Search NASA⌕ Search
Home/Archive/DOE OSTI

DOE OSTI · 3239721

Inclusive Search for Anomalous Single-Photon Production in MicroBooNE

Abratenko, P. [Tufts University] (ORCID:0000000169455941)·Andrade Aldana, D. [Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT)] (ORCID:0009000831433374)·Arellano, L. [The University of Manchester] (ORCID:0000000210931824)·Asaadi, J. [University of Texas] (ORCID:0000000169155279)·Ashkenazi, A. [Tel Aviv University] (ORCID:0000000219953851)·Balasubramanian, S. [Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)]·Baller, B. [Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)] (ORCID:0000000187319281)·Barnard, A. [University of Oxford] (ORCID:0000000161171768)·Barr, G. [University of Oxford] (ORCID:0000000297631882)·Barrow, D. [University of Oxford] (ORCID:000000015844709X)·Barrow, J. [University of Minnesota] (ORCID:0000000239931123)·Basque, V. [Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)] (ORCID:0000000246000984)·Bateman, J. [Imperial College London; The University of Manchester] (ORCID:0009000339153741)·Benevides Rodrigues, O. [Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT)] (ORCID:0000000191816096)·Berkman, S. [Michigan State University] (ORCID:000000028795459X)·Bhat, A. [University of Chicago] (ORCID:0000000279940489)·Bhattacharya, M. [Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)] (ORCID:000000016395546X)·Bishai, M. [Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL)] (ORCID:0000000318290969)·Blake, A. [Lancaster University] (ORCID:000000022382362X)·Bogart, B. [University of Michigan] (ORCID:0000000305588934)·Bolton, T. [Kansas State University (KSU)] (ORCID:0000000170833217)·Brunetti, M. B. [University of Warwick] (ORCID:0000000316393577)·Camilleri, L. [Columbia University] (ORCID:0000000194098720)·Caratelli, D. [University of California] (ORCID:0000000217616595)·Cavanna, F. [Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)] (ORCID:0000000255869964)·Cerati, G. [Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)] (ORCID:0000000335480262)·Chappell, A. [University of Warwick] (ORCID:0000000210446239)·Chen, Y. [SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory] (ORCID:0000000227429718)·Conrad, J. M. [Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)] (ORCID:0000000263930438)·Convery, M. [SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory] (ORCID:0000000168249257)·Cooper-Troendle, L. [University of Pittsburgh] (ORCID:0000000332122603)·Crespo-Anadón, J. I. [Medioambientales y Tecnológicas (CIEMAT)] (ORCID:0000000232607072)·Cross, R. [University of Warwick] (ORCID:0000000196945735)·Del Tutto, M. [Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)] (ORCID:0000000215887025)·Dennis, S. R. [University of Cambridge] (ORCID:0000000190998895)·Detje, P. [University of Cambridge] (ORCID:0000000258830053)·Diurba, R. [Universität Bern] (ORCID:0000000282286377)·Djurcic, Z. [Argonne National Laboratory (ANL)] (ORCID:000000025472216X)·Duffy, K. [University of Oxford] (ORCID:0000000278725445)·Dytman, S. [University of Pittsburgh] (ORCID:0000000282785299)·Eberly, B. [University of Southern Maine] (ORCID:0000000337211058)·Englezos, P. [Rutgers University] (ORCID:0000000180241805)·Ereditato, A. [University of Chicago; Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)] (ORCID:0000000254238079)·Evans, J. J. [The University of Manchester] (ORCID:0000000346973337)·Fang, C. [University of California] (ORCID:0009000072597211)·Foreman, W. [Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT); Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)] (ORCID:0000000165556948)·Fleming, B. T. [University of Chicago] (ORCID:0000000198268547)·Franco, D. [University of Chicago] (ORCID:0000000312789478)·Furmanski, A. P. [University