MicroBooNE

MicroBooNE is a short-baseline neutrino experiment located at Fermilab in Batavia, Illinois. Its primary goal is to investigate an unexplained excess of low-energy electron neutrino events observed by the MiniBooNE experiment, also at Fermilab. This anomaly could be evidence for a new type of neutrino, a "sterile neutrino," which would interact even less than the known three types of neutrinos. MicroBooNE uses a detector filled with ultra-pure liquid argon to observe neutrino interactions. The detector is designed to precisely measure the energy and direction of the particles produced when neutrinos interact with the argon. By collecting a large sample of neutrino interactions and carefully analyzing the data, MicroBooNE aims to either confirm or refute the existence of sterile neutrinos as the cause of the MiniBooNE anomaly. The experiment began taking data in 2015 and is expected to continue for several years, contributing to our understanding of neutrino physics and the fundamental forces of nature. Its data will also be used to improve measurements of neutrino cross-sections, which are crucial for other neutrino experiments worldwide.