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Demonstration of new MeV-scale capabilities in large neutrino LArTPCs using ambient radiogenic and cosmogenic activity in MicroBooNE

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Main Authors:	MicroBooNE collaboration, Abratenko, P., Alterkait, O., Aldana, D. Andrade, Arellano, L., Asaadi, J., Ashkenazi, A., Balasubramanian, S., Baller, B., Barnard, A., Barr, G., Barrow, D., Barrow, J., Basque, V., Bateman, J., Rodrigues, O. Benevides, Berkman, S., Bhanderi, A., Bhat, A., Bhattacharya, M., Bishai, M., Blake, A., Bogart, B., Bolton, T., Brunetti, M. B., Camilleri, L., Cao, Y., Caratelli, D., Cavanna, F., Cerati, G., Chappell, A., Chen, Y., Conrad, J. M., Convery, M., Cooper-Troendle, L., Crespo-Anadon, J. I., Cross, R., Del Tutto, M., Dennis, S. R., Detje, P., Diurba, R., Djurcic, Z., Duffy, K., Dytman, S., Eberly, B., Englezos, P., Ereditato, A., Evans, J. J., Fang, C., Fleming, B. T., Foreman, W., Franco, D., Furmanski, A. P., Gao, F., Garcia-Gamez, D., Gardiner, S., Ge, G., Gollapinni, S., Gramellini, E., Green, P., Greenlee, H., Gu, L., Gu, W., Guenette, R., Guzowski, P., Hagaman, L., Handley, M. D., Hen, O., Hilgenberg, C., Horton-Smith, G. A., Imani, Z., Irwin, B., Ismail, M. S., James, C., Ji, X., Jo, J. H., Johnson, R. A., Jwa, Y. J., Kalra, D., Karagiorgi, G., Ketchum, W., Kirby, M., Kobilarcik, T., Lane, N., Li, J. -Y., Li, Y., Lin, K., Littlejohn, B. R., Liu, L., Louis, W. C., Luo, X., Mahmud, T., Mariani, C., Marsden, D., Marshall, J., Martinez, N., Caicedo, D. A. Martinez, Martynenko, S., Mastbaum, A., Mawby, I., McConkey, N., Meddage, V., Mellet, L., Mendez, J., Micallef, J., Miller, K., Mistry, K., Mohayai, T., Mogan, A., Mooney, M., Moor, A. F., Moore, C. D., Lepin, L. Mora, Moudgalya, M. M., Babu, S. Mulleria, Naples, D., Navrer-Agasson, A., Nayak, N., Nebot-Guinot, M., Nguyen, C., Nowak, J., Oza, N., Palamara, O., Pallat, N., Paolone, V., Papadopoulou, A., Papavassiliou, V., Parkinson, H., Pate, S. F., Patel, N., Pavlovic, Z., Piasetzky, E., Pletcher, K., Pophale, I., Qian, X., Raaf, J. L., Radeka, V., Rafique, A., Reggiani-Guzzo, M., Ren, L., Rochester, L., Rondon, J. Rodriguez, Rosenberg, M., Ross-Lonergan, M., Safa, I., Schmitz, D. W., Schukraft, A., Seligman, W., Shaevitz, M. H., Sharankova, R., Shi, J., Snider, E. L., Soderberg, M., Soldner-Rembold, S., Spitz, J., Stancari, M., John, J. St., Strauss, T., Szelc, A. M., Taniuchi, N., Terao, K., Thorpe, C., Torbunov, D., Totani, D., Toups, M., Trettin, A., Tsai, Y. -T., Tyler, J., Uchida, M. A., Usher, T., Viren, B., Wang, J., Weber, M., Wei, H., White, A. J., Wolbers, S., Wongjirad, T., Wospakrik, M., Wresilo, K., Wu, W., Yandel, E., Yang, T., Yates, L. E., Yu, H. W., Zeller, G. P., Zennamo, J., Zhang, C.
