ANNIE, SBND, and ICARUS

10:45 am – 12:21 pm, Monday March 17 // Session APR-B10 //Anaheim Marriott, Platinum 4

Chair:: Kevin Kelly, Texas A&M University College Station
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Sponsored by: DPF

Cosmic ray mitigation in the ICARUS detector with precision timing

11:21 am – 11:33 am

Presenter: Anna Heggestuen (Colorado State University)

The ICARUS Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber (LArTPC) has been operating smoothly in physics data-taking mode since June 2022 at Fermilab, studying neutrinos from the Booster Neutrino Beam (BNB) and the off-axis Neutrinos at the Main Injector (NUMI) beam. Located at shallow depth, ICARUS is exposed to a high flux of cosmic rays that can fake neutrino interactions. To mitigate the cosmic background, a Cosmic Ray Tagger (CRT) and a 3-meter-thick concrete overburden were installed. Photomultiplier tubes (PMTs) can be used to further reject backgrounds and select neutrino interactions using precise nanosecond level timing information. In this talk, I will discuss using precise timing information to reject backgrounds and enhance neutrino physics capabilities.

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