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Report number	arXiv:2203.00740 ; FERMILAB-FN-1147-ND-SCD
Title	Low-Energy Physics in Neutrino LArTPCs
Author(s)	Caratelli, D. (UC, Santa Barbara) ; Foreman, W. (IIT, Chicago) ; Friedland, A. (SLAC) ; Gardiner, S. (Fermilab) ; Gil-Botella, I. (Madrid, CIEMAT) ; Karagiorgi, G. (Munich, Max Planck Inst. ; Columbia U.) ; Kirby, M. (Fermilab) ; Lehmann Miotto, G. (CERN) ; Littlejohn, B.R. (IIT, Chicago) ; Mooney, M. (Colorado State U.) ; Reichenbacher, J. (South Dakota Sch. Mines Tech.) ; Sousa, A. (Cincinnati U.) ; Scholberg, K. (Duke U.) ; Yu, J. (Texas U., Arlington) ; Yang, T. (Fermilab ; LIP, Lisbon) ; Asaadi, J. (Texas U., Arlington) ; Bezerra, T.J.C. (Sussex U.) ; Capozzi, F. (Valencia U., IFIC) ; Cavanna, F. (Fermilab) ; Church, E. (PNL, Richland) ; Himmel, A. (Fermilab) ; Junk, T. (Fermilab) ; Klein, J. (Penn State U.) ; Lepetic, I. (Rutgers U., Piscataway) ; Li, S. (Fermilab) ; Sala, P. (INFN, Milan) ; Schellman, H. (Oregon State U. ; Fermilab) ; Sorel, M. (Valencia U., IFIC) ; Wang, J. (South Dakota Sch. Mines Tech.) ; Wang, M.H.L.S. (Fermilab) ; Wu, W. (Fermilab) ; Zennamo, J. (Fermilab ; U. Atlantico, Barranquilla) ; Adames, M.R. (Tech. Fed. Parana U.) ; Amar, H. (Valencia U., IFIC) ; Andrade, D.A. (IIT, Chicago) ; Andreopoulos, C. (Liverpool U.) ; Ankowski, A.M. (SLAC) ; Arroyave, M.A. (Escuela de Ingenieria de Antioquia) ; Aushev, V. (Taras Shevchenko U.) ; Ayala-Torres, M.A. (CINVESTAV, IPN) ; Baldi, P. (UC, Irvine) ; Backhouse, C. (University Coll. London) ; Balantekin, A.B. (Wisconsin U., Madison) ; Barkhouse, W.A. (North Dakota U.) ; Barham Alzás, P. (CERN ; Madrid, CIEMAT) ; Barrow, J.L. (MIT, LNS ; Tel Aviv U.) ; Battat, J.B.R. (Wellesley Coll.) ; Bazetto, M.C.Q. (Campinas State U., IMECC) ; Beacom, J.F. (Ohio State U., Dept. Math.) ; Behera, B. (Colorado State U.) ; Bellettini, G. (INFN, Pisa ; Pisa U.) ; Berger, J. (Colorado State U.) ; Bezerra, A.T. (Alfenas Fed. U., Pocos de Caldas) ; Bian, J. (UC, Irvine) ; Bilki, B. (Ankara U. ; Iowa U.) ; Bles, B. (Novi Sad U.) ; Bolton, T. (Kansas State U.) ; Bomben, L. (INFN, Milan Bicocca ; Catania U.) ; Bonesini, M. (INFN, Milan Bicocca) ; Bonilla-Diaz, C. (Catolica del Norte U.) ; Boran, F. (Ankara U.) ; Borkum, A.N. (Sussex U.) ; Bostan, N. (Notre Dame U.) ; Brailsford, D. (Lancaster U.) ; Branca, A. (INFN, Milan Bicocca) ; Brunetti, G. (INFN, Milan Bicocca) ; Cai, T. (York U., Canada) ; Chappell, A. (Warwick U.) ; Charitonidis, N. (CERN) ; Cintra, P.H.P. (Campinas State U., IMECC) ; Conley, E. (Duke U.) ; Coan, T.E. (Southern Methodist U.) ; Cova, P. (Parma U.) ; Cremaldi, L.M. (Mississippi U.) ; Crespo-Anadón, J.I. (Madrid, CIEMAT) ; Cuesta, C. (Madrid, CIEMAT) ; Cui, Y. (UC, Riverside (main)) ; Dallavalle, R. (Fermilab) ; Davies, G.S. (Mississippi U.) ; De, S. (SUNY, Albany) ; Dedin Neto, P. (Campinas State U., IMECC) ; Delgado, M. (INFN, Milan Bicocca) ; Delmonte, N. (Parma U.) ; Denton, P.B. (Brookhaven) ; De