Analysis of a large sample of neutrino-induced muons with the ArgoNeuT detector

C. Anderson; M. Antonello; B. Baller; T. Bolton; C. Bromberg; F. Cavanna; E. Church; D. Edmunds; A. Ereditato; S. Farooq; B. Fleming; H. Greenlee; R. Guenette; S. Haug; G. Horton-Smith; C. James; E. Klein; K. Lang; P. Laurens; S. Linden; D. McKee; R. Mehdiyev; B. Page; O. Palamara; K. Partyka; G. Rameika; B. Rebel; B. Rossi; M. Soderberg; J. Spitz; A. M. Szelc; M. Weber; T. Yang; G. P. Zeller

doi:10.1088/1748-0221/7/10/P10020

Analysis of a large sample of neutrino-induced muons with the ArgoNeuT detector

C. Anderson, M. Antonello, B. Baller, T. Bolton, C. Bromberg, F. Cavanna, E. Church, D. Edmunds, A. Ereditato, S. Farooq, B. Fleming, H. Greenlee, R. Guenette, S. Haug, G. Horton-Smith, C. James, E. Klein, K. Lang, P. Laurens, S. LindenD. McKee, R. Mehdiyev, B. Page, O. Palamara, K. Partyka, G. Rameika, B. Rebel, B. Rossi, M. Soderberg, J. Spitz, A. M. Szelc, M. Weber, T. Yang, G. P. Zeller

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Abstract

ArgoNeuT, or Argon Neutrino Test, is a 170 liter liquid argon time projection chamber designed to collect neutrino interactions from the NuMI beam at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory. ArgoNeuT operated in the NuMI low-energy beam line directly upstream of the MINOS Near Detector from September 2009 to February 2010, during which thousands of neutrino and anti-neutrino events were collected. The MINOS Near Detector was used to measure muons downstream of ArgoNeuT. Though ArgoNeuT is primarily an R&D project, the data collected provide a unique opportunity to measure neutrino cross sections in the 0.1-10 GeV energy range. Fully reconstructing the muon from these interactions is imperative for these measurements. This paper focuses on the complete kinematic reconstruction of neutrino-induced through-going muons tracks. Analysis of this high statistics sample of minimum ionizing tracks demonstrates the reliability of the geometric and calorimetric reconstruction in the ArgoNeuT detector.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	P10020
Journal	Journal of Instrumentation
Volume	7
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/7/10/P10020
State	Published - Oct 2012

Keywords

Data analysis
Noble-liquid detectors (scintillation, ionization two-phase)
Time projection Chambers (TPC)

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Instrumentation
Mathematical Physics

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Anderson, C., Antonello, M., Baller, B., Bolton, T., Bromberg, C., Cavanna, F., Church, E., Edmunds, D., Ereditato, A., Farooq, S., Fleming, B., Greenlee, H., Guenette, R., Haug, S., Horton-Smith, G., James, C., Klein, E., Lang, K., Laurens, P., ... Zeller, G. P. (2012). Analysis of a large sample of neutrino-induced muons with the ArgoNeuT detector. Journal of Instrumentation, 7(10), Article P10020. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/7/10/P10020

Anderson, C, Antonello, M, Baller, B, Bolton, T, Bromberg, C, Cavanna, F, Church, E, Edmunds, D, Ereditato, A, Farooq, S, Fleming, B, Greenlee, H, Guenette, R, Haug, S, Horton-Smith, G, James, C, Klein, E, Lang, K, Laurens, P, Linden, S, McKee, D, Mehdiyev, R, Page, B, Palamara, O, Partyka, K, Rameika, G, Rebel, B, Rossi, B, Soderberg, M, Spitz, J, Szelc, AM, Weber, M, Yang, T & Zeller, GP 2012, 'Analysis of a large sample of neutrino-induced muons with the ArgoNeuT detector', Journal of Instrumentation, vol. 7, no. 10, P10020. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/7/10/P10020

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