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Author DUNE Collaboration (Abbaslu, S. et al); Amar Es-Sghir, H.; Amedo, P.; Barenboim, G.; Benitez Montiel, C.; Capo, J.; Cervera Villanueva, A.; De Romeri, V.; Hafeji, R.; Lopez March, N.; Martin-Albo, J.; Mena, O.; Molina Bueno, L.; Novella, P.; Pompa, F.; Sorel, M.; Soto-Oton, J.; Tortola, M.; Tuzi, M.; Ureña Gonzalez, J.; Valle, J.W.F.; Yahlali, N.
Title Spatial and temporal evaluations of the liquid argon purity in ProtoDUNE-SP Type Journal Article
Year 2025 Publication Journal of Instrumentation Abbreviated Journal J. Instrum.
Volume 20 Issue 9 Pages P09008 - 37pp
Keywords Large detector systems for particle and astroparticle physics; Neutrino detectors; Noble liquid detectors (scintillation, ionization, double-phase); Time projection Chambers (TPC)
Abstract (up) Liquid argon time projection chambers (LArTPCs) rely on highly pure argon to ensure that ionization electrons produced by charged particles reach readout arrays. ProtoDUNE Single-Phase (ProtoDUNE-SP) was an approximately 700-ton liquid argon detector intended to prototype the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) Far Detector Horizontal Drift module. It contains two drift volumes bisected by the cathode plane assembly, which is biased to create an almost uniform electric field in both volumes. The DUNE Far Detector modules must have robust cryogenic systems capable of filtering argon and supplying the TPC with clean liquid. This paper will explore comparisons of the argon purity measured by the purity monitors with those measured using muons in the TPC from October 2018 to November 2018. A new method is introduced to measure the liquid argon purity in the TPC using muons crossing both drift volumes of ProtoDUNE-SP. For extended periods on the timescale of weeks, the drift electron lifetime was measured to be above 30 ms using both systems. A particular focus will be placed on the measured purity of argon as a function of position in the detector.
Address [Jain, V.] SUNY Albany, Albany, NY 12222 USA, Email: bianjm@uci.edu
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Publisher IOP Publishing Ltd Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
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ISSN ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:001617267300001 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 6994
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Author DUNE Collaboration (Abud, A.A. et al); Amedo, P.; Antonova, M.; Barenboim, G.; Cervera-Villanueva, A.; De Romeri, V.; Garcia-Peris, M.A.; Martin-Albo, J.; Martinez-Mirave, P.; Mena, O.; Molina Bueno, L.; Novella, P.; Pompa, F.; Rocabado Rocha, J.L.; Sorel, M.; Tortola, M.; Valle, J.W.F.
Title Identification and reconstruction of low-energy electrons in the ProtoDUNE-SP detector Type Journal Article
Year 2023 Publication Physical Review D Abbreviated Journal Phys. Rev. D
Volume 107 Issue 9 Pages 092012 - 22pp
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Abstract (up) Measurements of electrons from ?e interactions are crucial for the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) neutrino oscillation program, as well as searches for physics beyond the standard model, supernova neutrino detection, and solar neutrino measurements. This article describes the selection and reconstruction of low-energy (Michel) electrons in the ProtoDUNE-SP detector. ProtoDUNE-SP is one of the prototypes for the DUNE far detector, built and operated at CERN as a charged particle test beam experiment. A sample of low-energy electrons produced by the decay of cosmic muons is selected with a purity of 95%. This sample is used to calibrate the low-energy electron energy scale with two techniques. An electron energy calibration based on a cosmic ray muon sample uses calibration constants derived from measured and simulated cosmic ray muon events. Another calibration technique makes use of the theoretically well-understood Michel electron energy spectrum to convert reconstructed charge to electron energy. In addition, the effects of detector response to low-energy electron energy scale and its resolution including readout electronics threshold effects are quantified. Finally, the relation between the theoretical and reconstructed low-energy electron energy spectra is derived, and the energy resolution is characterized. The low-energy electron selection presented here accounts for about 75% of the total electron deposited energy. After the addition of lost energy using a Monte Carlo simulation, the energy resolution improves from about 40% to 25% at 50 MeV. These results are used to validate the expected capabilities of the DUNE far detector to reconstruct low-energy electrons.