of Minnesota] (ORCID:0000000336087454)·Gao, F. [University of California] (ORCID:0000000175393863)·Garcia-Gamez, D. [Universidad de Granada] (ORCID:0000000334523478)·Gardiner, S. [Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)] (ORCID:0000000283685898)·Ge, G. [Columbia University] (ORCID:0000000200467968)·Gollapinni, S. [Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)] (ORCID:0000000157039625)·Gramellini, E. [The University of Manchester] (ORCID:0000000317761941)·Green, P. [University of Oxford] (ORCID:0000000198723685)·Greenlee, H. [Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)] (ORCID:0000000251091358)·Gu, L. [Lancaster University]·Gu, W. [Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL)] (ORCID:0000000164021239)·Guenette, R. [The University of Manchester] (ORCID:0000000339670151)·Guzowski, P. [The University of Manchester] (ORCID:0000000270330158)·Hagaman, L. [University of Chicago] (ORCID:0000000341789565)·Handley, M. D. [University of Cambridge] (ORCID:0009000510526924)·Hen, O. [Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)] (ORCID:0000000248906544)·Hilgenberg, C. [University of Minnesota] (ORCID:000000017847487X)·Horton-Smith, G. A. [Kansas State University (KSU)] (ORCID:0000000196779167)·Hussain, A. [Kansas State University (KSU)] (ORCID:0000000162169002)·Irwin, B. [University of Minnesota]·Ismail, M. S. [University of Pittsburgh] (ORCID:0009000092347965)·James, C. [Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)]·Ji, X. [Nankai University] (ORCID:0000000205798467)·Jo, Jay H. [Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL)] (ORCID:0000000341023674)·Johnson, R. A. [University of Cincinnati] (ORCID:0000000288166317)·Kalra, D. [Columbia University] (ORCID:0000000261243941)·Karagiorgi, G. [Columbia University] (ORCID:0000000178107236)·Ketchum, W. [Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)] (ORCID:0000000261794874)·Kirby, M. [Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL)] (ORCID:0000000252346308)·Kobilarcik, T. [Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)] (ORCID:0000000150471036)·Lane, N. [Imperial College London; The University of Manchester] (ORCID:0009000512458574)·Li, J.-Y. [University of Edinburgh] (ORCID:0000000340255377)·Li, Y. [Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL)] (ORCID:0000000270047598)·Lin, K. [Rutgers University] (ORCID:0000000344428554)·Littlejohn, B. R. [Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT)] (ORCID:0000000269129684)·Liu, L. [Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)] (ORCID:000000026753925X)·Louis, W. C. [Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)] (ORCID:0000000275793709)·Luo, X. [University of California] (ORCID:0000000164646992)·Mahmud, T. [Lancaster University] (ORCID:0009000937303148)·Mariani, C. [Virginia Tech] (ORCID:0000000332844681)·Marsden, D. [The University of Manchester]·Marshall, J. [University of Warwick] (ORCID:0000000235657008)·Martinez, N. [Kansas State University (KSU)]·Martinez Caicedo, D. A. [South Dakota School of Mines and Technology (SDSMT)] (ORCID:0000000182708907)·Martynenko, S. [Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL)] (ORCID:0000000252022784)·Mastbaum, A. [Rutgers University] (ORCID:0000000211322270)·Mawby, I. [Lancaster University] (ORCID:0000000280552635)·McConkey, N. [Queen Mary University of London] (ORCID:0000000203853098)·Mellet, L. [Michigan State University] (ORCID:0000000341827381)·Mendez, J. [Louisiana State University]·Micallef, J. [Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT); Tufts University] (ORCID:0000000172599575)·Mogan, A. [Colorado State University] (ORCID:0000000281935902)
View original source ↗Read source document ↗Export metadata ↓