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author	MicroBooNE collaboration Abratenko, P. Alterkait, O. Aldana, D. Andrade Arellano, L. Asaadi, J. Ashkenazi, A. Balasubramanian, S. Baller, B. Barnard, A. Barr, G. Barrow, D. Barrow, J. Basque, V. Bateman, J. Rodrigues, O. Benevides Berkman, S. Bhanderi, A. Bhat, A. Bhattacharya, M. Bishai, M. Blake, A. Bogart, B. Bolton, T. Brunetti, M. B. Camilleri, L. Cao, Y. Caratelli, D. Cavanna, F. Cerati, G. Chappell, A. Chen, Y. Conrad, J. M. Convery, M. Cooper-Troendle, L. Crespo-Anadon, J. I. Cross, R. Del Tutto, M. Dennis, S. R. Detje, P. Diurba, R. Djurcic, Z. Duffy, K. Dytman, S. Eberly, B. Englezos, P. Ereditato, A. Evans, J. J. Fang, C. Fleming, B. T. Foreman, W. Franco, D. Furmanski, A. P. Gao, F. Garcia-Gamez, D. Gardiner, S. Ge, G. Gollapinni, S. Gramellini, E. Green, P. Greenlee, H. Gu, L. Gu, W. Guenette, R. Guzowski, P. Hagaman, L. Handley, M. D. Hen, O. Hilgenberg, C. Horton-Smith, G. A. Imani, Z. Irwin, B. Ismail, M. S. James, C. Ji, X. Jo, J. H. Johnson, R. A. Jwa, Y. J. Kalra, D. Karagiorgi, G. Ketchum, W. Kirby, M. Kobilarcik, T. Lane, N. Li, J. -Y. Li, Y. Lin, K. Littlejohn, B. R. Liu, L. Louis, W. C. Luo, X. Mahmud, T. Mariani, C. Marsden, D. Marshall, J. Martinez, N. Caicedo, D. A. Martinez Martynenko, S. Mastbaum, A. Mawby, I. McConkey, N. Meddage, V. Mellet, L. Mendez, J. Micallef, J. Miller, K. Mistry, K. Mohayai, T. Mogan, A. Mooney, M. Moor, A. F. Moore, C. D. Lepin, L. Mora Moudgalya, M. M. Babu, S. Mulleria Naples, D. Navrer-Agasson, A. Nayak, N. Nebot-Guinot, M. Nguyen, C. Nowak, J. Oza, N. Palamara, O. Pallat, N. Paolone, V. Papadopoulou, A. Papavassiliou, V. Parkinson, H. Pate, S. F. Patel, N. Pavlovic, Z. Piasetzky, E. Pletcher, K. Pophale, I. Qian, X. Raaf, J. L. Radeka, V. Rafique, A. Reggiani-Guzzo, M. Ren, L. Rochester, L. Rondon, J. Rodriguez Rosenberg, M. Ross-Lonergan, M. Safa, I. Schmitz, D. W. Schukraft, A. Seligman, W. Shaevitz, M. H. Sharankova, R. Shi, J. Snider, E. L. Soderberg, M. Soldner-Rembold, S. Spitz, J. Stancari, M. John, J. St. Strauss, T. Szelc, A. M. Taniuchi, N. Terao, K. Thorpe, C. Torbunov, D. Totani, D. Toups, M. Trettin, A. Tsai, Y. -T. Tyler, J. Uchida, M. A. Usher, T. Viren, B. Wang, J. Weber, M. Wei, H. White, A. J. Wolbers, S. Wongjirad, T. Wospakrik, M. Wresilo, K. Wu, W. Yandel, E. Yang, T. Yates, L. E. Yu, H. W. Zeller, G. P. Zennamo, J. Zhang, C.
author_facet	MicroBooNE collaboration Abratenko, P. Alterkait, O. Aldana, D. Andrade Arellano, L. Asaadi, J. Ashkenazi, A. Balasubramanian, S. Baller, B. Barnard, A. Barr, G. Barrow, D. Barrow, J. Basque, V. Bateman, J. Rodrigues, O. Benevides Berkman, S. Bhanderi, A. Bhat, A. Bhattacharya, M. Bishai, M. Blake, A. Bogart, B. Bolton, T. Brunetti, M. B. Camilleri, L. Cao, Y. Caratelli, D. Cavanna, F. Cerati, G. Chappell, A. Chen, Y. Conrad, J. M. Convery, M. Cooper-Troendle, L. Crespo-Anadon, J. I. Cross, R. Del