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- Comparison of nu(mu)-Ar multiplicity distributions observed by MicroBooNE to GENIE model predictions: MicroBooNE CollaborationAdams, C.; An, R.; Anthony, J.; Asaadi, J.; Auger, M.; Balasubramanian, S.; Baller, B.; Barnes, C.; Barr, G.; Bass, M.; Bay, F.; Bhat, A.; Bhattacharya, K.; Bishai, M.; Blake, A.; Bolton, T.; Camilleri, Leslie; Caratelli, D.; Castillo Fernandez, R.; Cavanna, F.; Cerati, G.; Chen, H.; Chen, Y.; Church, E.; Cianci, D.; Cohen, E.; Collin, G. H.; Conrad, Janet M.; Convery, M.; Cooper-Troendle, L.; Crespo-Anadon, J. I.; Del Tutto, M.; Devitt, D.; Diaz, A.; Dytman, S.; Eberly, B.; Ereditato, A.; Escudero Sanchez, L.; Esquivel, J.; Evans, J. J.; Fadeeva, A. A.; Fleming, B. T.; Foreman, W.; Furmanski, A. P.; Garcia-Gamez, D.; Garvey, G. T.; Genty, V.; Goeldi, D.; Golapinni, S.; Gramellini, E.; Greenlee, H.; Grosso, R.; Guenette, R.; Guzowski, P.; Hackenburg, A.; Hamilton, P.; Hen, O.; Hewes, J.; Hill, C.; Ho, J.; Horton-Smith, Glenn A.; Hourlier, A.; Huang, E-C; James, C.; Jan de Vries, J.; Jiang, L.; Johnson, R. A.; Joshi, J.; Jostlein, H.; Jwa, Y-J; Kaleko, D.; Karagiorgi, Georgia S.; Ketchum, W.; Kirby, B.; Kirby, M.; Kobilarcik, T.; Kreslo, I.; Li, Y.; Lister, A.; Littlejohn, B. R.; Lockwitz, S.; Lorca, D.; Louis, W. C.; Luethi, M.; Lundberg, B.; Luo, X.; Marchionni, A.; Marcocci, S.; Mariani, Camillo; Marshall, J.; Martinez Caicedo, D. A.; Mastbaum, A.; Meddage, V.; Mettler, T.; Miceli, T.; Mills, G. B.; Mogan, A.; Moon, J.; Mooney, M.; Moore, C. D.; Mousseau, J.; Murphy, M.; Murrells, R.; Naples, D.; Nienaber, P.; Nowak, J.; Palamara, O.; Pandey, V.; Paolone, V.; Papadopoulou, A.; Papavassiliou, V.; Pate, S. F.; Pavlovic, Z.; Piasetzky, E.; Porzio, D.; Pulliam, G.; Qian, X.; Raaf, J. L.; Rafique, A.; Rochester, L.; Ross-Lonergan, M.; von Rohr, C. Rudolph; Russell, B.; Schmitz, D. W.; Schukraft, A.; Seligman, W.; Shaevitz, Marjorie Hansen; Sinclair, J.; Smith, A.; Snider, E. L.; Soderberg, M.; Söldner-Rembold, S.; Soleti, S. R.; Spentzouris, P.; Spitz, Joshua; St John, J.; Strauss, T.; Sutton, K.; Sword-Fehlberg, S.; Szelc, A. M.; Tagg, N.; Tang, W.; Terao, K.; Thomson, M.; Toups, M.; Tsai, Y. T.; Tufanli, S.; Usher, T.; Van De Pontseele, W.; Van de Water, R. G.; Viren, B.; Weber, M.; Wei, H.; Wickremasinghe, D. A.; Wierman, K.; Williams, Z.; Wolbers, S.; Wongjirad, T.; Woodruff, K.; Yang, T.; Yarbrough, G.; Yates, L. E.; Zeller, Geralyn P.; Zennamo, J.; Zhang, C. (2019-03-18)We measure a large set of observables in inclusive charged current muon neutrino scattering on argon with the MicroBooNE liquid argon time projection chamber operating at Fermilab. We evaluate three neutrino interaction models based on the widely used GENIE event generator using these observables. The measurement uses a data set consisting of neutrino interactions with a final state muon candidate fully contained within the MicroBooNE detector. These data were collected in 2016 with the Fermilab Booster Neutrino Beam, which has an average neutrino energy of MeV, using an exposure corresponding to 5.0x1019 protons-on-target. The analysis employs fully automatic event selection and charged particle track reconstruction and uses a data-driven technique to separate neutrino interactions from cosmic ray background events. We find that GENIE models consistently describe the shapes of a large number of kinematic distributions for fixed observed multiplicity.