Abstract

We present an inclusive search for anomalous production of single-photon events from neutrino interactions in the MicroBooNE experiment. The search and its signal definition are motivated by the previous observation of a low-energy excess of electromagnetic shower events from the MiniBooNE experiment. We use the Wire-Cell reconstruction framework to select a sample of inclusive single-photon final-state interactions with a final efficiency and purity of 7.0% and 40.2%, respectively. We leverage simultaneous measurements of sidebands of charged current 𝜈 𝜇 interactions and neutral current interactions producing 𝜋 0 mesons to constrain signal and background predictions and reduce uncertainties. We perform a blind analysis using a dataset collected from February 2016 to July 2018, corresponding to an exposure of 6.34 × 10 20 protons on target from the Booster Neutrino Beam at Fermilab. In the full signal region, we observe agreement between the data and the prediction, with a goodness-of-fit 𝑝 value of 0.11. We then isolate a subsample of these events containing no visible protons, and observe 93 ± 22⁢(stat) ±35⁢(syst) data events above prediction, corresponding to just above 2⁢𝜎 local significance, concentrated at shower energies below 600 MeV.

Explore related subjects

72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDSneutrinos

Keep this discovery

Explore connections, maps & timelines

BibTeXRIS

Abratenko, P. [Tufts University] (ORCID:0000000169455941), Andrade Aldana, D. [Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT)] (ORCID:0009000831433374), Arellano, L. [The University of Manchester] (ORCID:0000000210931824), Asaadi, J. [University of Texas] (ORCID:0000000169155279), Ashkenazi, A. [Tel Aviv University] (ORCID:0000000219953851), Balasubramanian, S. [Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)], Baller, B. [Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)] (ORCID:0000000187319281), Barnard, A. [University of Oxford] (ORCID:0000000161171768), Barr, G. [University of Oxford] (ORCID:0000000297631882), Barrow, D. [University of Oxford] (ORCID:000000015844709X), Barrow, J. [University of Minnesota] (ORCID:0000000239931123), Basque, V. [Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)] (ORCID:0000000246000984), Bateman, J. [Imperial College London; The University of Manchester] (ORCID:0009000339153741), Benevides Rodrigues, O. [Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT)] (ORCID:0000000191816096), Berkman, S. [Michigan State University] (ORCID:000000028795459X), Bhat, A. [University of Chicago] (ORCID:0000000279940489), Bhattacharya, M. [Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)] (ORCID:000000016395546X), Bishai, M. [Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL)] (ORCID:0000000318290969), Blake, A. [Lancaster University] (ORCID:000000022382362X), Bogart, B. [University of Michigan] (ORCID:0000000305588934), Bolton, T. [Kansas State University (KSU)] (ORCID:0000000170833217), Brunetti, M. B. [University of Warwick] (ORCID:0000000316393577), Camilleri, L. [Columbia University] (ORCID:0000000194098720), Caratelli, D. [University of California] (ORCID:0000000217616595), Cavanna, F. [Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)] (ORCID:0000000255869964), Cerati, G. [Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)] (ORCID:0000000335480262), Chappell, A. [University of Warwick] (ORCID:0000000210446239), Chen, Y. [SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory] (ORCID:0000000227429718), Conrad, J. M. [Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)] (ORCID:0000000263930438), Convery, M. [SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory] (ORCID:0000000168249257), Cooper-Troendle, L. [University of Pittsburgh] (ORCID:0000000332122603), Crespo-Anadón, J. I. [Medioambientales y Tecnológicas (CIEMAT)] (ORCID:0000000232607072), Cross, R. [University of Warwick] (ORCID:0000000196945735), Del Tutto, M. [Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)] (ORCID:0000000215887025), Dennis, S. R. [University of Cambridge] (ORCID:0000000190998895), Detje, P. [University of Cambridge] (ORCID:0000000258830053), Diurba, R. [Universität Bern] (ORCID:0000000282286377), Djurcic, Z. [Argonne National Laboratory (ANL)] (ORCID:000000025472216X), Duffy, K. [University of Oxford] (ORCID:0000000278725445), Dytman, S. [University of Pittsburgh] (ORCID:0000000282785299), Eberly, B. [University of Southern Maine] (ORCID:0000000337211058), Englezos, P. [Rutgers