Tutto, M. Dennis, S. R. Detje, P. Diurba, R. Djurcic, Z. Duffy, K. Dytman, S. Eberly, B. Englezos, P. Ereditato, A. Evans, J. J. Fang, C. Fleming, B. T. Foreman, W. Franco, D. Furmanski, A. P. Gao, F. Garcia-Gamez, D. Gardiner, S. Ge, G. Gollapinni, S. Gramellini, E. Green, P. Greenlee, H. Gu, L. Gu, W. Guenette, R. Guzowski, P. Hagaman, L. Handley, M. D. Hen, O. Hilgenberg, C. Horton-Smith, G. A. Imani, Z. Irwin, B. Ismail, M. S. James, C. Ji, X. Jo, J. H. Johnson, R. A. Jwa, Y. J. Kalra, D. Karagiorgi, G. Ketchum, W. Kirby, M. Kobilarcik, T. Lane, N. Li, J. -Y. Li, Y. Lin, K. Littlejohn, B. R. Liu, L. Louis, W. C. Luo, X. Mahmud, T. Mariani, C. Marsden, D. Marshall, J. Martinez, N. Caicedo, D. A. Martinez Martynenko, S. Mastbaum, A. Mawby, I. McConkey, N. Meddage, V. Mellet, L. Mendez, J. Micallef, J. Miller, K. Mistry, K. Mohayai, T. Mogan, A. Mooney, M. Moor, A. F. Moore, C. D. Lepin, L. Mora Moudgalya, M. M. Babu, S. Mulleria Naples, D. Navrer-Agasson, A. Nayak, N. Nebot-Guinot, M. Nguyen, C. Nowak, J. Oza, N. Palamara, O. Pallat, N. Paolone, V. Papadopoulou, A. Papavassiliou, V. Parkinson, H. Pate, S. F. Patel, N. Pavlovic, Z. Piasetzky, E. Pletcher, K. Pophale, I. Qian, X. Raaf, J. L. Radeka, V. Rafique, A. Reggiani-Guzzo, M. Ren, L. Rochester, L. Rondon, J. Rodriguez Rosenberg, M. Ross-Lonergan, M. Safa, I. Schmitz, D. W. Schukraft, A. Seligman, W. Shaevitz, M. H. Sharankova, R. Shi, J. Snider, E. L. Soderberg, M. Soldner-Rembold, S. Spitz, J. Stancari, M. John, J. St. Strauss, T. Szelc, A. M. Taniuchi, N. Terao, K. Thorpe, C. Torbunov, D. Totani, D. Toups, M. Trettin, A. Tsai, Y. -T. Tyler, J. Uchida, M. A. Usher, T. Viren, B. Wang, J. Weber, M. Wei, H. White, A. J. Wolbers, S. Wongjirad, T. Wospakrik, M. Wresilo, K. Wu, W. Yandel, E. Yang, T. Yates, L. E. Yu, H. W. Zeller, G. P. Zennamo, J. Zhang, C.
contents	Large neutrino liquid argon time projection chamber (LArTPC) experiments can broaden their physics reach by reconstructing and interpreting MeV-scale energy depositions, or blips, present in their data. We demonstrate new calorimetric and particle discrimination capabilities at the MeV energy scale using reconstructed blips in data from the MicroBooNE LArTPC at Fermilab. We observe a concentration of low energy ($<$3~MeV) blips around fiberglass mechanical support struts along the TPC edges with energy spectrum features consistent with the Compton edge of 2.614 MeV $^{208}$Tl decay $γ$~rays. These features are used to verify proper calibration of electron energy scales in MicroBooNE's data to few percent precision and to measure the specific activity of $^{208}$Tl in the fiberglass composing these struts, $(11.7 \pm 0.2 ~\text{(stat)} \pm 3.1~\text{(syst)})$~Bq/kg. Cosmogenically-produced blips above 3~MeV in reconstructed energy are used to showcase the ability of large LArTPCs to distinguish between low-energy proton and electron energy depositions. An enriched sample of low-energy protons selected using this new particle discrimination technique is found to be smaller in data than in dedicated CORSIKA cosmic ray simulations, suggesting either incorrect CORSIKA modeling of incident cosmic fluxes or particle transport modeling issues in Geant4.
