Vertex-finding and reconstruction of contained two-track neutrino events in the MicroBooNE detector

Blake, A. and Devitt, D. and Lister, A. and Nowak, J. (2021) Vertex-finding and reconstruction of contained two-track neutrino events in the MicroBooNE detector. Journal of Instrumentation, 16: P02017. ISSN 1748-0221

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Abstract

We describe algorithms developed to isolate and accurately reconstruct two-track events that are contained within the MicroBooNE detector. This method is optimized to reconstruct two tracks of lengths longer than \SI{5}{\centi\meter}. This code has applications to searches for neutrino oscillations and measurements of cross sections using quasi-elastic-like charged current events. The algorithms we discuss will be applicable to all detectors running in Fermilab's Short Baseline Neutrino program (SBN), and to any future liquid argon time projection chamber (LArTPC) experiment with beam energies $\sim 1$ GeV. The algorithms are publicly available on a GITHUB repository\cite{githubcode}. This reconstruction offers a complementary and independent alternative to the Pandora reconstruction package currently in use in LArTPC experiments, and provides similar reconstruction performance for two-track events.