University] (ORCID:0000000180241805), Ereditato, A. [University of Chicago; Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)] (ORCID:0000000254238079), Evans, J. J. [The University of Manchester] (ORCID:0000000346973337), Fang, C. [University of California] (ORCID:0009000072597211), Foreman, W. [Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT); Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)] (ORCID:0000000165556948), Fleming, B. T. [University of Chicago] (ORCID:0000000198268547), Franco, D. [University of Chicago] (ORCID:0000000312789478), Furmanski, A. P. [University of Minnesota] (ORCID:0000000336087454), Gao, F. [University of California] (ORCID:0000000175393863), Garcia-Gamez, D. [Universidad de Granada] (ORCID:0000000334523478), Gardiner, S. [Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)] (ORCID:0000000283685898), Ge, G. [Columbia University] (ORCID:0000000200467968), Gollapinni, S. [Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)] (ORCID:0000000157039625), Gramellini, E. [The University of Manchester] (ORCID:0000000317761941), Green, P. [University of Oxford] (ORCID:0000000198723685), Greenlee, H. [Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)] (ORCID:0000000251091358), Gu, L. [Lancaster University], Gu, W. [Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL)] (ORCID:0000000164021239), Guenette, R. [The University of Manchester] (ORCID:0000000339670151), Guzowski, P. [The University of Manchester] (ORCID:0000000270330158), Hagaman, L. [University of Chicago] (ORCID:0000000341789565), Handley, M. D. [University of Cambridge] (ORCID:0009000510526924), Hen, O. [Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)] (ORCID:0000000248906544), Hilgenberg, C. [University of Minnesota] (ORCID:000000017847487X), Horton-Smith, G. A. [Kansas State University (KSU)] (ORCID:0000000196779167), Hussain, A. [Kansas State University (KSU)] (ORCID:0000000162169002), Irwin, B. [University of Minnesota], Ismail, M. S. [University of Pittsburgh] (ORCID:0009000092347965), James, C. [Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)], Ji, X. [Nankai University] (ORCID:0000000205798467), Jo, Jay H. [Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL)] (ORCID:0000000341023674), Johnson, R. A. [University of Cincinnati] (ORCID:0000000288166317), Kalra, D. [Columbia University] (ORCID:0000000261243941), Karagiorgi, G. [Columbia University] (ORCID:0000000178107236), Ketchum, W. [Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)] (ORCID:0000000261794874), Kirby, M. [Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL)] (ORCID:0000000252346308), Kobilarcik, T. [Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)] (ORCID:0000000150471036), Lane, N. [Imperial College London; The University of Manchester] (ORCID:0009000512458574), Li, J.-Y. [University of Edinburgh] (ORCID:0000000340255377), Li, Y. [Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL)] (ORCID:0000000270047598), Lin, K. [Rutgers University] (ORCID:0000000344428554), Littlejohn, B. R. [Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT)] (ORCID:0000000269129684), Liu, L. [Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)] (ORCID:000000026753925X), Louis, W. C. [Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)] (ORCID:0000000275793709), Luo, X. [University of California] (ORCID:0000000164646992), Mahmud, T. [Lancaster University] (ORCID:0009000937303148), Mariani, C. [Virginia Tech] (ORCID:0000000332844681), Marsden, D. [The University of Manchester], Marshall, J. [University of Warwick] (ORCID:0000000235657008), Martinez, N. [Kansas State University (KSU)], Martinez Caicedo, D. A. [South Dakota School of Mines and Technology (SDSMT)] (ORCID:0000000182708907), Martynenko, S. [Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL)] (ORCID:0000000252022784), Mastbaum, A. [Rutgers University] (ORCID:0000000211322270), Mawby, I. [Lancaster University] (ORCID:0000000280552635), McConkey, N. [Queen Mary University of London] (ORCID:0000000203853098), Mellet, L. [Michigan State University] (ORCID:0000000341827381), Mendez, J. [Louisiana State University], Micallef, J. [Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT); Tufts University] (ORCID:0000000172599575), Mogan, A. [Colorado State University] (ORCID:0000000281935902). 2026-05-07. Inclusive Search for Anomalous Single-Photon Production in MicroBooNE. https://doi.org/10.1103/89qs-4lcp

Cite the original work for its findings. Save a collection to share your selection of sources.

