Constraining Electron Neutrino Systematic Uncertainties with Muon Neutrino Events in MicroBooNE

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Abstract

MicroBooNE is a neutrino experiment based at Fermilab that utilizes a liquid argon time projection chamber located on-axis in the Booster Neutrino Beam (BNB). One of the experiment’s main goals is a search for the excess of electron-neutrino-like events seen by the MiniBooNE experiment, located near MicroBooNE in the BNB. I will describe the status of our deep-learning-based search for low-energy electron neutrino interactions within the MicroBooNE detector and the muon neutrino interactions by which we will constrain them. In particular, I will present the muon neutrino event selection, the systematic uncertainties associated with neutrino-argon interactions, and the technique we plan to use for constraining systematic uncertainties on electron neutrino scattering on argon using muon neutrino data.

Presenters

  • Lauren E. Yates

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Authors

  • Lauren E. Yates

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology