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The Impact of Reconstruction in Pandora on Sensitivity to the Low-Energy Excess Signal at MicroBooNE

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The Impact of Reconstruction in Pandora on Sensitivity to the Low-Energy Excess Signal at MicroBooNE. / MicroBooNE Collaboration.
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MicroBooNE Collaboration 2022 'The Impact of Reconstruction in Pandora on Sensitivity to the Low-Energy Excess Signal at MicroBooNE'. https://doi.org/10.2172/2397228

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MicroBooNE Collaboration (2022). The Impact of Reconstruction in Pandora on Sensitivity to the Low-Energy Excess Signal at MicroBooNE. https://doi.org/10.2172/2397228

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MicroBooNE Collaboration. The Impact of Reconstruction in Pandora on Sensitivity to the Low-Energy Excess Signal at MicroBooNE. 2022 May 30. doi: 10.2172/2397228

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MicroBooNE Collaboration. / The Impact of Reconstruction in Pandora on Sensitivity to the Low-Energy Excess Signal at MicroBooNE. 2022.

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abstract = "With the MicroBooNE collaboration{\textquoteright}s first low-energy excess (LEE) searches complete and twice the amount of data to analyse in future iterations, it is imperative that we begin considering the potential analysis upgrades that can be achieved, such as those in the event reconstruction level. This note identifies the areas in Pandora reconstruction framework that could be improved upon, and evaluates their impact through cheated selections using MicroBooNE{\textquoteright}s exclusive pionless LEE search as a benchmark. Vertexing and proton reconstruction improvements are demonstrated to have significant potential benefits in terms of sensitivity to the LEE signal and thus should be prioritised. Sensitivity projections for the full 10.1e20 POT are 3.2 σ and 2.3 σ for vertex and proton cheated selections respectively, and 3.3 σ for the combined effect of both, compared to 2.1 σ in the absence of the cheated selections.",
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