- Conflict of interest between people and baboons: Crop raiding in UgandaHill, C. (Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer Science+Business Media B.V., 2000)Much has been written about insect damage to standing crops, but an area that has received little attention within agricultural development, conservation, and primatological literature is that of primates and the potential damage they can cause to farmers' fields. This is likely to become an increasingly important issue for people interested in primates, as conservation projects adopt a more integrated approach to take account of local people's perspectives and needs. The aim of this paper is to examine the impact of crop raiding by primates, particularly baboons, on farmers living around the southern edge of the Budongo Forest Reserve, Uganda. I use data gathered during monthly farm surveys and informal discussion groups, along with time budget data, to demonstrate that 1) baboons can cause extensive damage to field crops, such as maize and cassava; 2) proximity of the farm to the forest edge and the presence or absence of neighboring farms affect the likelihood of any farm sustaining crop damage from baboons; and 3) in addition to the direct costs associated with crop losses attributed to baboon foraging activity, there are indirect costs of baboon crop raiding such as increased labor demands to protect crops from them and, occasionally, to replant crop stands badly damaged by baboons. These results have important implications for future primate conservation policy and practice.
- Convolutional neural networks applied to neutrino events in a liquid argon time projection chamberAcciarri, R.; Adams, C.; An, R.; Asaadi, J.; Auger, M.; Bagby, L.; Baller, B.; Barr, G.; Bass, M.; Bay, F.; Bishai, M.; Blake, A.; Bolton, T.; Bugel, L.; Camilleri, Leslie; Caratelli, D.; Carls, B.; Fernandez, R. C.; Cavanna, F.; Chen, H.; Church, E.; Cianci, D.; Collin, G. H.; Conrad, Janet M.; Convery, M.; Crespo-Anadon, J. I.; Del Tutto, M.; Devitt, D.; Dytman, S.; Eberly, B.; Ereditato, A.; Escudero Sanchez, L.; Esquivel, J.; Fleming, B. T.; Foreman, W.; Furmanski, A. P.; Garvey, G. T.; Genty, V.; Goeldi, D.; Golapinni, S.; Graf, N.; Gramellini, E.; Greenlee, H.; Grosso, R.; Guenette, R.; Hackenburg, A.; Hamilton, P.; Hen, O.; Hewes, J.; Hill, C.; Ho, J.; Horton-Smith, Glenn A.; James, C.; de Vries, J. J.; Jen, C. M.; Jiang, L.; Johnson, R. A.; Jones, B. J. P.; Joshi, J.; Jostlein, H.; Kaleko, D.; Karagiorgi, Georgia S.; Ketchum, W.; Kirby, B.; Kirby, M.; Kobilarcik, T.; Kreslo, I.; Laube, A.; Li, Y.; Lister, A.; Littlejohn, B. R.; Lockwitz, S.; Lorca, D.; Louis, W. C.; Luethi, M.; Lundberg, B.; Luo, X.; Marchionni, A.; Mariani, Camillo; Marshall, J.; Caicedo, D. A. M.; Meddage, V.; Miceli, T.; Mills, G. B.; Moon, J.; Mooney, M.; Moore, C. D.; Mousseau, J.; Murrells, R.; Naples, D.; Nienaber, P.; Nowak, J.; Palamara, O.; Paolone, V.; Papavassiliou, V.; Pate, S. F.; Pavlovic, Z.; Porzio, D.; Pulliam, G.; Qian, X.; Raaf, J. L.; Rafique, A.; Rochester, L.; von Rohr, C. R.; Russell, B.; Schmitz, D. W.; Schukraft, A.; Seligman, W.; Shaevitz, Marjorie Hansen; Sinclair, J.; Snider, E. L.; Soderberg, M.; Söldner-Rembold, S.; Soleti, S. R.; Spentzouris, P.; Spitz, Joshua; St John, J.; Strauss, T.; Szelc, A. M.; Tagg, N.; Terao, K.; Thomson, M.; Toups, M.; Tsai, Y. T.; Tufanli, S.; Usher, T.; de Water, R. G. V.; Viren, B.; Weber, M.; Weston, J.; Wickremasinghe, D. A.; Wolbers, S.; Wongjirad, T.; Woodruff, K.; Yang, T.; Zeller, Geralyn P.; Zennamo, J.; Zhang, C. (IOP, 2017-03-01)We present several studies of convolutional neural networks applied to data coming from the MicroBooNE detector, a liquid argon time projection chamber (LArTPC). The algorithms studied include the classification of single particle images, the localization of single particle and neutrino interactions in an image, and the detection of a simulated neutrino event overlaid with cosmic ray backgrounds taken from real detector data. These studies demonstrate the potential of convolutional neural networks for particle identification or event detection on simulated neutrino interactions. We also address technical issues that arise when applying this technique to data from a large LArTPC at or near ground level.
