Speaker
Joseph Bateman
Description
The MicroBooNE experiment is a liquid argon time projection chamber (LArTPC) that operated for six years at Fermilab, located on-axis of the Booster Neutrino Beam (BNB) target, and 8° off-axis to the Neutrinos from the Main Injector (NuMI) beam. In this talk, I will present searches for Beyond the Standard Model physics producing electron-positron final states using data from both the BNB and NuMI beams. These analyses include recent constraints on dark neutrino models and Higgs-portal scalars, as well as ongoing work. Electromagnetic shower reconstruction is essential for MicroBooNE’s physics program, and the granularity and calorimetry of the detector enables electron and photon-induced showers to be distinguished.