Roeck, A. (CERN) ; Dharmapalan, R. (Hawaii U.) ; Djurcic, Z. (Argonne) ; Dolek, F. (Ankara U.) ; Doran, S. (Iowa State U.) ; Dorrill, R. (IIT, Chicago) ; Duffy, K.E. (Oxford U.) ; Dutta, B. (Texas A-M) ; Dvornikov, O. (Hawaii U.) ; Edayath, S. (Iowa State U.) ; Evans, J.J. (Manchester U.) ; Ezeribe, A.C. (Sheffield U.) ; Falcone, A. (INFN, Milan Bicocca) ; Fani, M. (Los Alamos) ; Felix, J. (Guanajuato U.) ; Feng, Y. (Iowa State U.) ; Fields, L. (Notre Dame U.) ; Filip, P. (Prague, Inst. Phys.) ; Fiorillo, G. (INFN, Naples ; Naples U.) ; Franco, D. (Yale U.) ; Garcia-Gamez, D. (CAFPE, Granada ; Granada U.) ; Giri, A. (Indian Inst. Tech., Hyderabad) ; Gogota, O. (Taras Shevchenko U.) ; Gollapinni, S. (Los Alamos) ; Goodman, M. (Argonne) ; Gramellini, E. (Fermilab) ; Gran, R. (Minnesota U., Duluth) ; Granger, P. (IRFU, Saclay) ; Grant, C. (Boston U.) ; Greenberg, S.E. (UC, Berkeley) ; Groh, M. (Colorado State U.) ; Guenette, R. (Manchester U.) ; Guffanti, D. (INFN, Milan Bicocca) ; Harris, D.A. (York U., Canada) ; Hatzikoutelis, A. (San Jose State U.) ; Heeger, K.M. (Yale U.) ; Morquecho, M. Hernandez (IIT, Chicago) ; Herner, K. (Fermilab) ; Ho, J. (Harvard U.) ; Holanda, P.C. (Campinas State U., IMECC) ; Ilic, N. (Toronto U.) ; Jackson, C.M. (PNL, Richland) ; Jang, W. (Texas U., Arlington) ; Janka, H.-Th. (Garching, Max Planck Inst., MPE) ; Jo, J.H. (Yale U.) ; Joaquim, F.R. (Lisbon, IST ; LIP, Lisbon) ; Jones, R.S. (Sheffield U.) ; Jovančević, N. (Novi Sad U.) ; Jwa, Y.-J. (Munich, Max Planck Inst. ; Columbia U.) ; Kalra, D. (Munich, Max Planck Inst. ; Columbia U.) ; Kaplan, D.M. (IIT, Chicago) ; Katsioulas, I. (Birmingham U.) ; Kearns, E. (Boston U.) ; Kelly, K.J. (CERN) ; Kemp, E. (Campinas State U., IMECC) ; Ketchum, W. (Fermilab) ; Kish, A. (Fermilab) ; Koerner, L.W. (Houston U.) ; Kosc, T. (LPSC, Grenoble) ; Kothekar, K. (Bristol U.) ; Kreslo, I. (Bern U.) ; Kubota, S. (Harvard U.) ; Kudryavtsev, V.A. (Sheffield U.) ; Kumar, P. (Sheffield U.) ; Kutter, T. (NASA, Goddard) ; Kvasnicka, J. (Prague, Inst. Phys.) ; Lazanu, I. (Bucharest U.) ; LeCompte, T. (SLAC) ; Li, Y. (Brookhaven) ; Liu, Y. (Chicago U.) ; Lokajicek, M. (Prague, Inst. Phys.) ; Louis, W.C. (Los Alamos) ; Luk, K.B. (UC, Berkeley) ; Luo, X. (UC, Santa Barbara) ; Machado, P.A.N. (Fermilab) ; Machulin, I.M. (Kurchatov Inst., Moscow) ; Mahn, K. (Michigan State U.) ; Man, M. (Toronto U.) ; Mandujano, R.C. (UC, Irvine) ; Maneira, J. (LIP, Lisbon ; Lisbon, CFTP) ; Corchado, S. Manthey (Madrid, CIEMAT) ; Marchionni, A. (Fermilab) ; Marfatia, D. (Hawaii U.) ; Maricic, J. (Hawaii U.) ; Marinho, F. (Sao Carlos Federal U.) ; Mariani, C. (Virginia Tech.) ; Marshall, C.M. (Rochester U.) ; López, F. Martínez (Queen Mary, U. of London) ; Martinez Caicedo, D.A. (South Dakota Sch. Mines Tech.) ; Mastbaum, A. (Rutgers U., Piscataway) ; Matheny, M. (Notre Dame U.) ; McConkey, N. (Manchester U.) ; Mehta, P. (Nehru U.) ; Messer, O.E.B. (Oak Ridge) ; Minotti, A. (INFN, Milan