Abstract

Primary challenges for current and future precision neutrino experiments using liquid argon time projection chambers (LArTPCs) include understanding detector effects and quantifying the associated systematic uncertainties. This paper presents a novel technique for assessing and propagating LArTPC detector-related systematic uncertainties. The technique makes modifications to simulation waveforms based on a parameterization of observed differences in ionization signals from the TPC between data and simulation, while remaining insensitive to the details of the detector model. The modifications are then used to quantify the systematic differences in low- and high-level reconstructed quantities. This approach could be applied to future LArTPC detectors, such as those used in SBN and DUNE.

Original languageEnglish
Article number454
JournalEuropean Physical Journal C
Volume82
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - May 2022

Funding

FundersFunder number
National Science Foundation
High Energy Physics and Nuclear Physics
Science and Technology Facilities Council
European Union’s Horizon 2020 Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions
U.S. Department of Energy
United Kingdom Research and Innovation
Fermilab
Albert Einstein Center for Fundamental Physics
Office of Science
Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung
Royal Society
Not added76019
Fermi Research Alliance, LLCDE-AC02-07CH11359
Fundação para a Ciência e a TecnologiaIncentivo/SAU/LA0001/2013

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