KEEP EXPLORING

Related reports

DOE OSTI2026

SMEFT ATLAS: The landscape beyond the Standard Model

The Standard Model Effective Field Theory (SMEFT) based on the unbroken gauge group SU(3) 𝐶 ⊗SU(2) 𝐿 ⊗U(1) 𝑌 and containing only particles of the Standard Model (SM) has developed in the last decade to a mature field. It is the framework to be used in the energy gap from scales sufficiently higher than the electroweak scale up to the lowest energy scale at which new particles show up. We summarize the present status of this theory with a particular emphasize on its role in the indirect search for new physics (NP). While flavour physics of both quarks and leptons is the main topic of our review, we also discuss electric dipole moments, anomalous magnetic moments (𝑔−2) 𝜇,𝑒 , 𝑍-pole observables, Higgs observables and high-𝑝𝑇 scattering processes within the SMEFT. We group the observables into ten classes and list for each class the most relevant operators and the corresponding renormalization group equations (RGEs). We exhibit the correlations between different classes implied both by the operator mixing and the SU(2) 𝐿 gauge symmetry. Our main goal is to provide an insight into the complicated operator structure of this framework which hopefully will facilitate the identification of valid ultraviolet completions behind possible anomalies observed in future data. Numerous colourful charts, and 85 tables, while representing rather complicated RG evolution from the NP scale down to the electroweak scale, beautify the involved SMEFT landscape. Over 1000 references to the literature underline the importance and the popularity of this field. We discuss both top-down and bottom-up approaches as well as their interplay. This allows us eventually to present an atlas of different landscapes beyond the SM that includes heavy gauge bosons and scalars, vector-like quarks and leptons and leptoquarks.

72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS↗
DOE OSTI2026

Exploring the Energy Frontier through Precision Tests and Fast Tracking with the CMS Detector (Final Technical Report)

This Early Career Award supported a research program using the CMS experiment at the CERN LHC to probe physics beyond the Standard Model in the top quark and Higgs boson sectors, alongside detector and trigger developments for the High-Luminosity LHC (HL-LHC) upgrade. The program (i) searched for charged lepton flavor violation (LFV) in the top quark sector with the full CMS Run-2 data set, placing the world’s strongest limits to date on the $t → eµq\ (q = u/c)$ branching fraction; (ii) developed preliminary analysis methods toward a boosted $t\bar{t}H(b\bar{b})$ measurement of the top quark Yukawa coupling and its CP properties; (iii) made leading contributions to the hardware-based Level-1 (L1) track finding system for the upgraded CMS detector for HL-LHC; and (iv) developed novel L1 trigger algorithms, notably a displaced vertex trigger enabling new searches for exotic long-lived particles.

72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS↗
DOE OSTI2026

Atmospheric pion, kaon, and muon fluxes for sub-orbital experiments

Cosmic rays interacting with the Earth's atmosphere generate extensive air showers, which produce Cherenkov, fluorescence and radio emissions. These emissions are key signatures for detection by ground-based, sub-orbital, and satellite-based telescopes aiming to study high energy cosmic ray and neutrino events. However, detectors operating at ground and balloon altitudes are also exposed to a background of atmospheric charged particles, primarily pions, kaons, and muons, that can mimic or obscure the signals from astrophysical sources. In this work, we use coupled cascade equations to calculate the atmospheric pion, kaon and muon fluxes reaching detectors at various altitudes. Our analysis focuses on energies above 10 GeV, where the influence of the Earth's magnetic field on particle trajectories is minimal. We provide angular and energy-resolved flux estimates and discuss their relevance as background for extensive air shower detection. Furthermore, our results are potentially relevant for interpreting data from current and future balloon-borne experiments such as EUSO-SPB2 and for refining trigger and veto strategies in Cherenkov and fluorescence telescopes.

72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS↗