Address [Isenhower, L.] Abilene Christian Univ, Abilene, TX 79601 USA, Email: zdjurcic@anl.gov;
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Publisher Amer Physical Soc Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 2470-0010 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:001010953400003 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 5588
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Author Gninenko, S.N.; Krasnikov, N.V.; Kuleshov, S.; Lyubovitskij, V.E.; Crivelli, P.; Kirpichnikov, D.V.; Molina Bueno, L.; Zhevlakov, A.S.; Sieber, H.; Voronchikhin, I.V.
Title Probing millicharged particles with NA64μ and LDMX Type Journal Article
Year 2026 Publication European Physical Journal C Abbreviated Journal Eur. Phys. J. C
Volume 86 Issue 2 Pages 140 - 11pp
Keywords
Abstract (up) Millicharged particles emerge as compelling candidates in numerous theoretically well-motivated extensions of the Standard Model. These hypothetical particles, characterized by an electric charge that is a small fraction of the elementary charge, have attracted significant attention in contemporary experimental physics. Their potential existence motivates dedicated search strategies across multiple experimental platforms, leveraging their distinctive electromagnetic interactions while evading conventional detection methods. In the present paper we estimated the projected sensitivity of fixed-target experiments, specifically NA64 μand LDMX, to the parameter space of millicharged particles. For the NA64 μexperiment, with an anticipated muon flux of MOT < 10(14), our analysis reveals a detectable mass window of 10 MeV < m(chi) < 150 MeV and charge parameter range 10(-4) less than or similar to is an element of( )less than or similar to 7 x 10(-4). This sensitivity arises from the bremsstrahlung-like missing energy signature μN ->mu N gamma *(-> chi chi<overline>). Furthermore, we evaluate the discovery potential of the LDMX facility, considering its projected electron beam statistics, EOT less than or similar to 2 x 10(16), and energy, E-e similar or equal to 8 GeV. Our results demonstrate that LDMX can probe heavier MCPs in the mass range 250 MeV less than or similar to m(chi )less than or similar to 400 MeV, with sensitivities reaching 10(-3) less than or similar to is an element of( )less than or similar to 1.5 x 10(-3). This parametric window can be accessible through the distinctive invisible decay channel rho -> chi chi<overline>, where rho-meson photo-production gamma N-N rho plays a pivotal role.
Address [Gninenko, Sergei N.; Krasnikov, N. V.; Kirpichnikov, D. V.; Voronchikhin, I. V.] Inst Nucl Res, Moscow 117312, Russia, Email: dmbrick@gmail.com
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Publisher Springer Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 1434-6044 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:001688463600001 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 7065
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Author T2K Collaboration (Abe, K. et al); Antonova, M.; Cervera-Villanueva, A.; Molina Bueno, L.; Novella, P.
Title Updated T2K measurements of muon neutrino and antineutrino disappearance using 3.6 x 10^21 protons on target Type Journal Article
Year 2023 Publication Physical Review D Abbreviated Journal Phys. Rev. D
Volume 108 Issue 7 Pages 072011 - 10pp
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Abstract (up) Muon neutrino and antineutrino disappearance probabilities are identical in the standard three-flavor neutrino oscillation framework, but CPT violation and nonstandard interactions can violate this symmetry. In this work we report the measurements of sin2 theta 23 and Delta m232 independently for neutrinos and antineutrinos. The aforementioned symmetry violation would manifest as an inconsistency in the neutrino and antineutrino oscillation parameters. The analysis discussed here uses a total of 1.97 x 1021 and 1.63 x 1021 protons on target taken with a neutrino and antineutrino beam respectively, and benefits from improved flux and cross section models, new near-detector samples and more than double the data reducing the overall uncertainty of the result. No significant deviation is observed, consistent with the standard neutrino oscillation picture.
Address [Labarga, L.; Ospina, N.] Univ Autonoma Madrid, Dept Theoret Phys, Madrid 28049, Spain
Corporate Author Thesis
Publisher Amer Physical Soc Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 2470-0010 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:001102916000001 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 5846
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Author NA64 Collaboration (Andreev, Y.M. et al); Molina Bueno, L.; Tuzi, M.