- Design and construction of the MicroBooNE Cosmic Ray Tagger systemAdams, C.; Collaboration, Microboone; Alrashed, M.; An, R.; Anthony, J.; Asaadi, J.; Ashkenazi, A.; Auger, M.; Balasubramanian, S.; Baller, B.; Barnes, C.; Barr, G.; Bass, M.; Bay, F.; Bhat, A.; Bhattacharya, K.; Bishai, M.; Blake, A.; Bolton, T.; Camilleri, Leslie; Caratelli, D.; Terrazas, I. Caro; Carr, Rachel E.; Castillo Fernandez, R.; Cavanna, F.; Cerati, G.; Chen, Y.; Church, E.; Cianci, D.; Cohen, E.; Collin, G. H.; Conrad, Janet M.; Convery, M.; Cooper-Troendle, L.; Crespo-Anadon, J. I.; Del Tutto, M.; Devitt, D.; Diaz, A.; Duffy, K.; Dytman, S.; Eberly, B.; Ereditato, A.; Escudero Sanchez, L.; Esquivel, J.; Evans, J. J.; Fadeeva, A. A.; Fitzpatrick, R. S.; Fleming, B. T.; Franco, D.; Furmanski, A. P.; Garcia-Gamez, D.; Garvey, G. T.; Genty, V.; Goeldi, D.; Gollapinniz, S.; Goodwin, O.; Gramellini, E.; Greenlee, H.; Grosso, R.; Guenette, R.; Guzowski, P.; Hackenburg, A.; Hamilton, P.; Hen, O.; Hewes, J.; Hill, C.; Horton-Smith, Glenn A.; Hourlier, A.; Huang, E-C; James, C.; Jan de Vries, J.; Jiang, L.; Johnson, R. A.; Joshi, J.; Jostlein, H.; Jwa, Y-J; Karagiorgi, Georgia S.; Ketchum, W.; Kirby, B.; Kirby, M.; Kobilarcik, T.; Kreslo, I.; Li, Y.; Lister, A.; Littlejohn, B. R.; Lockwitz, S.; Lorca, D.; Louis, W. C.; Luethi, M.; Lundberg, B.; Luo, X.; Marchionni, A.; Marcocci, S.; Mariani, Camillo; Marshall, J.; Martin-Albo, J.; Martinez Caicedo, D. A.; Mastbaum, A.; Meddage, V.; Mettler, T.; Mills, G. B.; Mistry, K.; Mogan, A.; Moon, J.; Mooney, M.; Moore, C. D.; Mousseau, J.; Murphy, M.; Murrells, R.; Naples, D.; Nienaber, P.; Nowak, J.; Palamara, O.; Pandey, V.; Paolone, V.; Papadopoulou, A.; Papavassiliou, V.; Pate, S. F.; Pavlovic, Z.; Piasetzky, E.; Porzio, D.; Pulliam, G.; Qian, X.; Raaf, J. L.; Rafique, A.; Rochester, L.; Ross-Lonergan, M.; von Rohr, C. Rudolph; Russell, B.; Schmitz, D. W.; Schukraft, A.; Seligman, W.; Shaevitz, Marjorie Hansen; Sharankova, R.; Sinclair, J.; Smith, A.; Snider, E. L.; Soderberg, M.; Söldner-Rembold, S.; Soleti, S. R.; Spentzouris, P.; Spitz, Joshua; St John, J.; Strauss, T.; Sutton, K.; Sword-Fehlberg, S.; Szelc, A. M.; Tagg, N.; Tang, W.; Terao, K.; Thomson, M.; Thornton, R. T.; Toups, M.; Tsai, Y. T.; Tufanli, S.; Usher, T.; Van De Pontseele, W.; Van de Water, R. G.; Viren, B.; Weber, M.; Wei, H.; Wickremasinghe, D. A.; Wierman, K.; Williams, Z.; Wolbers, S.; Wongjirad, T.; Woodruff, K.; Yang, T.; Yarbrough, G.; Yates, L. E.; Zeller, Geralyn P.; Zennameh, J.; Zhang, C. (2019-04)The MicroBooNE detector utilizes a liquid argon time projection chamber (LArTPC) with an 85 t active mass to study neutrino interactions along the Booster Neutrino Beam (BNB) at Fermilab. With a deployment location near ground level, the detector records many cosmic muon tracks in each beam-related detector trigger that can be misidentified as signals of interest. To reduce these cosmogenic backgrounds, we have designed and constructed a TPC-external Cosmic Ray Tagger (CRT). This sub-system was