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spellingShingle	Demonstration of new MeV-scale capabilities in large neutrino LArTPCs using ambient radiogenic and cosmogenic activity in MicroBooNE MicroBooNE collaboration Abratenko, P. Alterkait, O. Aldana, D. Andrade Arellano, L. Asaadi, J. Ashkenazi, A. Balasubramanian, S. Baller, B. Barnard, A. Barr, G. Barrow, D. Barrow, J. Basque, V. Bateman, J. Rodrigues, O. Benevides Berkman, S. Bhanderi, A. Bhat, A. Bhattacharya, M. Bishai, M. Blake, A. Bogart, B. Bolton, T. Brunetti, M. B. Camilleri, L. Cao, Y. Caratelli, D. Cavanna, F. Cerati, G. Chappell, A. Chen, Y. Conrad, J. M. Convery, M. Cooper-Troendle, L. Crespo-Anadon, J. I. Cross, R. Del Tutto, M. Dennis, S. R. Detje, P. Diurba, R. Djurcic, Z. Duffy, K. Dytman, S. Eberly, B. Englezos, P. Ereditato, A. Evans, J. J. Fang, C. Fleming, B. T. Foreman, W. Franco, D. Furmanski, A. P. Gao, F. Garcia-Gamez, D. Gardiner, S. Ge, G. Gollapinni, S. Gramellini, E. Green, P. Greenlee, H. Gu, L. Gu, W. Guenette, R. Guzowski, P. Hagaman, L. Handley, M. D. Hen, O. Hilgenberg, C. Horton-Smith, G. A. Imani, Z. Irwin, B. Ismail, M. S. James, C. Ji, X. Jo, J. H. Johnson, R. A. Jwa, Y. J. Kalra, D. Karagiorgi, G. Ketchum, W. Kirby, M. Kobilarcik, T. Lane, N. Li, J. -Y. Li, Y. Lin, K. Littlejohn, B. R. Liu, L. Louis, W. C. Luo, X. Mahmud, T. Mariani, C. Marsden, D. Marshall, J. Martinez, N. Caicedo, D. A. Martinez Martynenko, S. Mastbaum, A. Mawby, I. McConkey, N. Meddage, V. Mellet, L. Mendez, J. Micallef, J. Miller, K. Mistry, K. Mohayai, T. Mogan, A. Mooney, M. Moor, A. F. Moore, C. D. Lepin, L. Mora Moudgalya, M. M. Babu, S. Mulleria Naples, D. Navrer-Agasson, A. Nayak, N. Nebot-Guinot, M. Nguyen, C. Nowak, J. Oza, N. Palamara, O. Pallat, N. Paolone, V. Papadopoulou, A. Papavassiliou, V. Parkinson, H. Pate, S. F. Patel, N. Pavlovic, Z. Piasetzky, E. Pletcher, K. Pophale, I. Qian, X. Raaf, J. L. Radeka, V. Rafique, A. Reggiani-Guzzo, M. Ren, L. Rochester, L. Rondon, J. Rodriguez Rosenberg, M. Ross-Lonergan, M. Safa, I. Schmitz, D. W. Schukraft, A. Seligman, W. Shaevitz, M. H. Sharankova, R. Shi, J. Snider, E. L. Soderberg, M. Soldner-Rembold, S. Spitz, J. Stancari, M. John, J. St. Strauss, T. Szelc, A. M. Taniuchi, N. Terao, K. Thorpe, C. Torbunov, D. Totani, D. Toups, M. Trettin, A. Tsai, Y. -T. Tyler, J. Uchida, M. A. Usher, T. Viren, B. Wang, J. Weber, M. Wei, H. White, A. J. Wolbers, S. Wongjirad, T. Wospakrik, M. Wresilo, K. Wu, W. Yandel, E. Yang, T. Yates, L. E. Yu, H. W. Zeller, G. P. Zennamo, J. Zhang, C. High Energy Physics - Experiment Large neutrino liquid argon time projection chamber (LArTPC) experiments can broaden their physics reach by reconstructing and interpreting MeV-scale energy depositions, or blips, present in their data. We demonstrate new calorimetric and particle discrimination capabilities at the MeV energy scale using reconstructed blips in data from the MicroBooNE LArTPC at Fermilab. We observe a concentration of low energy ($<$3~MeV) blips around fiberglass mechanical support struts along the TPC edges with energy spectrum features consistent with the Compton edge of 2.614 MeV $^{208}$Tl decay $γ$~rays. These features are used to verify proper calibration of electron energy scales in MicroBooNE's data to few percent precision and to measure the specific activity of $^{208}$Tl in the fiberglass composing these struts, $(11.7 \pm 0.2 ~\text{(stat)} \pm 3.1~\text{(syst)})$~Bq/kg. Cosmogenically-produced blips above 3~MeV in reconstructed energy are used to showcase the ability of large LArTPCs to distinguish between low-energy proton and electron energy depositions. An enriched sample of low-energy protons selected using this new particle discrimination technique is found to be smaller in data than in dedicated CORSIKA cosmic ray simulations, suggesting either incorrect CORSIKA modeling of incident cosmic fluxes or particle transport modeling issues in Geant4.
title	Demonstration of new MeV-scale capabilities in large neutrino LArTPCs using ambient radiogenic and cosmogenic activity in MicroBooNE
topic	High Energy Physics - Experiment
url	https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.18419