Title High efficiency veto hadron calorimeter in the NA64 experiment at CERN Type Journal Article
Year 2026 Publication Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research A Abbreviated Journal Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res. A
Volume 1081 Issue Pages 170830 - 10pp
Keywords Light Dark Matter; Fixed-target experiment; Missing-energy experiment; Hadronic calorimeter
Abstract (up) NA64 is a fixed-target experiment at the CERN SPS designed to search for Light particle Dark Matter (LDM) candidates with masses in the sub-GeV range. During the 2016-2022 runs, the experiment obtained the world-leading constraints, leaving, however, part of the well-motivated region of parameter space suggested by benchmark LDM models still unexplored. To further improve sensitivity, as part of the upgrades to the setup of NA64 at the CERN SPS H4 beamline, a prototype veto hadron calorimeter (VHCAL) was installed in the downstream region of the experiment during the 2023 run. The VHCAL, made of Cu-Sc layers, was expected to be an efficient veto against upstream electroproduction of large-angle hadrons or photon-nuclear interactions, reducing the background from secondary particles escaping the detector acceptance. With the collected statistics of 4.4 x 1011 electrons on target (EOT), we demonstrate the effectiveness of this approach by rejecting this background by more than an order of magnitude. This result provides an essential input for designing a full-scale optimized VHCAL to continue running background-free during LHC Run 4, when we expect to collect 1013 EOT. Furthermore, this technique combined with improvements in the analysis enables us to decrease our missing energy threshold from 50 GeV to 40 GeV, thereby enhancing the signal sensitivity of NA64.
Address [Andreev, Yu. M.; Bautin, V.; Dermenev, A. V.; Donskov, S. V.; Dusaev, R. R.; Enik, T.; Frolov, V. N.; Gertsenberger, S. V.; Gninenko, S. N.; Kambar, Y.; Karneyeu, A. E.; Kirpichnikov, D. V.; Kirsanov, M. M.; Kramarenko, V. A.; Kravchuk, L. V.; Krasnikov, N. V.; Lysan, V.; Matveev, V. A.; Peshekhonov, D. V.; Polyakov, V. A.; Salamatin, K.; Samoylenko, V. D.; Shchukin, D.; Tikhomirov, V. O.; Tlisova, I.; Toropin, A. N.; Volkov, P. V.; Voronchikhin, I. V.; Zhevlakovg, A. S.] CERN, Geneva, Switzerland, Email: bantoobb@ethz.ch;
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Publisher Elsevier Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 0168-9002 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:001592162500001 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 6884
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Author DUNE Collaboration (Abud, A.A. et al); Amar Es-Sghir, H.; Amedo, P.; Antonova, M.; Barenboim, G.; Benitez Montiel, C.; Capo, J.; Cervera Villanueva, A.; De Romeri, V.; Garcia-Peris, M.A.; Lopez March, N.; Martin-Albo, J.; Martinez Mirave, P.; Mena, O.; Molina Bueno, L.; Novella, P.; Pompa, F.; Rocabado Rocha, J.L.; Sanchez Bravo, A.; Sorel, M.; Soto-Oton, J.; Tortola, M.; Tuzi, M.; Ureña Gonzalez, J.; Valle, J.W.F.; Yahlali, N.
Title First measurement of the total inelastic cross section of positively charged kaons on argon at energies between 5.0 and 7.5 GeV Type Journal Article
Year 2024 Publication Physical Review D Abbreviated Journal Phys. Rev. D
Volume 110 Issue 9 Pages 092011 - 22pp
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Abstract (up) ProtoDUNE Single-Phase (ProtoDUNE-SP) is a 770-ton liquid argon time projection chamber that operated in a hadron test beam at the CERN Neutrino Platform in 2018. We present a measurement of the total inelastic cross section of charged kaons on argon as a function of kaon energy using 6 and 7 GeV/c beam momentum settings. The flux-weighted average of the extracted inelastic cross section at each beam momentum setting was measured to be 380 +/- 26 mbarns for the 6 GeV/c setting and 379 +/- 35 mbarns for the 7 GeV/c setting.
