Speaker
Ryan Grosso
(University of Cinbinnati)
Description
MicroBooNE is a 89 t active volume liquid argon TPC that has been collecting neutrino data in the Booster Neutrino Beamline at Fermilab since October 2015. The experiment is designed to
study the low energy excess of electromagnetic events observed by MiniBooNE and to measure a large suite of cross sections in argon with an average neutrino energy of about 800 MeV. In recent years interest has grown for precise neutrino – nucleus cross sections.
In particular, a measurement of the neutral current single $\pi^{0}$ cross section in argon is important as it forms a non-negligible background for $\nu_{e}$ appearance searches at MicroBooNE and other liquid argon based experiments. The neutral current $\pi^{0}$'s
cross section is infrequently measured in many experiments due to many detector constraints. This poster will address some of the challenges associated with identifying and reconstructing neutral current $\pi^{0}$ interactions in MicroBooNE. It will address
steps towards a fully automated reconstruction and selection process, and discuss prospects for upcoming cross section measurements of this channel.
Primary author
Ryan Grosso
(University of Cinbinnati)
Co-authors
Anne Schukraft
(Fermilab)
Randy Johnson
(University of Cincinnati)
