ν Gallery

Particle physics detectors often aim to capture images of interactions within their volume. While ultimately these images are processed through sophisticated software to extract specific measurements, all analyses start from the raw data that the detector provides. The liquid argon time projection chamber technology enables high-resolution imaging of neutrino interactions without which the ambitious neutrino physics program being carried out with powerful accelerator beams would not be feasible. Sophisticated electronics and challenging cryogenic engineering are needed to produce the crisp HD images from which we meaure the type of particles and energy released when neutrinos interact within the detector. The better the quality of these images, the more information we can hope to learn about the neutrinos producing them. Below are images of neutrino or cosmic interactions recorded with the MicroBooNE detector. Each is accompanied by a caption which describes what interaction is taking place.

Neutrino LArTPC Images

Michel electron

Cosmic muon stopping in the detector and decaying to a Michel electron.

Decay to two pizeros

Decay to two neutral pions

NuMI Electron Neutrino

Electron neutrino candidate from the NuMI neutrino beam

Eta meson

Eta meson candidate from a neutrino interaction in the BNB [https://arxiv.org/abs/2305.16249]

electron neutrino

electron neutrino candidate with a final-state proton from a neutrino interaction in the BNB [https://arxiv.org/abs/2110.14065]

electron neutrino

electron neutrino candidate with no visible hadronic activity from a neutrino interaction in the BNB [https://arxiv.org/abs/2110.14065]

kaon

Kaon produced in a neutrino interaction. The Kaon decays to a mono-energetic muon which then decays to a Michel electron.

Fermilab Photos

Fermilab's campus is filled with beautiful architectural and natural scenes, in addition to great science experiments. These are some photos I took while at Fermilab.