Publications: DR Nicola Mcconkey

( 2025 ) . Data-driven model validation for neutrino-nucleus cross section measurements . Physical Review D vol. 111 , ( 9 ) Article 092010 ,

( 2025 ) . Supernova pointing capabilities of DUNE . Physical Review D vol. 111 , ( 9 ) Article 092006 ,

( 2025 ) . First Double-Differential Cross Section Measurement of Neutral-Current \n<mml:math xmlns:mml=\http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML\ display=\inline\><mml:msup><mml:mi>π</mml:mi><mml:mn>0</mml:mn></mml:msup></mml:math>\n Production in Neutrino-Argon Scattering in the MicroBooNE Detector . Physical Review Letters vol. 134 , ( 16 ) Article 161802 ,

( 2025 ) . Determining absolute neutrino mass using quantum technologies . New Journal of Physics

( 2025 ) . The track-length extension fitting algorithm for energy measurement of interacting particles in liquid argon TPCs and its performance with ProtoDUNE-SP data . Journal of Instrumentation vol. 20 , ( 02 ) P02021 - P02021 .

( 2025 ) . Demonstration of new MeV-scale capabilities in large neutrino LArTPCs using ambient radiogenic and cosmogenic activity in MicroBooNE . Physical Review D vol. 111 , ( 3 ) Article 032005 ,

( 2024 ) . Determining Absolute Neutrino Mass using Quantum Technologies .

( 2024 ) . DUNE Phase II: scientific opportunities, detector concepts, technological solutions . Journal of Instrumentation vol. 19 , ( 12 ) P12005 - P12005 .

( 2024 ) . Measurement of the differential cross section for neutral pion production in charged-current muon neutrino interactions on argon with the MicroBooNE detector . Physical Review D vol. 110 , ( 9 ) Article 092014 ,

( 2024 ) . First measurement of the total inelastic cross section of positively charged kaons on argon at energies between 5.0 and 7.5 GeV . Physical Review D vol. 110 , ( 9 ) Article 092011 ,

( 2024 ) . Improving neutrino energy estimation of charged-current interaction events with recurrent neural networks in MicroBooNE . Physical Review D vol. 110 , ( 9 ) Article 092010 ,

( 2024 ) . First demonstration of a combined light and charge pixel readout on the anode plane of a LArTPC . Journal of Instrumentation vol. 19 , ( 11 ) P11010 - P11010 .

( 2024 ) . Demonstration of neutron identification in neutrino interactions in the MicroBooNE liquid argon time projection chamber . The European Physical Journal C vol. 84 , ( 10 ) Article 1052 ,

( 2024 ) . Scintillation light in SBND: simulation, reconstruction, and expected performance of the photon detection system . The European Physical Journal C vol. 84 , ( 10 ) Article 1046 ,

( 2024 ) . Performance of a Modular Ton-Scale Pixel-Readout Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber . Instruments vol. 8 , ( 3 ) 41 - 41 .

( 2024 ) . The DUNE Far Detector Vertical Drift Technology. Technical Design Report . Journal of Instrumentation vol. 19 , ( 08 ) T08004 - T08004 .

( 2024 ) . Doping liquid argon with xenon in ProtoDUNE Single-Phase: effects on scintillation light . Journal of Instrumentation vol. 19 , ( 08 ) P08005 - P08005 .

( 2024 ) . First application of a liquid argon time projection chamber for the search for intranuclear neutron-antineutron transitions and annihilation in ⁴⁰Ar using the MicroBooNE detector . Journal of Instrumentation vol. 19 , ( 07 ) P07032 - P07032 .

( 2024 ) . First Simultaneous Measurement of Differential Muon-Neutrino Charged-Current Cross Sections on Argon for Final States with and without Protons Using MicroBooNE Data . Physical Review Letters vol. 133 , ( 4 ) Article 041801 ,

( 2024 ) . Inclusive cross section measurements in final states with and without protons for charged-current \n<mml:math xmlns:mml=\http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML\ display=\inline\><mml:mrow><mml:msub><mml:mrow><mml:mi>ν</mml:mi></mml:mrow><mml:mrow><mml:mi>μ</mml:mi></mml:mrow></mml:msub></mml:mrow></mml:math>\n-Ar scattering in MicroBooNE . Physical Review D vol. 110 , ( 1 ) Article 013006 ,

( 2024 ) . First Search for Dark-Trident Processes Using the MicroBooNE Detector . Physical Review Letters vol. 132 , ( 24 ) Article 241801 ,