Address [Isenhower, L.] Abilene Christian Univ, Abilene, TX 79601 USA
Corporate Author Thesis
Publisher Amer Physical Soc Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 2470-0010 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:001381776600003 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 6443
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Author NA64 Collaboration (Andreev, Y.M. et al); Molina Bueno, L.
Title Improved exclusion limit for light dark matter from e(+) e(-) annihilation in NA64 Type Journal Article
Year 2021 Publication Physical Review D Abbreviated Journal Phys. Rev. D
Volume 104 Issue 9 Pages L091701 - 7pp
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Abstract (up) The current most stringent constraints for the existence of sub-GeV dark matter coupling to Standard Model via a massive vector boson A' were set by the NA64 experiment for the mass region m(A') less than or similar to 250 MeV, by analyzing data from the interaction of 2.84 x 10(11) 100-GeV electrons with an active thick target and searching for missing-energy events. In this work, by including A' production via secondary positron annihilation with atomic electrons, we extend these limits in the 200-300 MeV region by almost an order of magnitude, touching for the first time the dark matter relic density constrained parameter combinations. Our new results demonstrate the power of the resonant annihilation process in missing energy dark-matter searches, paving the road to future dedicated e(+) beam efforts.
Address [Andreev, Yu M.; Dermenev, A., V; Gninenko, S. N.; Karneyeu, A. E.; Kirpichnikov, D., V; Kirsanov, M. M.; Kravchuk, L., V; Krasnikov, N., V; Tlisova, I; Toropin, A. N.] Inst Nucl Res, Moscow 117312, Russia, Email: andrea.celentano@ge.infn.it
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Publisher Amer Physical Soc Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 2470-0010 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:000744291500008 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 5090
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Author DUNE Collaboration (Abbaslu, S. et al); Amar Es-Sghir, H.; Amedo, P.; Barenboim, G.; Benitez Montiel, C.; Capo, J.; Cervera Villanueva, A.; De Romeri, V.; Hafeji, R.; Lopez March, N.; Martin-Albo, J.; Mena, O.; Molina Bueno, L.; Novella, P.; Pompa, F.; Roche, A.; Sorel, M.; Soto-Oton, J.; Tortola, M.; Tuzi, M.; Ureña Gonzalez, J.; Valle, J.W.F.; Yahlali, N.
Title Identification of low-energy kaons in the ProtoDUNE-SP detector Type Journal Article
Year 2026 Publication Physical Review D Abbreviated Journal Phys. Rev. D
Volume 113 Issue 5 Pages 052004 - 21pp
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Abstract (up) The Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) is a next-generation neutrino experiment with a rich physics program that includes searches for the hypothetical phenomenon of proton decay. Utilizing liquid-argon time-projection chamber technology, DUNE is expected to achieve world-leading sensitivity in the proton decay channels that involve charged kaons in their final states. The first DUNE demonstrator, ProtoDUNE Single-Phase, was a 0.77 kt detector that operated from 2018 to 2020 at the CERN Neutrino Platform, exposed to a mixed hadron and electron test-beam with momenta ranging from 0.3 to 7 GeV/c. We present a selection of low-energy kaons among the secondary particles produced in hadronic reactions, using data from the 6 and 7 GeV/c beam runs. The selection efficiency is 1% and the sample purity 92%. The initial energies of the selected kaon candidates encompass the expected energy range of kaons originating from proton decay events in DUNE (below similar to 200 MeV). In addition, we demonstrate the capability of this detector technology to discriminate between kaons and other particles such as protons and muons, and provide a comprehensive description of their energy loss in liquid argon, which shows good agreement with the simulation. These results pave the way for future proton decay searches at DUNE.
Address [Jain, V.] SUNY Albany, Albany, NY 12222 USA, Email: miguel.garciaperis@manchester.ac.uk
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Publisher Amer Physical Soc Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
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ISSN 2470-0010 ISBN Medium
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Notes WOS:001730644000001 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 7181
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Author DUNE Collaboration (Abud, A.A. et al); Antonova, M.; Barenboim, G.; Cervera-Villanueva, A.; De Romeri, V.; Fernandez Menendez, P.; Garcia-Peris, M.A.; Izmaylov, A.; Martin-Albo, J.; Martinez-Mirave, P.; Mena, O.; Molina Bueno, L.; Novella, P.; Sorel, M.; Ternes, C.A.; Tortola, M.; Valle, J.W.F.
