Alfredo Aranda
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View article: Identification of low-energy kaons in the ProtoDUNE-SP detector
Identification of low-energy kaons in the ProtoDUNE-SP detector Open
The Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) is a next-generation neutrino experiment with a rich physics program that includes searches for the hypothetical phenomenon of proton decay. Utilizing liquid-argon time-projection chamber tec…
View article: Multicomponent dark matter from an <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"> <mml:mi>S</mml:mi> <mml:mi>U</mml:mi> <mml:mo stretchy="false">(</mml:mo> <mml:mn>2</mml:mn> <mml:msub> <mml:mo stretchy="false">)</mml:mo> <mml:mi>D</mml:mi> </mml:msub> <mml:mo stretchy="false">→</mml:mo> <mml:msubsup> <mml:mi>Z</mml:mi> <mml:mn>3</mml:mn> <mml:mi>D</mml:mi> </mml:msubsup> <mml:mo>×</mml:mo> <mml:msubsup> <mml:mi>Z</mml:mi> <mml:mn>2</mml:mn> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>acc</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> </mml:msubsup> </mml:math> scenario
Multicomponent dark matter from an scenario Open
A multicomponent weakly-interacting dark matter scenario is analyzed, where the candidate dark matter states arise from the S U ( 2 ) D → Z 3 D × Z 2 acc symmetry breaking triggered by a vacuum expectation value-developing scalar i…
View article: Towards mono-energetic virtual $ν$ beam cross-section measurements: A feasibility study of $ν$-Ar interaction analysis with DUNE-PRISM
Towards mono-energetic virtual $ν$ beam cross-section measurements: A feasibility study of $ν$-Ar interaction analysis with DUNE-PRISM Open
Neutrino-nucleus cross-section measurements are critical for future neutrino oscillation analyses. However, our models to describe them require further refinement, and a deeper understanding of the underlying physics is essential for futur…
View article: Operation of a Modular 3D-Pixelated Liquid Argon Time-Projection Chamber in a Neutrino Beam
Operation of a Modular 3D-Pixelated Liquid Argon Time-Projection Chamber in a Neutrino Beam Open
The 2x2 Demonstrator, a prototype for the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) liquid argon (LAr) Near Detector, was exposed to the Neutrinos from the Main Injector (NuMI) neutrino beam at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Ferm…
View article: Spatial and temporal evaluations of the liquid argon purity in ProtoDUNE-SP
Spatial and temporal evaluations of the liquid argon purity in ProtoDUNE-SP Open
Liquid argon time projection chambers (LArTPCs) rely on highly pure argon to ensure that ionization electrons produced by charged particles reach readout arrays. ProtoDUNE Single-Phase (ProtoDUNE-SP) was an approximately 700-ton liquid arg…
View article: Multi-component Dark Matter from an $SU(2)_{D}\to Z_{3}^{D}\times Z_{2}^{\text{acc}}$ scenario
Multi-component Dark Matter from an $SU(2)_{D}\to Z_{3}^{D}\times Z_{2}^{\text{acc}}$ scenario Open
A multi-component weakly-interacting dark matter scenario is analyzed, where the candidate dark matter states arise from the $SU(2)_{D}\to Z_{3}^{D}\times Z_{2}^{\text{acc}}$ symmetry breaking triggered by a VEV-developing scalar in the $J…
View article: Supernova pointing capabilities of DUNE
Supernova pointing capabilities of DUNE Open
The determination of the direction of a stellar core collapse via its neutrino emission is crucial for the identification of the progenitor for a multimessenger follow-up. A highly effective method of reconstructing supernova directions wi…
View article: DUNE Software and Computing Research and Development
DUNE Software and Computing Research and Development Open
The international collaboration designing and constructing the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) at the Long-Baseline Neutrino Facility (LBNF) has developed a two-phase strategy toward the implementation of this leading-edge, lar…
View article: European Contributions to Fermilab Accelerator Upgrades and Facilities for the DUNE Experiment
European Contributions to Fermilab Accelerator Upgrades and Facilities for the DUNE Experiment Open
The Proton Improvement Plan (PIP-II) to the FNAL accelerator chain and the Long-Baseline Neutrino Facility (LBNF) will provide the world's most intense neutrino beam to the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) enabling a wide-rangin…
View article: The DUNE Phase II Detectors
The DUNE Phase II Detectors Open
The international collaboration designing and constructing the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) at the Long-Baseline Neutrino Facility (LBNF) has developed a two-phase strategy for the implementation of this leading-edge, large-…
View article: The DUNE Science Program
The DUNE Science Program Open
The international collaboration designing and constructing the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) at the Long-Baseline Neutrino Facility (LBNF) has developed a two-phase strategy for the implementation of this leading-edge, large-…
View article: Nonsignificance misinterpreted as an effect’s absence in psychology: prevalence and temporal analyses
Nonsignificance misinterpreted as an effect’s absence in psychology: prevalence and temporal analyses Open
Nonsignificant findings in psychological research are frequently misinterpreted as reflecting the effect’s absence. However, this issue’s exact prevalence remains unclear, as does whether this issue is getting better or worse. In this pre-…
View article: The track-length extension fitting algorithm for energy measurement of interacting particles in liquid argon TPCs and its performance with ProtoDUNE-SP data
The track-length extension fitting algorithm for energy measurement of interacting particles in liquid argon TPCs and its performance with ProtoDUNE-SP data Open
This paper introduces a novel track-length extension fitting algorithm for measuring the kinetic energies of inelastically interacting particles in liquid argon time projection chambers (LArTPCs). The algorithm finds the most probable offs…
View article: DUNE Phase II: scientific opportunities, detector concepts, technological solutions
DUNE Phase II: scientific opportunities, detector concepts, technological solutions Open
The international collaboration designing and constructing the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) at the Long-Baseline Neutrino Facility (LBNF) has developed a two-phase strategy toward the implementation of this leading-edge, lar…