( 2024 ) . Measurement of nuclear effects in neutrino-argon interactions using generalized kinematic imbalance variables with the MicroBooNE detector . Physical Review D vol. 109 , ( 9 ) Article 092007 ,

( 2024 ) . First Measurement of \n<mml:math xmlns:mml=\http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML\ display=\inline\><mml:mi>η</mml:mi></mml:math>\n Meson Production in Neutrino Interactions on Argon with MicroBooNE . Physical Review Letters vol. 132 , ( 15 ) Article 151801 ,

( 2024 ) . Measurement of ambient radon progeny decay rates and energy spectra in liquid argon using the MicroBooNE detector . Physical Review D vol. 109 , ( 5 ) Article 052007 ,

( 2024 ) . Search for Heavy Neutral Leptons in Electron-Positron and Neutral-Pion Final States with the MicroBooNE Detector . Physical Review Letters vol. 132 , ( 4 ) Article 041801 ,

( 2023 ) . First demonstration of \n<mml:math xmlns:mml=\http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML\ display=\inline\><mml:mrow><mml:mi mathvariant=\script\>O</mml:mi><mml:mo stretchy=\false\>(</mml:mo><mml:mn>1</mml:mn><mml:mtext> </mml:mtext><mml:mtext> </mml:mtext><mml:mi>ns</mml:mi><mml:mo stretchy=\false\>)</mml:mo></mml:mrow></mml:math>\n timing resolution in the MicroBooNE liquid argon time projection chamber . Physical Review D vol. 108 , ( 5 ) Article 052010 ,

( 2023 ) . First Double-Differential Measurement of Kinematic Imbalance in Neutrino Interactions with the MicroBooNE Detector . Physical Review Letters vol. 131 , ( 10 ) Article 101802 ,

( 2023 ) . Multidifferential cross section measurements of \n<mml:math xmlns:mml=\http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML\ display=\inline\><mml:msub><mml:mrow><mml:mi>ν</mml:mi></mml:mrow><mml:mrow><mml:mi>μ</mml:mi></mml:mrow></mml:msub></mml:math>\n-argon quasielasticlike reactions with the MicroBooNE detector . Physical Review D vol. 108 , ( 5 ) Article 053002 ,

( 2023 ) . Reconstruction of interactions in the ProtoDUNE-SP detector with Pandora . The European Physical Journal C vol. 83 , ( 7 ) Article 618 ,

( 2023 ) . Impact of cross-section uncertainties on supernova neutrino spectral parameter fitting in the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment . Physical Review D vol. 107 , ( 11 ) Article 112012 ,

( 2023 ) . First Measurement of Quasielastic \n<mml:math xmlns:mml=\http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML\ display=\inline\><mml:mi mathvariant=\normal\>Λ</mml:mi></mml:math>\n Baryon Production in Muon Antineutrino Interactions in the MicroBooNE Detector . Physical Review Letters vol. 130 , ( 23 ) Article 231802 ,

( 2023 ) . Identification and reconstruction of low-energy electrons in the ProtoDUNE-SP detector . Physical Review D vol. 107 , ( 9 ) Article 092012 ,

( 2023 ) . Highly-parallelized simulation of a pixelated LArTPC on a GPU . Journal of Instrumentation vol. 18 , ( 04 ) P04034 - P04034 .

( 2023 ) . Impact of cross-section uncertainties on supernova neutrino spectral parameter fitting in the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment .

( 2023 ) . Measurement of neutral current single \n<mml:math xmlns:mml=\http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML\ display=\inline\><mml:msup><mml:mi>π</mml:mi><mml:mn>0</mml:mn></mml:msup></mml:math>\n production on argon with the MicroBooNE detector . Physical Review D vol. 107 , ( 1 ) Article 012004 ,

( 2023 ) . First Constraints on Light Sterile Neutrino Oscillations from Combined Appearance and Disappearance Searches with the MicroBooNE Detector . Physical Review Letters vol. 130 , ( 1 ) Article 011801 ,

( 2022 ) . Search for long-lived heavy neutral leptons and Higgs portal scalars decaying in the MicroBooNE detector . Physical Review D vol. 106 , ( 9 ) Article 092006 ,

( 2022 ) . SNOWMASS Neutrino Frontier NF10 Topical Group Report: Neutrino Detectors .

( 2022 ) . Observation of radon mitigation in MicroBooNE by a liquid argon filtration system . Journal of Instrumentation vol. 17 , ( 11 ) P11022 - P11022 .

