for precise three-dimensional reconstruction of particle interactions.…”

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Determination of muon momentum in the MicroBooNE LArTPC using an improved model of multiple Coulomb scattering

Abratenko¹,

Acciarri²,

Adams³

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A: We discuss a technique for measuring a charged particle's momentum by means of multiple Coulomb scattering (MCS) in the MicroBooNE liquid argon time projection chamber (LArTPC). This method does not require the full particle ionization track to be contained inside of the detector volume as other track momentum reconstruction methods do (range-based momentum reconstruction and calorimetric momentum reconstruction). We motivate use of this technique, describe a tuning of the underlying phenomenological formula, quantify its performance on fully contained beam-neutrino-induced muon tracks both in simulation and in data, and quantify its performance on exiting muon tracks in simulation. Using simulation, we have shown that the standard Highland formula should be re-tuned specifically for scattering in liquid argon, which significantly improves the bias and resolution of the momentum measurement. With the tuned formula, we find agreement between data and simulation for contained tracks, with a small bias in the momentum reconstruction and with resolutions that vary as a function of track length, improving from about 10% for the shortest (one meter long) tracks to 5% for longer (several meter) tracks. For simulated exiting muons with at least one meter of track contained, we find a similarly small bias, and a resolution which is less than 15% for muons with momentum below 2 GeV/c. Above 2 GeV/c, results are given as a first estimate of the MCS momentum measurement capabilities of MicroBooNE for high momentum exiting tracks.

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“…Typically, experiments rely on measurements of the pion and kaon spectra made by dedicated particle production experiments to predict their neutrino flux, resulting in significant uncertainties in the flux and hence in the measured cross sections. [19,20] Thus, it is ideal to measure the neutrino flux from the beamline data itself.…”

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Measurement of the Muon Neutrino Inclusive Charged Current Cross Section on Iron using the MINOS Detector

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Neutrino flux prediction at MiniBooNE

Cited by 440 publications

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Measurements of neutrino oscillation in appearance and disappearance channels by the T2K experiment with6.6×1020protons on target

Measurements of neutrino oscillation in appearance and disappearance channels by the T2K experiment with6.6×1020protons on target

Determination of muon momentum in the MicroBooNE LArTPC using an improved model of multiple Coulomb scattering

Measurement of the Muon Neutrino Inclusive Charged Current Cross Section on Iron using the MINOS Detector

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