Title Low exposure long-baseline neutrino oscillation sensitivity of the DUNE experiment Type Journal Article
Year 2022 Publication Physical Review D Abbreviated Journal Phys. Rev. D
Volume 105 Issue 7 Pages 072006 - 32pp
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Abstract (up) The Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) will produce world-leading neutrino oscillation measurements over the lifetime of the experiment. In this work, we explore DUNE's sensitivity to observe charge-parity violation (CPV) in the neutrino sector, and to resolve the mass ordering, for exposures of up to 100 kiloton-megawatt-calendar years (kt-MW-CY), where calendar years include an assumption of 57% accelerator uptime based on past accelerator performance at Fermilab. The analysis includes detailed uncertainties on the flux prediction, the neutrino interaction model, and detector effects. We demonstrate that DUNE will be able to unambiguously resolve the neutrino mass ordering at a 4 sigma (5 sigma) level with a 66 (100) kt-MW-CY far detector exposure, and has the ability to make strong statements at significantly shorter exposures depending on the true value of other oscillation parameters, with a median sensitivity of 3 sigma for almost all true delta(CP) values after only 24 kt-MW-CY. We also show that DUNE has the potential to make a robust measurement of CPV at a 3 sigma level with a 100 kt-MW-CY exposure for the maximally CP-violating values delta(CP) = +/-pi/2. Additionally, the dependence of DUNE's sensitivity on the exposure taken in neutrino-enhanced and antineutrino-enhanced running is discussed. An equal fraction of exposure taken in each beam mode is found to be close to optimal when considered over the entire space of interest.
Address [Isenhower, L.] Abilene Christian Univ, Abilene, TX 79601 USA, Email: cwilkinson@lbl.gov
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Publisher Amer Physical Soc Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 2470-0010 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:000809663000001 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 5260
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Author DUNE Collaboration (Abud, A.A. et al); Amar Es-Sghir, H.; Amedo, P.; Barenboim, G.; Benitez Montiel, C.; Capo, J.; Cervera Villanueva, A.; De Romeri, V.; Garcia-Peris, M.A.; Lopez March, N.; Martin-Albo, J.; Martinez Mirave, P.; Mena, O.; Molina Bueno, L.; Novella, P.; Pompa, F.; Rocabado Rocha, J.L.; Sanchez Bravo, A.; Sorel, M.; Soto-Oton, J.; Tortola, M.; Tuzi, M.; Ureña Gonzalez, J.; Valle, J.W.F.; Yahlali, N.
Title Supernova pointing capabilities of DUNE Type Journal Article
Year 2025 Publication Physical Review D Abbreviated Journal Phys. Rev. D
Volume 111 Issue 9 Pages 092006 - 24pp
Keywords
Abstract (up) The determination of the direction of a stellar core collapse via its neutrino emission is crucial for the identification of the progenitor for a multimessenger follow-up. A highly effective method of reconstructing supernova directions within the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) is introduced. The supernova neutrino pointing resolution is studied by simulating and reconstructing electron-neutrino charged-current absorption on Ar-40 and elastic scattering of neutrinos on electrons. Procedures to reconstruct individual interactions, including a newly developed technique called “brems flipping,” as well as the burst direction from an ensemble of interactions are described. Performance of the burst direction reconstruction is evaluated for supernovae happening at a distance of 10 kpc for a specific supernova burst flux model. The pointing resolution is found to be 3.4 degrees at 68% coverage for a perfect interaction-channel classification and a fiducial mass of 40 kton, and 6.6 degrees for a 10 kton fiducial mass respectively. Assuming a 4% rate of charged-current interactions being misidentified as elastic scattering, DUNE's burst pointing resolution is found to be 4.3 degrees (8.7 degrees) at 68% coverage.
Address [Isenhower, L.] Abilene Christian Univ, Abilene, TX 79601 USA
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Publisher Amer Physical Soc Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 2470-0010 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:001498245800002 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 6734
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