Speaker
Iris Ponce
(Research Assistant)
Description
MicroBooNE is a liquid argon time projection chamber (LArTPC) neutrino experiment located on the Booster Neutrino Beamline (BNB) at Fermilab. MicroBooNE has two operating readout streams; an externally-triggered stream used for MicroBooNE’s primary research goals to study BNB neutrinos and their interactions on argon, and, in parallel, a continuous stream of data dedicated for the detection of neutrinos from a galactic core-collapse supernova as well as other non-beam related physics. MicroBooNE cannot self-trigger on supernova neutrinos; instead the continuous readout will store the data for a few days and if there is an external alert from the Supernova Early Warning System (SNEWS) for a supernova collapse, the data will be permanently stored, otherwise the data is erased. This talk will focus on MicroBooNE’s continuous readout stream, its successful commissioning and operation.
Primary author
Iris Ponce
(Research Assistant)