( 2022 ) . First Measurement of Differential Cross Sections for Muon Neutrino Charged Current Interactions on Argon with a Two-proton Final State in the MicroBooNE Detector .

( 2022 ) . Separation of track- and shower-like energy deposits in ProtoDUNE-SP using a convolutional neural network . The European Physical Journal C vol. 82 , ( 10 ) Article 903 ,

( 2022 ) . Cosmic ray muon clustering for the MicroBooNE liquid argon time projection chamber using sMask-RCNN . Journal of Instrumentation vol. 17 , ( 09 ) P09015 - P09015 .

( 2022 ) . Differential cross section measurement of charged current \n<mml:math xmlns:mml=\http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML\ display=\inline\><mml:msub><mml:mi>ν</mml:mi><mml:mi>e</mml:mi></mml:msub></mml:math>\n interactions without final-state pions in MicroBooNE . Physical Review D vol. 106 , ( 5 ) Article L051102 ,

( 2022 ) . Scintillation light detection in the 6-m drift-length ProtoDUNE Dual Phase liquid argon TPC . The European Physical Journal C vol. 82 , ( 7 ) Article 618 ,

( 2022 ) . Reconstruction of interactions in the ProtoDUNE-SP detector with Pandora .

( 2022 ) . Search for an Excess of Electron Neutrino Interactions in MicroBooNE Using Multiple Final-State Topologies . Physical Review Letters vol. 128 , ( 24 ) Article 241801 ,

( 2022 ) . Search for an anomalous excess of charged-current \n<mml:math xmlns:mml=\http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML\ display=\inline\><mml:msub><mml:mi>ν</mml:mi><mml:mi>e</mml:mi></mml:msub></mml:math>\n interactions without pions in the final state with the MicroBooNE experiment . Physical Review D vol. 105 , ( 11 ) Article 112004 ,

( 2022 ) . Search for an anomalous excess of charged-current quasielastic \n<mml:math xmlns:mml=\http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML\ display=\inline\><mml:msub><mml:mi>ν</mml:mi><mml:mi>e</mml:mi></mml:msub></mml:math>\n interactions with the MicroBooNE experiment using Deep-Learning-based reconstruction . Physical Review D vol. 105 , ( 11 ) Article 112003 ,

( 2022 ) . Search for an anomalous excess of inclusive charged-current \n<mml:math xmlns:mml=\http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML\ display=\inline\><mml:msub><mml:mi>ν</mml:mi><mml:mi>e</mml:mi></mml:msub></mml:math>\n interactions in the MicroBooNE experiment using Wire-Cell reconstruction . Physical Review D vol. 105 , ( 11 ) Article 112005 ,

( 2022 ) . Novel approach for evaluating detector-related uncertainties in a LArTPC using MicroBooNE data . The European Physical Journal C vol. 82 , ( 5 ) Article 454 ,

( 2022 ) . Low exposure long-baseline neutrino oscillation sensitivity of the DUNE experiment . Physical Review D vol. 105 , ( 7 ) Article 072006 ,

( 2022 ) . First Measurement of Energy-Dependent Inclusive Muon Neutrino Charged-Current Cross Sections on Argon with the MicroBooNE Detector . Physical Review Letters vol. 128 , ( 15 ) Article 151801 ,

( 2022 ) . New \n<mml:math xmlns:mml=\http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML\ display=\inline\><mml:mrow><mml:mi>CC</mml:mi><mml:mrow><mml:mn>0</mml:mn><mml:mi>π</mml:mi></mml:mrow></mml:mrow></mml:math>\n GENIE model tune for MicroBooNE . Physical Review D vol. 105 , ( 7 ) Article 072001 ,

( 2022 ) . Separation of track- and shower-like energy deposits in ProtoDUNE-SP using a convolutional neural network .

( 2022 ) . First measurement of inclusive electron-neutrino and antineutrino charged current differential cross sections in charged lepton energy on argon in MicroBooNE . Physical Review D vol. 105 , ( 5 ) Article L051102 ,

( 2022 ) . Search for Neutrino-Induced Neutral-Current \n<mml:math xmlns:mml=\http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML\ display=\inline\><mml:mi mathvariant=\normal\>Δ</mml:mi></mml:math>\n Radiative Decay in MicroBooNE and a First Test of the MiniBooNE Low Energy Excess under a Single-Photon Hypothesis . Physical Review Letters vol. 128 , ( 11 ) Article 111801 ,

( 2022 ) . Wire-cell 3D pattern recognition techniques for neutrino event reconstruction in large LArTPCs: algorithm description and quantitative evaluation with MicroBooNE simulation . Journal of Instrumentation vol. 17 , ( 01 ) P01037 - P01037 .