Bicocca) ; Miranda, O.G. (CINVESTAV, IPN) ; Mishra, P. (Hyderabad U.) ; Mocioiu, I. (Penn State U.) ; Mogan, A. (Colorado State U.) ; Mohanta, R. (Hyderabad U.) ; Mohayai, T. (Fermilab) ; Montanari, C. (Fermilab) ; Montano Zetina, L.M. (CINVESTAV, IPN) ; Moor, A.F. (Cambridge U.) ; Moretti, D. (INFN, Milan Bicocca) ; Moura, C.A. (ABC Federal U.) ; Mualem, L.M. (Caltech) ; Nachtman, J. (Iowa U.) ; Narita, S. (Iwate U.) ; Navrer-Agasson, A. (Manchester U.) ; Nebot-Guinot, M. (U. Edinburgh (main)) ; Newby, J. (Oak Ridge) ; Nikolov, J. (Novi Sad U.) ; Nowak, J.A. (Lancaster U.) ; Ochoa-Ricoux, J.P. (UC, Irvine) ; O'Connor, E. (Stockholm U.) ; Onel, Y. (Iowa U.) ; Onishchuk, Y. (Taras Shevchenko U.) ; Orebi Gann, G.D. (UC, Berkeley ; LBL, Berkeley) ; Pandey, V. (Florida U.) ; Parozzi, E.G. (CERN) ; Parveen, S. (Nehru U.) ; Parvu, M. (Bucharest U.) ; Patterson, R.B. (Caltech) ; Paulucci, L. (ABC Federal U.) ; Pec, V. (Prague, Inst. Phys.) ; Peeters, S.J.M. (Sussex U.) ; Pompa, F. (Valencia U., IFIC) ; Poonthottathil, N. (Iowa State U.) ; Poudel, S.S. (PNL, Richland) ; Psihas, F. (Fermilab) ; Rafique, A. (Argonne) ; Rajaoalisoa, M. (Cincinnati U.) ; Ramson, B.J. (Fermilab) ; Razafinime, S.H. (Cincinnati U.) ; Real, J.S. (LPSC, Grenoble) ; Rikalo, A. (Novi Sad U.) ; Ross-Lonergan, M. (Munich, Max Planck Inst. ; Columbia U.) ; Russell, B. (LBL, Berkeley) ; Sacerdoti, S. (APC, Paris) ; Sahoo, S.K. (Indian Inst. Tech., Hyderabad) ; Sahu, N. (Indian Inst. Tech., Hyderabad) ; Sanders, D.A. (Mississippi U.) ; Santoro, D. (Parma U.) ; Santos, M.V. (Campinas State U., IMECC) ; Schmitz, D.W. (Chicago U.) ; Senise, Jr.C.R. (Diadema, Sao Paulo Fed. U.) ; Shanahan, P.N. (Fermilab) ; Sharma, H.R. (Jammu U.) ; Sharma, R.K. (Punjab Agric. U., Ludhiana) ; Shi, W. (SUNY, Stony Brook) ; Shin, S. (Jeonbuk Natl. U.) ; Singh, J. (Lucknow U.) ; Nagu, S. (Lucknow U.) ; Singh, L. (Banaras Hindu U.) ; Singh, P. (Queen Mary, U. of London) ; Singh, V. (Banaras Hindu U.) ; Soderberg, M. (Syracuse U. (main)) ; Solano Salinas, C.J. (UNI, Lima) ; Spurgeon, C. (Syracuse U. (main)) ; Spurgeon, K. (Syracuse U. (main)) ; Steklain, A.F. (Tech. Fed. Parana U.) ; Stocker, F. (Bern U.) ; Stokes, T. (NASA, Goddard) ; Strait, J. (Fermilab) ; Strait, M. (Minnesota U.) ; Strauss, T. (Fermilab) ; Suter, L. (Fermilab) ; Svoboda, R. (LLNL, Livermore ; UC, Davis) ; Szelc, A.M. (U. Edinburgh (main)) ; Szydagis, M. (SUNY, Albany) ; Tarpara, E. (Brookhaven) ; Tatar, E. (Idaho State U., IAC) ; Terranova, F. (INFN, Milan Bicocca) ; Testera, G. (INFN, Genoa) ; Chithirasree, N. (INFN, Pisa ; Pisa U.) ; Todorović, N. (Novi Sad U.) ; Tonazzo, A. (APC, Paris) ; Torti, M. (INFN, Milan Bicocca) ; Tortorici, F. (Catania U. ; INFN, Catania) ; Toups, M. (Fermilab) ; Tran, D.Q. (Houston U.) ; Travar, M. (Novi Sad U.) ; Tsai, Y.-D. (UC, Irvine) ; Tsai, Y.