View article: First measurement of the total inelastic cross section of positively charged kaons on argon at energies between 5.0 and 7.5 GeV
First measurement of the total inelastic cross section of positively charged kaons on argon at energies between 5.0 and 7.5 GeV Open
ProtoDUNE Single-Phase (ProtoDUNE-SP) is a 770-ton liquid argon time projection chamber that operated in a hadron test beam at the CERN Neutrino Platform in 2018. We present a measurement of the total inelastic cross section of charged kao…
View article: Nonsignificance Misinterpreted as an Effect’s Absence in Psychology: Prevalence and Temporal Analyses
Nonsignificance Misinterpreted as an Effect’s Absence in Psychology: Prevalence and Temporal Analyses Open
Nonsignificant findings in psychological research are frequently misinterpreted as reflecting the effect's absence. However, this issue's exact prevalence remains unclear, as does whether this issue is getting better or worse. In this pre-…
View article: The track-length extension fitting algorithm for energy measurement of interacting particles in liquid argon TPCs and its performance with ProtoDUNE-SP data
The track-length extension fitting algorithm for energy measurement of interacting particles in liquid argon TPCs and its performance with ProtoDUNE-SP data Open
This paper introduces a novel track-length extension fitting algorithm for measuring the kinetic energies of inelastically interacting particles in liquid argon time projection chambers (LArTPCs). The algorithm finds the most probable offs…
View article: Performance of a Modular Ton-Scale Pixel-Readout Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber
Performance of a Modular Ton-Scale Pixel-Readout Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber Open
The Module-0 Demonstrator is a single-phase 600 kg liquid argon time projection chamber operated as a prototype for the DUNE liquid argon near detector. Based on the ArgonCube design concept, Module-0 features a novel 80k-channel pixelated…
View article: DUNE Phase II: Scientific Opportunities, Detector Concepts, Technological Solutions
DUNE Phase II: Scientific Opportunities, Detector Concepts, Technological Solutions Open
The international collaboration designing and constructing the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) at the Long-Baseline Neutrino Facility (LBNF) has developed a two-phase strategy toward the implementation of this leading-edge, lar…
View article: The DUNE Far Detector Vertical Drift Technology. Technical Design Report
The DUNE Far Detector Vertical Drift Technology. Technical Design Report Open
DUNE is an international experiment dedicated to addressing some of the questions at the forefront of particle physics and astrophysics, including the mystifying preponderance of matter over antimatter in the early universe. The dual-site …
View article: Doping liquid argon with xenon in ProtoDUNE Single-Phase: effects on scintillation light
Doping liquid argon with xenon in ProtoDUNE Single-Phase: effects on scintillation light Open
Doping of liquid argon TPCs (LArTPCs) with a small concentration of xenon is a technique for light-shifting and facilitates the detection of the liquid argon scintillation light. In this paper, we present the results of the first doping te…
View article: Performance of a modular ton-scale pixel-readout liquid argon time projection chamber
Performance of a modular ton-scale pixel-readout liquid argon time projection chamber Open
The Module-0 Demonstrator is a single-phase 600 kg liquid argon time projection chamber operated as a prototype for the DUNE liquid argon near detector. Based on the ArgonCube design concept, Module-0 features a novel 80k-channel pixelated…
View article: Doping Liquid Argon with Xenon in ProtoDUNE Single-Phase: Effects on Scintillation Light
Doping Liquid Argon with Xenon in ProtoDUNE Single-Phase: Effects on Scintillation Light Open
Doping of liquid argon TPCs (LArTPCs) with a small concentration of xenon is a technique for light-shifting and facilitates the detection of the liquid argon scintillation light. In this paper, we present the results of the first doping te…
View article: The DUNE Far Detector Vertical Drift Technology, Technical Design Report
The DUNE Far Detector Vertical Drift Technology, Technical Design Report Open
DUNE is an international experiment dedicated to addressing some of the questions at the forefront of particle physics and astrophysics, including the mystifying preponderance of matter over antimatter in the early universe. The dual-site …
View article: Impact of cross-section uncertainties on supernova neutrino spectral parameter fitting in the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment
Impact of cross-section uncertainties on supernova neutrino spectral parameter fitting in the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment Open
A primary goal of the upcoming Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) is to measure the $\\mathrm{O(10) MeV}$ neutrinos produced by a Galactic core-collapse supernova if one should occur during the lifetime of the experiment. The liqu…
View article: Sculpting the Standard Model from low-scale gauge-Higgs-matter E8 grand unification in ten dimensions
Sculpting the Standard Model from low-scale gauge-Higgs-matter E8 grand unification in ten dimensions Open
The construction and general implications of a model with complete\nsupersymmetric unification of the Standard Model matter content, interactions\nand families' replication into a single $E_{8}$ gauge superfield in ten\ndimensions is prese…
View article: Highly-parallelized simulation of a pixelated LArTPC on a GPU
Highly-parallelized simulation of a pixelated LArTPC on a GPU Open
The rapid development of general-purpose computing on graphics processing units (GPGPU) is allowing the implementation of highly-parallelized Monte Carlo simulation chains for particle physics experiments. This technique is particularly su…
View article: Impact of cross-section uncertainties on supernova neutrino spectral parameter fitting in the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment
Impact of cross-section uncertainties on supernova neutrino spectral parameter fitting in the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment Open
A primary goal of the upcoming Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) is to measure the $\mathcal{O}(10)$ MeV neutrinos produced by a Galactic core-collapse supernova if one should occur during the lifetime of the experiment. The liqu…