Open AccessDetector Physics with MicroBooNE
Author(s) -
Yifan Chen
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of physics. conference series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1742-6596
pISSN - 1742-6588
DOI - 10.1088/1742-6596/1468/1/012208
Subject(s) - physics , neutrino , fermilab , detector , nuclear physics , neutrino detector , time projection chamber , particle physics , beamline , neutrino oscillation , dark matter , electron , optics , beam (structure)
The MicroBooNE detector is a liquid argon time projection chamber (LArTPC), designed for the short-baseline neutrino physics program in the Booster neutrino beamline at Fermilab. Because of their exceptional calorimetric and tracking capabilities, LArTPCs are employed in many current and future neutrino experiments. MicroBooNE, as an operating physics experiment, plays a crucial role in characterising the performance of this technology. We present an overview of the ongoing detector physics studies in MicroBooNE, including a brief introduction to the detector sub-systems and a procedure for calibrating calorimetry in LArTPC. The latter involves studies of signal processing, charge uniformity, ionised electron lifetime and charge recombination. Through the laser system in MicroBooNE, we demonstrate that profound knowledge of the electric field is essential to conduct a neutrino experiment with LArTPCs.