-T. (SLAC) ; Tu, S.Z. (Jackson State U.) ; Urheim, J. (Indiana U.) ; Utaegbulam, H. (Syracuse U. (main)) ; Valder, S. (Sussex U.) ; Valdiviesso, G.A. (Alfenas Fed. U., Pocos de Caldas) ; Valentim, R. (Diadema, Sao Paulo Fed. U.) ; Vergani, S. (Cambridge U.) ; Viren, B. (Brookhaven) ; Vraničar, A. (Novi Sad U.) ; Wang, B. (Southern Methodist U.) ; Waters, D. (University Coll. London) ; Weatherly, P. (Drexel U.) ; Weber, M. (Bern U.) ; Wei, H. (NASA, Goddard) ; Wenzel, H. (Fermilab) ; Westerdale, S. (Princeton U.) ; Whitehead, L.H. (Cambridge U.) ; Whittington, D. (Syracuse U. (main)) ; Wilkinson, A. (University Coll. London) ; Wilson, R.J. (Colorado State U.) ; Worcester, M. (Brookhaven) ; Wresilo, K. (Cambridge U.) ; Yaeggy, B. (Cincinnati U.) ; Yang, G. (UC, Berkeley) ; Zalesak, J. (Prague, Inst. Phys.) ; Zamorano, B. (CAFPE, Granada ; Granada U.) ; Zuklin, J. (Prague, Inst. Phys.)
Imprint	2022-03-01
Number of pages	86
Note	Contribution to Snowmass 2021
Presented at	2021 Snowmass Summer Study, Seattle, WA, United States, 11 - 20 July 2021, pp.
Subject category	hep-ex ; Particle Physics - Experiment ; physics.ins-det ; Detectors and Experimental Techniques
Abstract	In this white paper, we outline some of the scientific opportunities and challenges related to detection and reconstruction of low-energy (less than 100 MeV) signatures in liquid argon time-projection chamber (LArTPC) detectors. Key takeaways are summarized as follows. 1) LArTPCs have unique sensitivity to a range of physics and astrophysics signatures via detection of event features at and below the few tens of MeV range. 2) Low-energy signatures are an integral part of GeV-scale accelerator neutrino interaction final states, and their reconstruction can enhance the oscillation physics sensitivities of LArTPC experiments. 3) BSM signals from accelerator and natural sources also generate diverse signatures in the low-energy range, and reconstruction of these signatures can increase the breadth of BSM scenarios accessible in LArTPC-based searches. 4) Neutrino interaction cross sections and other nuclear physics processes in argon relevant to sub-hundred-MeV LArTPC signatures are poorly understood. Improved theory and experimental measurements are needed. Pion decay-at-rest sources and charged particle and neutron test beams are ideal facilities for experimentally improving this understanding. 5) There are specific calibration needs in the low-energy range, as well as specific needs for control and understanding of radiological and cosmogenic backgrounds. 6) Novel ideas for future LArTPC technology that enhance low-energy capabilities should be explored. These include novel charge enhancement and readout systems, enhanced photon detection, low radioactivity argon, and xenon doping. 7) Low-energy signatures, whether steady-state or part of a supernova burst or larger GeV-scale event topology, have specific triggering, DAQ and reconstruction requirements that must be addressed outside the scope of conventional GeV-scale data collection and analysis pathways.
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