( 2022 ) . Design, construction and operation of the ProtoDUNE-SP Liquid Argon TPC . Journal of Instrumentation vol. 17 , ( 01 ) P01005 - P01005 .

( 2021 ) . Electromagnetic shower reconstruction and energy validation with Michel electrons and π⁰ samples for the deep-learning-based analyses in MicroBooNE . Journal of Instrumentation vol. 16 , ( 12 ) T12017 - T12017 .

( 2021 ) . Calorimetric classification of track-like signatures in liquid argon TPCs using MicroBooNE data . Journal of High Energy Physics vol. 2021 , ( 12 ) Article 153 ,

( 2021 ) . Searching for solar KDAR with DUNE . Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics vol. 2021 , ( 10 ) 065 - 065 .

( 2021 ) . Search for a Higgs Portal Scalar Decaying to Electron-Positron Pairs in the MicroBooNE Detector . Physical Review Letters vol. 127 , ( 15 ) Article 151803 ,

( 2021 ) . Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) Near Detector Conceptual Design Report . Instruments vol. 5 , ( 4 ) 31 - 31 .

( 2021 ) . Measurement of the longitudinal diffusion of ionization electrons in the MicroBooNE detector . Journal of Instrumentation vol. 16 , ( 09 ) P09025 - P09025 .

( 2021 ) . Measurement of the flux-averaged inclusive charged-current electron neutrino and antineutrino cross section on argon using the NuMI beam and the MicroBooNE detector . Physical Review D vol. 104 , ( 5 ) Article 052002 ,

( 2021 ) . Cosmic Ray Background Removal With Deep Neural Networks in SBND . Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence vol. 4 , Article 649917 ,

( 2021 ) . Searching for solar KDAR with DUNE .

( 2021 ) . Neutrino event selection in the MicroBooNE liquid argon time projection chamber using Wire-Cell 3D imaging, clustering, and charge-light matching . Journal of Instrumentation vol. 16 , ( 06 ) P06043 - P06043 .

( 2021 ) . Cosmic Ray Background Rejection with Wire-Cell LArTPC Event Reconstruction in the MicroBooNE Detector . Physical Review Applied vol. 15 , ( 6 ) Article 064071 ,

( 2021 ) . Supernova neutrino burst detection with the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment . The European Physical Journal C vol. 81 , ( 5 ) Article 423 ,

( 2021 ) . Convolutional neural network for multiple particle identification in the MicroBooNE liquid argon time projection chamber . Physical Review D vol. 103 , ( 9 ) Article 092003 ,

( 2021 ) . Prospects for beyond the Standard Model physics searches at the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment . The European Physical Journal C vol. 81 , ( 4 ) Article 322 ,

( 2021 ) . Measurement of the atmospheric muon rate with the MicroBooNE Liquid Argon TPC . Journal of Instrumentation vol. 16 , ( 04 ) P04004 - P04004 .

( 2021 ) . Semantic segmentation with a sparse convolutional neural network for event reconstruction in MicroBooNE . Physical Review D vol. 103 , ( 5 ) Article 052012 ,

( 2021 ) . Vertex-finding and reconstruction of contained two-track neutrino events in the MicroBooNE detector . Journal of Instrumentation vol. 16 , ( 02 ) P02017 - P02017 .

( 2021 ) . The continuous readout stream of the MicroBooNE liquid argon time projection chamber for detection of supernova burst neutrinos . Journal of Instrumentation vol. 16 , ( 02 ) P02008 - P02008 .

( 2020 ) . Measurement of space charge effects in the MicroBooNE LArTPC using cosmic muons . Journal of Instrumentation vol. 15 , ( 12 ) P12037 - P12037 .

( 2020 ) . Measurement of differential cross sections for \n<mml:math xmlns:mml=\http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML\ display=\inline\><mml:msub><mml:mi>ν</mml:mi><mml:mi>μ</mml:mi></mml:msub></mml:math>\n-Ar charged-current interactions with protons and no pions in the final state with the MicroBooNE detector . Physical Review D vol. 102 , ( 11 ) Article 112013 ,

( 2020 ) . First results on ProtoDUNE-SP liquid argon time projection chamber performance from a beam test at the CERN Neutrino Platform . Journal of Instrumentation vol. 15 , ( 12 ) P12004 - P12004 .

