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Summer 2010 REU;
Kansas State University
Alex Yeagle, Cornell College
Cristian Gaidau, University of Minnesota
August 6th, 2010
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Contents:
• Background
▫ Neutrino Oscillations
▫ MicroBooNE
• Hand-Scanning
• Algorithmic Procedure
• Conclusions
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Neutrino Oscillations
• Experimental Evidence:
▫ MINOS
▫ KamLAND
▫ Super-Kamiokande
▫ SNO
▫ K2K
• Neutrino sources:
▫ Atmospheric, reactor, accelerator, solar, geo
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Neutrino Oscillations (cont.):
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Neutrino Oscillation (cont.):
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MicroBooNE:
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Interactions:
• Neutral-Current (NC) vs. Charged Current (CC)
• Modes of Scattering:
▫ Quasi-Elastic (QE)
▫ Resonant (RES)
▫ Deep-Inelastic Scattering (DIS)
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• νe and νμ events expected
• Neutral-current (NC)
interactions do not distinguish
neutrino flavor
• Need to pick out small
charged-current (CC) νe
signal
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Step 1, Neutrino Interaction Vertex
Identification:
• Point from which all primary tracks originate
• The vertex should have the same time location in both induction planes and the collection plane
• Frequently there is a large energy deposition at the vertex
• Events without a well contained primary vertex are intractable and should be discarded
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Step 2, Electromagnetic Shower
Identification:
• Any identifiable νe event will contain a shower,
so if absent the event may be discarded
• Defined by a high concentration of isolated
spots of energy deposition
• Often have “branching” or “forking”
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Step 2 (cont.):
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Step 3, μ Identification:
• Distinctive long, straight, minimum ionizing track
• Long: spanning over 700 wires
• Minimum ionizing: average pulse height 35 ADC
▫ 50 a good upper limit
• If the event contains a μ, it can be discarded
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Step 4, Determination of Shower
Origin:
• Candidates: π0, π+, γ, e
• γ :▫ Neutral particle
▫ Gap spanning a couple wires
• π0 :▫ π0
γ + γ
▫ Common origin
▫ Typically lower energy
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Step 4 (cont.):
• π+ :▫ Rarer event
▫ Typically lower energy
▫ Most often will contain a short tail before actual shower
• e :▫ Connected to primary interaction vertex in all
planes
▫ Usually dense showers
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Step 4 (cont.):
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Algorithm Summary:
• Remove all non-fiducial events
• Remove all non-showering events
▫ NC QE, most νμ events
• Remove all μ-track containing events
• Remove NC showering events
▫ NC RES, NC DIS
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Results
• Efficiency of background rejection:
▫ 96%
• Efficiency of signal retention:
▫ All identified
▫ 7/1
▫ 14%
• Breakdown of algorithm:
▫ Efficiency of μ identification: 93%
▫ Efficiency of π+ shower identification: 70%
▫ Efficiency of π0 identification: 68%
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Remaining Questions
• Looking quantitatively at particle energy and shower properties▫ Density of energy deposition
▫ Could help differentiate π0 and e
• Vertex gaps in electron events▫ Happens rarely
▫ Loss of signal
• Look into higher mass particles▫ K+, Σ+, Λ0
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Acknowledgements:
• We’d like to thank the following for their help and
guidance in this endeavor:
▫ Tim Bolton
▫ Glenn Horton-Smith
▫ David McKee