developed by the Laboratory for High Energy Physics (LHEP), Albert Einstein center for fundamental physics, University of Bern. The system utilizes plastic scintillation modules to provide precise time and position information for TPC-traversing particles. Successful matching of TPC tracks and CRT data will allow us to reduce cosmogenic background and better characterize the light collection system and LArTPC data using cosmic muons. In this paper we describe the design and installation of the MicroBooNE CRT system and provide an overview of a series of tests done to verify the proper operation of the system and its components during installation, commissioning, and physics data-taking.
- Design and construction of the MicroBooNE detectorAcciarri, R.; Adams, C.; An, R.; Aparicio, A.; Aponte, S.; Asaadi, J.; Auger, M.; Ayoub, N.; Bagby, L.; Baller, B.; Barger, R.; Barr, G.; Bass, M.; Bay, F.; Biery, K.; Bishai, M.; Blake, A.; Bocean, V.; Boehnlein, D.; Bogert, V. D.; Bolton, T.; Bugel, L.; Callahan, C.; Camilleri, Leslie; Caratelli, D.; Carls, B.; Castillo Fernandez, R.; Cavanna, F.; Chappa, S.; Chen, H.; Chen, K.; Chi, C. Y.; Chiu, C. S.; Church, E.; Cianci, D.; Collin, G. H.; Conrad, Janet M.; Convery, M.; Cornele, J.; Cowan, P.; Crespo-Anadon, J. I.; Crutcher, G.; Darve, C.; Davis, R.; Del Tutto, M.; Devitt, D.; Duffin, S.; Dytman, S.; Eberly, B.; Ereditato, A.; Erickson, D.; Escudero Sanchez, L.; Esquivel, J.; Farooq, S.; Farrell, J.; Featherston, D.; Fleming, B. T.; Foreman, W.; Furmanski, A. P.; Genty, V.; Geynisman, M.; Goeldi, D.; Goff, B.; Golapinni, S.; Graf, N.; Gramellini, E.; Green, J.; Greene, A.; Greenlee, H.; Griffin, T.; Grosso, R.; Guenette, R.; Hackenburg, A.; Haenni, R.; Hamilton, P.; Healey, P.; Hen, O.; Henderson, E.; Hewes, J.; Hill, C.; Hill, K.; Himes, L.; Ho, J.; Horton-Smith, Glenn A.; Huffman, D.; Ignarra, C. M.; James, C.; James, E.; Jan de Vries, J.; Jaskierny, W.; Jen, C. M.; Jiang, L.; Johnson, B.; Johnson, M.; Johnson, R. A.; Jones, B. J. P.; Joshi, J.; Jostlein, H.; Kaleko, D.; Kalousis, L. N.; Karagiorgi, Georgia S.; Katori, T.; Kellogg, P.; Ketchum, W.; Kilmer, J.; King, B.; Kirby, B.; Kirby, M.; Klein, E.; Kobilarcik, T.; Kreslo, I.; Krull, R.; Kubinski, R.; Lange, G.; Lanni, F.; Lathrop, A.; Laube, A.; Leeg, W. M.; Li, Y.; Lissauer, D.; Lister, A.; Littlejohn, B. R.; Lockwitz, S.; Lorca, D.; Louis, W. C.; Lukhanin, G.; Luethi, M.; Lundberg, B.; Luo, X.; Mahler, G.; Majoros, I.; Makowiecki, D.; Marchionni, A.; Mariani, Camillo; Markley, D.; Marshall, J.; Martinez Caicedo, D. A.; McDonald, K. T.; McKee, D.; McLean, A.; Mead, J.; Meddage, V.; Miceli, T.; Mills, G. B.; Miner, W.; Moon, J.; Mooney, M.; Moore, C. D.; Moss, Z.; Mousseau, J.; Murrells, R.; Naples, D.; Nienaber, P.; Norris, B.; Norton, N.; Nowak, J.; O'Boyle, M.; Olszanowski, T.; Palamara, O.; Paolone, V.; Papavassiliou, V.; Pate, S. F.; Pavlovic, Z.; Pelkey, R.; Phipps, M.; Pordes, S.; Porzio, D.; Pulliam, G.; Qian, X.; Raaf, J. L.; Radeka, V.; Rafique, A.; Rameika, R.; Rebel, B.; Rechenmacher, R.; Rescia, S.; Rochester, L.; von