( 2020 ) . First Measurement of Differential Charged Current Quasielasticlike \n<mml:math xmlns:mml=\http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML\ display=\inline\><mml:msub><mml:mi>ν</mml:mi><mml:mi>μ</mml:mi></mml:msub></mml:math>\n-Argon Scattering Cross Sections with the MicroBooNE Detector . Physical Review Letters vol. 125 , ( 20 ) Article 201803 ,

( 2020 ) . Neutrino interaction classification with a convolutional neural network in the DUNE far detector . Physical Review D vol. 102 , ( 9 ) Article 092003 ,

( 2020 ) . Long-baseline neutrino oscillation physics potential of the DUNE experiment . The European Physical Journal C vol. 80 , ( 10 ) Article 978 ,

( 2020 ) . Prospects for Beyond the Standard Model Physics Searches at the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment .

( 2020 ) . Volume I. Introduction to DUNE . Journal of Instrumentation vol. 15 , ( 08 ) T08008 - T08008 .

( 2020 ) . Volume III. DUNE far detector technical coordination . Journal of Instrumentation vol. 15 , ( 08 ) T08009 - T08009 .

( 2020 ) . Volume IV. The DUNE far detector single-phase technology . Journal of Instrumentation vol. 15 , ( 08 ) T08010 - T08010 .

( 2020 ) . Supernova Neutrino Burst Detection with the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment .

( 2020 ) . First results on ProtoDUNE-SP liquid argon time projection chamber performance from a beam test at the CERN Neutrino Platform .

( 2020 ) . A method to determine the electric field of liquid argon time projection chambers using a UV laser system and its application in MicroBooNE . Journal of Instrumentation vol. 15 , ( 07 ) P07010 - P07010 .

( 2020 ) . Construction of precision wire readout planes for the Short-Baseline Near Detector (SBND) . Journal of Instrumentation vol. 15 , ( 06 ) P06033 - P06033 .

( 2020 ) . Long-baseline neutrino oscillation physics potential of the DUNE experiment .

( 2020 ) . Neutrino interaction classification with a convolutional neural network in the DUNE far detector .

( 2020 ) . Design and performance of a 35-ton liquid argon time projection chamber as a prototype for future very large detectors . Journal of Instrumentation vol. 15 , ( 03 ) P03035 - P03035 .

( 2020 ) . Calibration of the charge and energy loss per unit length of the MicroBooNE liquid argon time projection chamber using muons and protons . Journal of Instrumentation vol. 15 , ( 03 ) P03022 - P03022 .

( 2020 ) . Search for heavy neutral leptons decaying into muon-pion pairs in the MicroBooNE detector . Physical Review D vol. 101 , ( 5 ) Article 052001 ,

( 2020 ) . Reconstruction and measurement of <i>𝒪</i>(100) MeV energy electromagnetic activity from π⁰ <i>arrow</i> γγ decays in the MicroBooNE LArTPC . Journal of Instrumentation vol. 15 , ( 02 ) P02007 - P02007 .

( 2018 ) . Photon detector system timing performance in the DUNE 35-ton prototype liquid argon time projection chamber . Journal of Instrumentation vol. 13 , ( 06 ) P06022 - P06022 .

( 2017 ) . SBND: Status of the Fermilab Short-Baseline Near Detector . Journal of Physics: Conference Series . vol. 888 , 012148 - 012148 .

( 2017 ) . Cryogenic CMOS cameras for high voltage monitoring in liquid argon . Journal of Instrumentation vol. 12 , ( 03 ) P03014 - P03014 .

( 2017 ) . Neutrino cross-section measurement prospects with SBND . Proceedings of Science . vol. 295 ,

( 2015 ) . The LAr1-ND Experiment . Journal of Physics: Conference Series . vol. 650 , 012007 - 012007 .

( 2014 ) . Liquid scintillator time projection chamber — time dependence in organic liquids . Journal of Instrumentation vol. 9 , ( 03 ) C03058 - C03058 .

( 2013 ) . Liquid scintillator time projection chamber concept . Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment vol. 718 , 459 - 461 .

( 2011 ) . Optical Readout Technology for Large Volume Liquid Argon Detectors . Nuclear Physics B - Proceedings Supplements vol. 215 , ( 1 ) 255 - 257 .

( 2011 ) . Reconstruction &amp; Modelling Challenges for Large Volume Liquid Argon Detectors . Nuclear Physics B - Proceedings Supplements vol. 215 , ( 1 ) 56 - 58 .

( 2010 ) . Modelling electroluminescence in liquid argon . Journal of Instrumentation vol. 5 , ( 10 ) P10005 - P10005 .