Rohr, C. R.; Ruga, A.; Russell, B.; Sanders, R.; Sands, W. R.; Sarychev, M.; Schmitz, D. W.; Schukraft, A.; Scott, R.; Seligman, W.; Shaevitz, Marjorie Hansen; Shoun, M.; Sinclair, J.; Sippach, W.; Smidt, T.; Smith, A.; Snider, E. L.; Soderberg, M.; Solano-Gonzalez, M.; Söldner-Rembold, S.; Soleti, S. R.; Sondericker, J.; Spentzouris, P.; Spitz, Joshua; St John, J.; Strauss, T.; Sutton, K.; Szelc, A. M.; Taheri, K.; Tagg, N.; Tatum, K.; Teng, J.; Terao, K.; Thomson, M.; Thorn, C.; Tiliman, J.; Toups, M.; Tsai, Y. T.; Tufanli, S.; Usher, T.; Utes, M.; Van de Water, R. G.; Vendetta, C.; Vergani, S.; Voirin, E.; Voirin, J.; Viren, B.; Watkins, P.; Weber, M.; Wester, T.; Weston, J.; Wickremasinghe, D. A.; Wolbers, S.; Wongjirad, T.; Woodruff, K.; Wu, K. C.; Yang, T.; Yu, B.; Zeller, Geralyn P.; Zennamo, J.; Zhang, C.; Zuckerbrot, M. (IOP, 2017-02-01)This paper describes the design and construction of the MicroBooNE liquid argon time projection chamber and associated systems. MicroBooNE is the first phase of the Short Baseline Neutrino program, located at Fermilab, and will utilize the capabilities of liquid argon detectors to examine a rich assortment of physics topics. In this document details of design specifications, assembly procedures, and acceptance tests are reported.
- Heterosis from crosses among British breeds of beef cattle : straightbred versus crossbred cowsGaines, James A.; Hill, C.; McClure, William H. (Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station, 1985)The second phase of a long-term beef cattle crossbreeding experiment involving the Angus, Hereford and Shorthorn breeds was conducted at the Shenandoah Valley Research Station, Steeles Tavern, Virginia. Records of 604 matings and 567 births from 120 cows were collected over five successive calf crops. Comparisons were made between crossbred and straightbred dams, backcross and three-breed cross calves, three breeds of straightbred cows, six kinds of crossbred cows, various combinations within the backcross and three-breed cross calves, and the general combining abilities of the three breeds. Calves from crossbred cows were heavier at birth and weaning, and had higher weaning grades. Crossbred cows were 31.9 kg heavier than straightbred cows. There were 2.0% more calves born, but 0.2% fewer calves weaned from the crossbred cows. Crossbred cows weaned more kg of calf per year, but fewer units of calf per 100 units of cow, and fewer units of calf per 100 units of cow per cow year. There were increases of three-breed cross over backcross calves for all measures of growth, leading to the conclusion that three-breed crossing would increase production over backcrossing. Differences existed among the three breeds of cows for every calf performance trait, and for cow weight. Differences were found among the kinds of crossbred cows for all calf traits. Crossbred cows out of Hereford dams excelled over the reciprocal matings. The breeds did not differ in general combining ability.